Tag: Losing sight of GOD!

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Psalm 137, the cost of sin!

Psa 137:1, BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON, THERE WE SAT DOWN, yea, WE WEPT When we remembered Zion.

The Psalmist finds himself weeping, writing this psalm far away from home! BECAUSE OF SIN, the LORD brought Babylon against them! IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO YOU ARE SIN LIES AT THE DOOR WAITING ON YOU!

The quote below is from Ravi Zacharias

Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay.

2Ki 24:3-4, SURELY AT THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD THIS CAME UPON JUDAH, TO REMOVE THEM FROM HIS SIGHT BECAUSE OF THE SINS OF MANASSEH, according to all that he had done, and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.

Psa 137:2-4, We hung our harps Upon the willows in the midst of it. FOR THERE THOSE WHO CARRIED US AWAY CAPTIVE ASKED OF US A SONG, And those who plundered us requested mirth, Saying, “SING US ONE OF THE SONGS OF ZION!” HOW SHALL WE SING THE LORD’S SONG IN A FOREIGN LAND?

They ravished their women in Zion, and killed their children, Yet they wanted them to sing?

SIN BRINGS MUCH MORE THAN YOU BARGAIN FOR! IT CAN DESTROY THE ONES YOU LOVE THE MOST!

Isa 13:16, Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished. 

Amo 8:3, And THE SONGS OF THE TEMPLE SHALL BE WAILING IN THAT DAY,” SAYS THE LORD GOD…

Psa 137:8-9, O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, Happy the one who repays you as you have served us! HAPPY THE ONE WHO TAKES AND DASHES YOUR LITTLE ONES AGAINST THE ROCK!

As they saw them kill their own children, they want it done to them as well!

Rom 12:19, Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord. 

Beware Christian sin is so costly it took the life of our LORD to pay for it!

Gen 4:7, If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, SIN LIES AT THE DOOR. AND ITS DESIRE IS FOR YOU, BUT YOU SHOULD RULE OVER IT.” 

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Psalm 60, The problem of sin in the camp!

Psa 60:1-2, …YOU HAVE CAST US OFF; YOU HAVE BROKEN US DOWN; YOU HAVE BEEN DISPLEASED; OH, RESTORE US AGAIN! You have made the earth tremble; You have broken it; Heal its breaches, for it is shaking.

David knew something was wrong between them and GOD when he experienced defeat before his enemies! BUT WORSE THAN DEFEAT IS KNOWING THAT GOD HAS LEFT THEM ALONE! IT’S OUR SINS THAT BLOCK THE BLESSINGS OF THE LORD.

Isa 59:1-2, Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. BUT YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE SEPARATED YOU FROM YOUR GOD; AND YOUR SINS HAVE HIDDEN HIS FACE FROM YOU, SO THAT HE WILL NOT HEAR.

Psa 60:3, You have shown Your people hard things; YOU HAVE MADE US DRINK THE WINE OF CONFUSION.

Israel’s defeat was a hard lesson for them to take in! WHY, WHAT HAPPEN, WHAT DID WE DO WRONG; They were confused.  Like Joshua was when he was defeated in battle of AI!

Jos 7:10-11, So the LORD said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face? Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. ….

It wasn’t that GOD failed Israel or wasn’t strong enough to protect them, but sin got in the way of HIS blessings! The LORD tells Joshua, GET UP! HE DOESN’T NEED TO BEG THAT GOD WOULD CHANGE HIS HEART TOWARDS ISRAEL, BUT THAT ISRAEL WILL CHANGE THEIR HEART TOWARDS GOD!

Psa 60:9-10, Who will bring me to the strong city? Who will lead me to Edom? IS IT NOT YOU, O GOD, WHO CAST US OFF? AND YOU, O GOD, WHO DID NOT GO OUT WITH OUR ARMIES?

The LORD will correct those whom HE loves!

Heb 12:6, FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE CHASTENS, AND SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES.” 

Psa 60:11-12, Give us help from trouble, FOR THE HELP OF MAN IS USELESS. THROUGH GOD WE WILL DO VALIANTLY, FOR IT IS HE WHO SHALL TREAD DOWN OUR ENEMIES.

THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR US, BUT WE NEED TO FULLY FOLLOW HIM IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES! TRUST IN THE LORD!

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Psalm 51, David admits his guilt!

Psa 51:1-2, …HAVE MERCY UPON ME, O GOD, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my TRANSGRESSIONS. WASH ME THOROUGHLY FROM MY INIQUITY, AND CLEANSE ME FROM MY SIN.

King David knows he is guilty before GOD and pleads for mercy from the LORD!

2Sa 12:9, WHY HAVE YOU DESPISED THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD, to do evil in HIS sight? YOU HAVE KILLED URIAH THE HITTITE WITH THE SWORD; YOU HAVE TAKEN HIS WIFE TO BE YOUR WIFE, AND HAVE KILLED HIM WITH THE SWORD OF THE PEOPLE OF AMMON. 

David tried to make it look as if Uriah was killed by the people of Ammon, and the good king took his grieving wife to comfort her? Nothing can be further from the truth!

Psa 51:3, 6, FOR I ACKNOWLEDGE MY TRANSGRESSIONS, AND MY SIN IS ALWAYS BEFORE ME…. BEHOLD, YOU DESIRE TRUTH IN THE INWARD PARTS, AND IN THE HIDDEN PART YOU WILL MAKE ME TO KNOW WISDOM. 

Man tries to cover his outward appearance before men, but the darkest thoughts of men is clearly visible to GOD! WE HAVE TO BE TRUTHFUL INWARDLY AS WELL AS EXTERNALLY; FOR THE PROBLEM LIES IN THE HEART OF ALL MEN!

Luk 6:45, A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART HIS MOUTH SPEAKS.

Pro 4:23, Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. 

Psa 51:10-11, CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, O GOD, AND RENEW A STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN ME. DO NOT CAST ME AWAY FROM YOUR PRESENCE, AND DO NOT TAKE YOUR HOLY SPIRIT FROM ME.

Jer 17:9-10, “THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND DESPERATELY WICKED; WHO CAN KNOW IT? I, THE LORD, SEARCH THE HEART, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

Pro 20:9, Who can say, “I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin”? 

WE HAVE TO BE HONEST TO OURSELVES AND NOT COVER ANYTHING UP FOR THAT IS USELESS, BECAUSE HE SEES ALL!

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Job 2, never lose sight of GOD!

Job 2:4-5, So Satan answered the LORD and said, “Skin for skin! YES, ALL THAT A MAN HAS HE WILL GIVE FOR HIS LIFE. BUT STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND NOW, AND TOUCH HIS BONE AND HIS FLESH, AND HE WILL SURELY CURSE YOU TO YOUR FACE!”

Satan said that Job would give up everything as long as he keeps his life! There is some truth to this statement; remember Peter when he was scared; he denied knowing JESUS!

Mat 26:74, Then he began to curse and swear, saying, “I DO NOT KNOW THE MAN!” Immediately a rooster crowed. 

Job 2:6-7, And the LORD said to Satan, “BEHOLD, HE IS IN YOUR HAND, BUT SPARE HIS LIFE.” So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and STRUCK JOB WITH PAINFUL BOILS FROM THE SOLE OF HIS FOOT TO THE CROWN OF HIS HEAD.

Job’s pain was relentless (Job 30:17), he lost his kids, his wealth, and he brought down to nothing! YET he still held fast to the LORD!

Job 2:9, THEN HIS WIFE SAID TO HIM, “DO YOU STILL HOLD FAST TO YOUR INTEGRITY? CURSE GOD AND DIE!” 

Job’s wife was also suffering, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS SATAN SPEAKING THROUGH HIS WIFE! REMEMBER WHEN PETER REBUKED CHRIST! JESUS SAID TO PETER!

Mat 16:23, BUT HE TURNED AND SAID TO PETER, “GET BEHIND ME, SATAN! YOU ARE AN OFFENSE TO ME, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.” 

JOB HELD FAST TO THE LORD FOR HE KNEW HIS GOD! IN ALL HIS AFFLICTION HE DIDN’T SIN WITH HIS LIPS. JOB NEVER LOST SIGHT OF HIS GOD FOR HIS MIND WAS FIRMLY PLANTED ON THE LORD!

Col 3:2, SET YOUR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON THINGS ON THE EARTH.