16 Oct 2007

16 Oct - Jeremiah 28-29; 1 Timothy 1; Psalm 86; Proverbs 25:17

Psa 86 v1-3 showed how David plea for God, the intensity and the yearning with emotions. "Incline your ear, O Lord", "for to you do I cry all the day"
How do we like little children call unto our parents - cry and and pull the parents ears towards us? We have lost the desire to have the Lord to hear us or the desire to have God to speak to us. David knew he must speak to God.

His plea in verse 4 for is to gladen his soul. The Lord is the answer to the joy to our inner most being- not the material that pleases the eye and staisfy the pride.

David know his God. 5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer;listen to my plea for grace.7 In the day of my trouble I call upon you,for you answer me.

He knew that the nature of God, good, forgiving, abounding in steadfast love -TO ALL who call upon him. We knew God, is it then by someone who told you about his goodness, his mercy and grace, about his love? Probably yes, but David knew His God, that he knew he need to call upon Him and he knew that God will listen and answer. David knew that this God will hear our cry - only if we cry unto Him - that is we need to know how to come to God with a broken and a contrite spirit.

Is it worth to do so? Can't we solve the problem ourselves? This is the God we worship. The great and mighty God. 8 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,nor are there any works like yours.9 All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord,and shall glorify your name.10 For you are great and do wondrous things;you alone are God.

What a fall back? What a sure foundation that we can depends on! No gods, no works (great and wonderous) can compare with Him. All nation - will come for He is worthy, He alone is God.

Now we know the God we serve, we know we need to come to Him and we know that when we come to Him He will answer us. The next question is how to come to Him so that it is pleasing to Him.

11 Teach me your way, O Lord,that I may walk in your truth;unite my heart to fear your name.12 I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,and I will glorify your name forever.

By walking in your truth - which is uniting your heart and fear God - fear God is the begining of knowledge. Come with thanksgiving with your heart. Again "heart". God look at the heart. You can cry, to show that you pray, to show that you ask, to show that you are all in emotions, but God look at the heart.

The remaining verses showed the promise of deliverence. Delieverce from death Shoel, deliverce from isolent men in verse 13 and 14.

Again, Psalm 86 go back to give praise to the God who did the delieverence.15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

The Lord will be gracious, will give you the strength, will save, will give you favour, will not be put to shame, will help and will comfort from verse 16 Turn to me and be gracious to me;give your strength to your servant,and save the son of your maidservant.17 Show me a sign of your favor,that those who hate me may see and be put to shamebecause you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.