Psalm 50 ~ my faithful ones

Psalm 50:1-6

David Cochran Audio, English Standard Version

A Psalm of Asaph.

The Mighty One, God the Lord,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
² Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines forth.

³ Our God comes; he does not keep silence;^{[May our God come and not keep silence]}
before him is a devouring fire,
around him a mighty tempest.
⁴ He calls to the heavens above
and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
⁵ “Gather to me my faithful ones,
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness,
for God himself is judge! Selah

The thing about being God - He can use whatever means of communication He wants. I've never been one privileged to audibly hear God. A woman in my Bible Study says she feels her stomach let her know a conviction of God is upon her and it motivates her to do more of what He wants.

I read the Scriptures and feel I've had a letter from God. As I've said before, mostly what I 'hear' is uplifting - and He corrects me. Occasionally I read about the enemies of Israel and realize - oh... um... that's me. Sometimes I am the wronged person and have to give it to the LORD and realize - well, it's not much I can do about it, try not to be bitter (- said lightly, but this can be a struggle). Sometimes Scriptures bring the realization to begin thinking about how to make a plan to communicate better. I am especially good at bringing a brick and bat to a feather boa - needed commentary. Occasionally I read about the enemies of God and realize I am doing wrong in bad attitudes. And He loves me. Who would ever want - to not - be part of that? - The Scriptures bring me all of this on a daily basis. The God of Love.

I know a dear woman I love and have struggles with in communication. And she sat on her back porch one day and said to the LORD - "I have served You. I have loved You. I have fed Your people. I have been a good woman - why am I about to be divorced and loose all of what I have wanted and worked for?" With all her heart she cried out to the LORD. And she heard the answer. Word for word. And she repeated what she heard to a few people she trusted. Later we realized it was Psalm 50.

This is a woman who has had some fierce struggles in life. But I can tell you, she is like all the people in the Bible - she has been victorious, she has been wrong, she has been wronged, she has been self-serving, she has been hard-working. For all of the troubles, our Father God is still here for her.

Bigger than all of us. Better than all. Over all. In all situations - God. God is for us.

Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

1 John 5:14
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

John 14:13
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.


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