Showing posts with label psalm 27. Show all posts
Showing posts with label psalm 27. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

My Heart Shall Not Fear...Psalm 27:3


Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.--Psalm 27:3

Not be afraid of ten thousands of people...


I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.--Psalm 3:6

Fearing God and trusting in His mercy...


The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:  Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.  I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.--Psalm 52:6-9


Walking by faith and not by sight...

And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.--2nd Kings 6:15-17



Knowing the battle is His...

And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.--2 Chronicles 20:15


Don't be terrified when the wicked come against you...it is evidence of your salvation.

And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.--Philippians 1:28


Christ suffered for righteousness sake that He might bring us to Himself.

But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;  But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:  Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.  For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.  For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:--1 Peter 3:14-18

Your God will help you...He will hold your right hand and will make the mountains before you, molehills.

Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.--Isaiah 41:11-15


No weapon formed against you will prosper...


No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.--Isaiah 54:17


Nothing shall separate us from the love of Christ which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?  As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.  

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.  For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.--Romans 8:35-39

Fear not...your reward awaits you...

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.--Revelation 2:10-11

Prescription for overcoming...do not count your life dear to you.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.--Revelation 12:11








 























Sunday, January 16, 2011

One Thing I Have Desired...

Psalm 27

A Psalm of David.
 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation;
         Whom shall I fear?
         The LORD is the strength of my life;
         Of whom shall I be afraid?
 2 When the wicked came against me
         To eat up my flesh,
         My enemies and foes,
         They stumbled and fell.
 3 Though an army may encamp against me,
         My heart shall not fear;
         Though war may rise against me,
         In this I will be confident.
    
 4 One thing I have desired of the LORD,
         That will I seek:
         That I may dwell in the house of the LORD
         All the days of my life,
         To behold the beauty of the LORD,
         And to inquire in His temple.
 5 For in the time of trouble
         He shall hide me in His pavilion;
         In the secret place of His tabernacle
         He shall hide me;
         He shall set me high upon a rock.
    
 6 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me;
         Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle;
         I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.
    
 7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice!
         Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
 8 When You said, “Seek My face,”
         My heart said to You, “Your face, LORD, I will seek.”
 9 Do not hide Your face from me;
         Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
         You have been my help;
         Do not leave me nor forsake me,
         O God of my salvation.
 10 When my father and my mother forsake me,
         Then the LORD will take care of me.
    
 11 Teach me Your way, O LORD,
         And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
 12 Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries;
         For false witnesses have risen against me,
         And such as breathe out violence.
 13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
         That I would see the goodness of the LORD
         In the land of the living.
    
 14 Wait on the LORD;
        Be of good courage,
         And He shall strengthen your heart;
         Wait, I say, on the LORD!


Dear Suzanne, Rebecca, Anna and Mikayla,

I absolutely love this Psalm.  It is such a comfort to me. My fears and my anxiety fall away when I remember the Lord.  Our lives here on earth as Job says are a few days and full of trouble.  My reason for loving this Psalm, however, is not because it comforts me in my fears and sorrows although I love to read it then.  My reason for loving this Psalm is in verse 4.  It is why the rest of the Psalm is such a comfort.  I KNOW who He is because I spend time with Him...I KNOW He is all that David says He is and more.

This was David's one desire and this is what He sought above all else...to spend time with His Lord and behold His beauty.  David looked up...looked at His Lord's wonderful and glorious attributes and worshiped. He reveled in Him.  He inquired of Him and sought from Him guidance and wisdom.  He wanted to be like Him. David did the only thing that is truly needful and His life reflected God's glory. Praying that David's hearts desire would be ours also.

Love
Mom