Tag: Knowing HIM

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Psalm 9, Rejoicing in HIM!

Psa 9:1-2, I WILL PRAISE You, O LORD, with my WHOLE HEART; I WILL TELL of all Your marvelous works. I WILL BE GLAD and REJOICE in You; I WILL SING PRAISE to Your name, O Most High.

The LORD is worthy to be praised not with just our lips, but with our life and in all we do!

Rev 4:11, “YOU ARE WORTHY, O LORD, TO RECEIVE GLORY AND HONOR AND POWER; FOR YOU CREATED ALL THINGS, AND BY YOUR WILL THEY EXIST AND WERE CREATED.” 

Psa 9:9, The LORD ALSO WILL BE A REFUGE FOR THE OPPRESSED, A REFUGE IN TIMES OF TROUBLE.

Times of trouble will come to all, but HE is our protection, HE is our redeemer! I HAVE SEEN THIS IN ACTION; FOR I WAS RELEASED BY THREE DIFFERENT COMPANIES, YET THE LORD RESTORED ME EACH AND EVERY TIME!

Psa 9:10, AND THOSE WHO KNOW YOUR NAME WILL PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOU; FOR YOU, LORD, HAVE NOT FORSAKEN THOSE WHO SEEK YOU.

Jer 17:7, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD. 

ONCE YOU HAVE AN EXPERIENCE WITH HIM, YOUR EYES ARE OPENED AND FAITH IS INCREASED! THESE ARE NOT JUST WORDS IN A BOOK, BUT PROMISES TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM! HE IS WILL KEEP HIS WORD!

Num 23:19, “GOD IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD LIE, NOR A SON OF MAN, THAT HE SHOULD REPENT. HAS HE SAID, AND WILL HE NOT DO? OR HAS HE SPOKEN, AND WILL HE NOT MAKE IT GOOD? 

DO YOU KNOW HIS NAME? DO YOU TRUST IN HIM? FOR HE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN YOU!

Isa 26:3, YOU WILL KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE, WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON YOU, BECAUSE HE TRUSTS IN YOU. 

HE HONORS HIS WORD, HIS PROMISES, ABOVE HIS NAME (Psalm 138:2) FOR HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO COMPLETE THE WORK HE HAS STARTED IN YOU! HE IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED!

Psa 9:14, … I WILL REJOICE IN YOUR SALVATION. 

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Psalm 3, True faith is greater than your circumstances!

Psa 3:1-2, A Psalm of David When He Fled from Absalom His Son. LORD, HOW THEY HAVE INCREASED WHO TROUBLE ME! MANY ARE THEY WHO RISE UP AGAINST ME. MANY ARE THEY WHO SAY OF ME, “THERE IS NO HELP FOR HIM IN GOD.” Selah

David’s own son rebelled against him, and the men of Israel turned on their king (2Sa 15:13 & 2Sa 16:8)! Many believed or felt like David lost favor with GOD! IT’S NOT HOW YOU FEEL OR HOW IT LOOKS TO OTHERS ON THE OUTSIDE; IN GOD THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM!

Rom 8:31, …IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? 

Psa 3:3-4, But You, O LORD, ARE A SHIELD FOR ME, MY GLORY AND THE ONE WHO LIFTS UP MY HEAD. I CRIED TO THE LORD WITH MY VOICE, AND HE HEARD ME FROM HIS HOLY HILL. Selah

David’s true strength came from knowing his GOD, IT’S NOT ABOUT FEELINGS! WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR GOD, AS DAVID DID, THEN YOU WILL REALIZE THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOUR AT HE WILL ALWAYS HERE YOU FOR HE PROMISED TO ALWAYS BE WITH THEM WHEREVER THEY MAY GO! HE IS FAITHFUL!

Jos 1:9, HAVE I NOT COMMANDED YOU? BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE; DO NOT BE AFRAID, NOR BE DISMAYED, FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.” 

We have the same promises that David did! DO YOU BELIEVE IT? DO YOU KNOW THAT HE IS FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD?

Num 23:19, “GOD IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD LIE, NOR A SON OF MAN, THAT HE SHOULD REPENT. HAS HE SAID, AND WILL HE NOT DO? Or HAS HE SPOKEN, AND WILL HE NOT MAKE IT GOOD? 

Psa 89:34-35, MY COVENANT I WILL NOT BREAK, NOR ALTER THE WORD THAT HAS GONE OUT OF MY LIPS. ONCE I HAVE SWORN BY MY HOLINESS; I WILL NOT LIE TO DAVID:

NOR WILL HE LIE TO ANYONE! AS THE WORLD SEEMS TO BE CRUMBLING BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES, LEAN ON THE ONE WHO HAS THE FINAL WORD ON THE MATTER! LEAN NOT ON YOUR FEELING OR UNDERSTANDING, BUT ON THE KING OF kings and LORD OF lords!

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Psalm 2, the foolish rage!!

Psa 2:1-3, WHY DO THE NATIONS RAGE, And the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS ANOINTED, saying, “LET US BREAK THEIR BONDS IN PIECES AND CAST AWAY THEIR CORDS FROM US.”

The LORD is a bondage-breaker, YET to the unbeliever HIS word, HIS laws, HIS guidance is nothing but a burden to them! “WE WANT IT OUR WAY NOT YOURS! LEAVE US ALONE!”

Psa 2:4-6, HE WHO SITS IN THE HEAVENS SHALL LAUGH; The LORD shall hold them in derision. THEN HE SHALL SPEAK TO THEM IN HIS WRATH, And distress them in His deep displeasure: “YET I HAVE SET MY KING ON MY HOLY HILL OF ZION.”

Like ants plotting to destroy an elephant, the elephant will just laugh! The LORD will speak to these men in HIS wrath and tell them about HIS SON! Christ the LORD! THEIR ONLY HOPE!

Luk 9:35, AND A VOICE CAME OUT OF THE CLOUD, SAYING, “THIS IS MY BELOVED SON. HEAR HIM!” 

Psa 2:10-12, Now therefore, BE WISE, O KINGS; BE INSTRUCTED, YOU JUDGES OF THE EARTH. Serve the LORD with fear, And rejoice with trembling. KISS THE SON, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. BLESSED ARE ALL THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN HIM.

Hos 14:9, Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. FOR THE WAYS OF THE LORD ARE RIGHT; THE RIGHTEOUS WALK IN THEM, BUT TRANSGRESSORS STUMBLE IN THEM. 

SUBMITTING YOURSELF TO THE CHRIST JESUS IS BY FAR THE WISES THING ANY MAN CAN DO! FOR THIS WORLD IS PASSING AWAY, BUT IN HIM WE SHALL LIVE FOREVER!

1Jn 2:17, … the world is passing away, and the lust of it; BUT HE WHO DOES THE WILL OF GOD ABIDES FOREVER. 

Pro 16:20, HE WHO HEEDS THE WORD WISELY WILL FIND GOOD, AND WHOEVER TRUSTS IN THE LORD, HAPPY IS HE.

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Job 30, Our true enemy!

Job 30:1, “But now they mock at me, men younger than I, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

Before men used to listen to his wisdom (Job 29:21), but now even men whom he wouldn’t put in charge of the dogs mock him! ONE THING TO REMEMBER HERE IS THAT JESUS WAS ALSO MOCKED BY MEN!

Joh 19:3, Then they said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they struck Him with their hands. 

Today, Christians are counted as crazy because of our faith in CHRIST JESUS! THE WORLD HATED HIM THEY WILL ALSO HATE US!

Job 30:8-10, THEY WERE SONS OF FOOLS, Yes, SONS OF VILE MEN; They were scourged from the land. “AND NOW I AM THEIR TAUNTING SONG; Yes, I AM THEIR BYWORD. They abhor me, they keep far from me; They do not hesitate to spit in my face.

Because of Job’s faith in the living GOD, he is enduring the attack of satan through these men! WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN TRIALS BECAUSE OF OUR FAITH IN THE LIVING GOD!

Heb 11:36, STILL OTHERS HAD TRIAL OF MOCKINGS AND SCOURGINGS, YES, AND OF CHAINS AND IMPRISONMENT.

Job 30:11, BECAUSE HE HAS LOOSED MY BOWSTRING AND AFFLICTED ME, They have cast off restraint before me. 

Job believes that GOD has weaken him, but we know that this is an attack by satan, which GOD Allowed! GOD WILL NEVER TEMP YOU TO SIN AGAINST HIM LIKE SATAN WANTS JOB TO DO (Job 1:11)! “HE (Job) WILL SURELY CURSE YOU (GOD) TO YOUR FACE!”

Jas 1:13, NLT, And remember, WHEN YOU ARE BEING TEMPTED, DO NOT SAY, “GOD IS TEMPTING ME.” God is never tempted to do wrong, and HE NEVER TEMPTS ANYONE ELSE.

WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHO OUR TRUE ENEMY IS AND WHO IS TEMPTING US!

Eph 6:10-11, Finally, my brethren, BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT. PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST THE WILES OF THE DEVIL.

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Job 28, True hidden treasure! the LORD!

Job 28:1-2,4, “SURELY THERE IS A MINE FOR SILVER, AND A PLACE WHERE GOLD IS REFINED. IRON IS TAKEN FROM THE EARTH, And copper is smelted from ore. …. HE BREAKS OPEN A SHAFT AWAY FROM PEOPLE; IN PLACES FORGOTTEN BY FEET They hang far away from men; THEY SWING TO AND FRO.

Job is thinking that the earth holds many hidden treasures! Silver, Gold, Iron etc, BUT IT’S HARD WORK TO UN-EARTH! BUT, TO THE DILIGENT THESE TREASURES CAN BE FOUND!

Job 28:12-13, “BUT WHERE CAN WISDOM BE FOUND? AND WHERE IS THE PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING? MAN DOES NOT KNOW ITS VALUE, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

Pro 3:13, Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding; 

Job 28:15-17, IT CANNOT BE PURCHASED FOR GOLD, NOR CAN SILVER BE WEIGHED FOR ITS PRICE. IT CANNOT BE VALUED IN THE GOLD OF OPHIR, IN PRECIOUS ONYX OR SAPPHIRE. NEITHER GOLD NOR CRYSTAL CAN EQUAL IT, NOR CAN IT BE EXCHANGED FOR JEWELRY OF FINE GOLD.

WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING IS BY FAR MORE PRECIOUS THAN ANY EARTHLY TREASURE; BUT, WHERE CAN IT BE FOUND?

Job 28:28, And to man He said, ‘BEHOLD, THE FEAR OF THE LORD, THAT IS WISDOM, AND TO DEPART FROM EVIL IS UNDERSTANDING.

As silver and gold and all precious stones are found in the earth, TRUE WISDOM IS ONLY FOUND IN HIS WORD! THE DILIGENT, BY READING HIS WORD DAILY, WILL FIND WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING!

Pro 1:7, THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE, BUT FOOLS DESPISE WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION.

Jer 9:23, Thus says the LORD: “LET NOT THE WISE MAN GLORY IN HIS WISDOM, LET NOT THE MIGHTY MAN GLORY IN HIS MIGHT, NOR LET THE RICH MAN GLORY IN HIS RICHES; 

DON’T GLORY IN YOUR WISDOM, IN YOUR STRENGTH OR WEALTH, BUT GLORY IN THAT YOU KNOW THE LORD AND HIS WORD! SEEK THE LORD AND YOU’LL FIND ETERNAL TREASURES AND ETERNAL LIFE!

Jer 9:24, BUT LET HIM WHO GLORIES GLORY IN THIS, THAT HE UNDERSTANDS AND KNOWS ME, THAT I AM THE LORD, EXERCISING LOVINGKINDNESS, JUDGMENT, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE EARTH. FOR IN THESE I DELIGHT,” SAYS THE LORD.