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Psalm 133, United in HIM!

Psa 133:1, BEHOLD, HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEASANT IT IS FOR BRETHREN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY! 

It has been said that blood is thicker than water; for brothers share the same blood as their siblings! YET, we are brothers and sisters in the LORD are united in the shed blood of JESUS our LORD and Savior!

Eph 2:13, BUT NOW IN CHRIST JESUS YOU WHO ONCE WERE FAR OFF HAVE BEEN BROUGHT NEAR BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. 

We are united by the blood of JESUS, not by our race, not by religion, not by our past; for we have been brought together in HIM!

Gal 3:28, There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; FOR YOU ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS. 

Psa 133:2, IT IS LIKE THE PRECIOUS OIL UPON THE HEAD, Running down on the beard, The beard of Aaron, Running down on the edge of his garments. 

Aaron and his sons were consecrated to the LORD by the pouring oil on their heads for Aaron and his sons were priest before the LORD!

Exo 30:30-31, AND YOU SHALL ANOINT AARON AND HIS SONS, AND CONSECRATE THEM, THAT THEY MAY MINISTER TO ME AS PRIESTs. “And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘THIS SHALL BE A HOLY ANOINTING OIL TO ME THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS.

In HIS eyes, brothers and sisters in CHRIST JESUS ARE TO BE HOLY FOR WE ARE HIS ROYAL PRIESTHOOD SPREADING HIS WORD TO A LOST WORLD!

1Pe 2:9, But you are a chosen generation, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, HIS OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE, THAT YOU MAY PROCLAIM THE PRAISES OF HIM WHO CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT; 

As brothers, united by our faith in CHRIST JESUS, WE ARE ONE IN HIS EYES!

Joh 17:21-22, THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE, AS YOU, FATHER, ARE IN ME, AND I IN YOU; THAT THEY ALSO MAY BE ONE IN US, that the world may believe that You sent Me. AND THE GLORY WHICH YOU GAVE ME I HAVE GIVEN THEM, THAT THEY MAY BE ONE JUST AS WE ARE ONE:

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Psalm 102, Trails!

Psa 102:1-2, Hear my prayer, O LORD, And let my cry come to You. DO NOT HIDE YOUR FACE FROM ME IN THE DAY OF MY TROUBLE; INCLINE YOUR EAR TO ME; IN THE DAY THAT I CALL, ANSWER ME SPEEDILY.

A desperate plea for GOD’s attention, “LORD attend to my prayer”! The affliction is bad enough, but don’t add to it by hiding from me! THE HARDEST PART OF A TRIAL IS WAITING ON HIS RESPONSE! IT MAY SEEM THAT HE IS NOT DOING ANYTHING, BUT HE IS ALWAYS WORKING IN OUR LIVES!

Isa 8:17, AND I WILL WAIT ON THE LORD, Who hides HIS face from the house of Jacob; AND I WILL HOPE IN HIM. 

Psa 102:9-10, For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping, Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; For You have lifted me up and cast me away.

The Psalmist mourning was made worse because he senses that this trial came from the LORD! The LORD doesn’t sleep on the job, HE is working and teaching by any means!

Rom 5:3-4, …but we also glory in tribulations, KNOWING THAT TRIBULATION PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE; AND PERSEVERANCE, CHARACTER; AND CHARACTER, HOPE.

Psa 102:11-12, MY DAYS are like a shadow that lengthens, AND I WITHER AWAY like grass.  But You, O LORD, shall endure forever, And the remembrance of Your name to all generations. 

My days, I wither away, BUT YOU!  The Psalmist gets his mind off himself and onto the LORD! Focus on the LORD, not on the trial!

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

Psa 102:19-20, FOR HE LOOKED DOWN FROM THE HEIGHT OF HIS SANCTUARY; FROM HEAVEN THE LORD VIEWED THE EARTH, To hear the groaning of the prisoner, TO RELEASE THOSE APPOINTED TO DEATH,

Remember we were prisoners to sin, BUT THE LORD JESUS SET US FREE; NO LONGER CONDEMNED, BUT RESTORED IN HIM!

Rom 6:22-23, But now having BEEN SET FREE FROM SIN, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death, BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.

TRIALS WILL COME, BUT WE HAVE VICTORY IN CHRIST JESUS! SET YOU MIND ON HIM!

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Psalm 43, why do you cast me off?

Psa 43:2, Vindicate me, O God, …Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! FOR YOU ARE THE GOD OF MY STRENGTH; WHY do You cast me off? WHY do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

A continuation of the previous psalm where the psalmist is in deep depression!  He is crying out to the LORD, the source of his strength and asking WHY DO YOU CAST ME OFF? WHY DO I GRIEVE? TRIALS LIKE THESE OFTEN TEST OUR FAITH, BUT RESULTS IN A STRONGER BOND WITH THE LORD!

Jas 1:3-4, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

JESUS said, at the start of HIS ministry!

Isa 61:1, “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon ME, Because the LORD has anointed ME To PREACH GOOD TIDINGS TO THE POOR; HE HAS SENT ME TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED, TO PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVES, AND THE OPENING OF THE PRISON TO THOSE WHO ARE BOUND; 

Psa 147:3, He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds. 

Psa 43:3-4, Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle. Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And on the harp I will praise You, O God, my God.

He is in a dark place and is asking the LORD for guidance! LEAD ME LORD OUT OF THIS DEPRESSION THAT I MAY PRAISE YOU AGAIN!

Psa 119:105, YOUR WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET AND A LIGHT TO MY PATH. 

2Cor 1:3-4, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and GOD OF ALL COMFORT, WHO COMFORTS US IN ALL OUR TRIBULATION, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO COMFORT THOSE WHO ARE IN ANY TROUBLE, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

The LORD may use you and your experiences to comfort others! REMEMBER, HIS WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS, HIS THOUGHTS ARE HIGHER THAN OURS! TRUST IN THE LORD

Psa 130:5, I WAIT FOR THE LORD, MY SOUL WAITS, AND IN HIS WORD I DO HOPE. 

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Psalm 42, depression!

Psa 42:1-2, AS THE DEER PANTS FOR THE WATER BROOKS, SO PANTS MY SOUL FOR YOU, O GOD. MY SOUL THIRSTS FOR GOD, FOR THE LIVING GOD. WHEN SHALL I COME AND APPEAR BEFORE GOD?

The Psalmist, the Sons of Korah, was suffering from depression and was thirsty for the presence of GOD. He didn’t thirst for vain idols, but for the living GOD!  Scripture tells us..

Php 4:6-7, BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS. 

When we thirst, there is only one place to go!

John 7:37, … JESUS STOOD AND CRIED OUT, SAYING, “IF ANYONE THIRSTS, LET HIM COME TO ME AND DRINK.

Psa 42:4, WHEN I REMEMBER THESE THINGS, I pour out my soul within me. FOR I USED TO GO WITH THE MULTITUDE; I WENT WITH THEM TO THE HOUSE OF GOD, WITH THE VOICE OF JOY AND PRAISE, With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast. 

Remembering his past joy only makes him sadder! His emotions are stirred up!

Psa 42:5, Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? HOPE IN GOD, FOR I SHALL YET PRAISE HIM FOR THE HELP OF HIS COUNTENANCE. 

Speaking to his own soul, why is my heart so sad? Depression is no joke, but the Psalmist new THAT HE SHALL PRIASE HIM AGAIN!

Psa 30:5b, … Weeping may endure for a night, BUT JOY COMES IN THE MORNING. 

Psa 62:8, TRUST IN HIM AT ALL TIMES, YOU PEOPLE; POUR OUT YOUR HEART BEFORE HIM; GOD IS A REFUGE FOR US. SELAH 

REMEMBER HE IS FAITHFUL AND HE WILL DELIVER YOU FROM EVERYTHING IN HIS TIME! TRUST IN HIM FOR HE IS A REFUGE TO THOSE THAT SEEK HIM! HE IS FAITHFUL!

Psa 30:11-12, You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

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Psalm 38, in sickness and health!

TO BRING TO REMEMBRANCE, O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure! For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down.

David felt that he was physically ill because of his sins, he felt the piercing pain which he called the LORDs arrows! HE DOESN’T DEAL WITH HIS SONS WITH JUDGEMENT, BUT AS A FATHER WHO PROPERLY CORRECTS HIS SON!

Pro 3:12, FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE CORRECTS, JUST AS A FATHER THE SON IN WHOM HE DELIGHTS. 

For those fathers, we should never rebuke our children in our anger, but in love that they may understand their error!

Psa 38:3-5, There is NO SOUNDNESS IN MY FLESH Because of Your anger, NOR ANY HEALTH IN MY BONES BECAUSE OF MY SIN. For MY INIQUITIES have gone over my head; LIKE A HEAVY BURDEN THEY ARE TOO HEAVY FOR ME. MY WOUNDS ARE FOUL AND FESTERING BECAUSE OF MY FOOLISHNESS. 

David felt no health in his flesh nor bones and he attributed his pains to his sins! I LOVE THE HOW DAVID SPEAKS TO HIS FATHER! HE DOESN’T HIDE ANYTHING FROM HIM AND JUST TALKS TO THE LORD HOW HE FEELS! JESUS SAID TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE WEARY!

Mat 11:28, COME TO ME, ALL YOU WHO LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST. 

Psa 38:18, FOR I WILL DECLARE MY INIQUITY; I WILL BE IN ANGUISH OVER MY SIN. 

THE LORD IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, IF WE CONFESS THEM! (1John 1:9)

Pro 28:13, He who covers his sins will not prosper, BUT WHOEVER CONFESSES AND FORSAKES THEM WILL HAVE MERCY. 

Psa 38:21-22, Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me! MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD, MY SALVATION!

The title of this Psalm is “TO BRING TO REMEMBRANCE” Not that the LORD needs to be reminded, but in scripture, FOR GOD TO REMEMBER IS FOR HIM TO ACT! MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME O LORD, MY SALVATION! 

DAVID ALWAYS SOUGHT THE LORD, IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, IN TRIALS AND GREAT JOY! THE LORD WAS THE STRENGTH OF HIS LIFE AND SO IT MUST BE FOR US! SEEK THE LORD DAILY!

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Psalm 16, We shall be like HIM!

Psa 16:1-2, … PRESERVE ME, O GOD, FOR IN YOU I PUT MY TRUST. O my soul, you have said to the LORD, “YOU ARE MY LORD, MY GOODNESS IS NOTHING APART FROM YOU.”

DAVID TRUSTED IN THE LORD, AND APART FROM HIM LIFE MEANS NOTHING! ALL THE GOOD DAVID CAN DO WILL BE FORGOTTEN WITHOUT GOD; BUT, IN HIM, EVEN A GLASS OF WATER GOD WILL REWARD!

Mar 9:41, FOR WHOEVER GIVES YOU A CUP OF WATER TO DRINK IN MY NAME, BECAUSE YOU BELONG TO CHRIST, ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, HE WILL BY NO MEANS LOSE HIS REWARD.  

Psa 16:3, AS FOR THE SAINTS WHO ARE ON THE EARTH, “THEY ARE THE EXCELLENT ONES, IN WHOM IS ALL MY DELIGHT.” 

SAINTS ARE THOSE BEING SANCTIFIED BY COMING TO CHRIST JESUS! DAVID DELIGHTED OVER THE SAINTS OF HIS TIME; DO WE DELIGHT IN OUR BROTHERS IN THE LORD? EACH WITH THEIR UNIQUE GIFTS CAN FORM A POWERFUL CHURCH IN HIS NAME!

1Pe 4:10, AS EACH ONE HAS RECEIVED A GIFT, MINISTER IT TO ONE ANOTHER, AS GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MANIFOLD GRACE OF GOD. 

Psa 16:9-10, Therefore my HEART IS GLAD, and my glory rejoices; MY FLESH ALSO WILL REST IN HOPE. FOR YOU WILL NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN SHEOL, NOR WILL YOU ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO SEE CORRUPTION.

David could rest and rejoice knowing that in his death GOD will be there to take care of him! DEATH TO MANY IS THE END OF ALL THINGS, BUT THATS JUST A MERE ILLUSION! IN REALITY IT’S THE BEGINNING OF LIFE IN HIS PRESENCE!

2Cor 5:7-8, FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT. WE ARE CONFIDENT, yes, well pleased rather TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY AND TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD.

JESUS ON THE CROSS HAD VICTORY OVER DEATH AND THE FATHER DIDN’T ALLOW CORRUPTION TO COME NEAR HIM! SINCE HE LIVES, WE SHALL ALSO LIVE AND WE WILL BE LIKE HIM! ONE DAY SOON!

1Jn 3:2, Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed WHAT WE SHALL BE, but we know that WHEN HE IS REVEALED, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM, FOR WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS.

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Psalm 4, Rest in HIM!

Psa 4:1, …HEAR ME WHEN I CALL, O GOD OF MY RIGHTEOUSNESS! YOU HAVE RELIEVED ME IN MY DISTRESS; HAVE MERCY ON ME, AND HEAR MY PRAYER. 

“LORD YOU HAVE ANSWERED ME BEFORE, HEAR ME AGAIN”! DAVID IS PASSIONATE IN HIS PRAYER TO GOD AND KNOWS THAT HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS COMES FROM THE LORD! HOW DO WE PRAY TO HIM, DO WE STIR OURSELVES UP IN PRAYER?

Isa 64:7, And THERE IS NO ONE WHO CALLS ON YOUR NAME, WHO STIRS HIMSELF UP TO TAKE HOLD OF YOU; …

Psa 4:3, But know that the LORD HAS SET APART FOR HIMSELF HIM WHO IS GODLY; THE LORD WILL HEAR WHEN I CALL TO HIM.

David said “HIM WHO IS GODLY, NOT PERFECT!” IN THE EYES OF THE LORD NO MAN, BESIDES HIS SON, IS PERFECT! FOR HE KNOWS THAT WERE MERE DUST! WILL THE LORD HEAR US WHEN WE PRAY?

Psa 103:14, FOR HE KNOWS OUR FRAME; HE REMEMBERS THAT WE ARE DUST. 

Psa 4:6-7, There are many who say, “WHO WILL SHOW US ANY GOOD?” LORD, LIFT UP THE LIGHT OF YOUR COUNTENANCE UPON US. YOU HAVE PUT GLADNESS IN MY HEART, …

THERE ARE MANY CYNICAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCE GOD OR EXPERIENCE HIM ONLY TO ATTRIBUTE IT TO COINCIDENCE! BUT DAVID KNOWS HIS GOD; IN DUE TIME THE LORD WILL ANSWER HIS CALL AND OURS IF WE TRUST AND SEEK HIM!

Psa 4:8, I WILL BOTH LIE DOWN IN PEACE, AND SLEEP; FOR YOU ALONE, O LORD, MAKE ME DWELL IN SAFETY.  

During trials sleep often goes out the door, for you mind can’t rest thinking of what can happen! DAVID KNEW HIS GOD, AND HE DIDN’T LOOK AT HIS CIRCUMSTANCES OR DWELL IN WHAT MAY NEVER COME; HE LOOKED TO GOD ALONE! HIS COMFORT WAS IN KNOWING THAT THE LORD WILL TURN THIS AROUND! IN KNOWING HIM AND SEEKING HIM WE CAN HAVE REST EVEN IN OUR WORSE MOMENTS! TRUST IN HIM!

Pro 3:24, When you lie down, you will not be afraid; Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet. 

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2Chronicles 14, Rest in HIM!

2Ch 14:1-2, So Abijah rested with his fathers…. THEN ASA HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS PLACE. In his days the land was quiet for ten years. ASA DID WHAT WAS GOOD AND RIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE LORD HIS GOD,

He removed perverted idol-temple prostitutes which came in during Rehoboam’s reign! He even removed his grandmother Maachah from being queen mother because she made an obscene image! (1Ki 15:13).

2Ch 14:4, HE COMMANDED JUDAH TO SEEK THE LORD GOD OF THEIR FATHERS, AND TO OBSERVE THE LAW AND THE COMMANDMENT. 

Asa commanded his people to follow the LORD, BUT HE LED BY EXAMPLE IN HIS LIFE!

1Ki 15:14, But the high places were not removed. NEVERTHELESS ASA’S HEART WAS LOYAL TO THE LORD ALL HIS DAYS. 

2Ch 14:6, … HE HAD NO WAR IN THOSE YEARS, BECAUSE THE LORD HAD GIVEN HIM REST.

Psa 46:9, He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariot in the fire. 

ONLY THE LORD CAN GIVE YOU TRUE REST!

Mat 11:28-30, COME TO ME, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I WILL GIVE YOU REST. Take My yoke upon you and LEARN FROM ME, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. FOR MY YOKE IS EASY AND MY BURDEN IS LIGHT.

THIS WORLD OFFERS NOTHING BUT TROUBLE, BUT JESUS’S OFFERS YOU REST

Isa 11:10, “And in that day there shall BE A ROOT OF JESSE, WHO SHALL STAND AS A BANNER TO THE PEOPLE; FOR THE GENTILES SHALL SEEK HIM, AND HIS RESTING PLACE SHALL BE GLORIOUS.” 

SO, GIVE TO JESUS YOUR ANXIETIES, YOUR WORRIES, YOUR DAILY BATTLES, AND HE SHALL GIVE YOU REST! TRUST IN THE LORD!