Statue of David by VerrocchioPsalm 89:19-52
19 Once you spoke in a vision,
to your faithful people you said:
"I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
I have exalted a young man from among the people.
20 I have found David my servant;
with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 My hand will sustain him;
surely my arm will strengthen him.
22 No enemy will subject him to tribute;
no wicked man will oppress him.
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike down his adversaries.
24 My faithful love will be with him,
and through my name his horn will be exalted.
25 I will set his hand over the sea,
his right hand over the rivers.
26 He will call out to me, 'You are my Father,
my God, the Rock my Savior.'
27 I will also appoint him my firstborn,
the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
28 I will maintain my love to him forever,
and my covenant with him will never fail.
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30 "If his sons forsake my law
and do not follow my statutes,
31 if they violate my decrees
and fail to keep my commands,
32 I will punish their sin with the rod,
their iniquity with flogging;
33 but I will not take my love from him,
nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my covenant
or alter what my lips have uttered.
35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness—
and I will not lie to David-
36 that his line will continue forever
and his throne endure before me like the sun;
37 it will be established forever like the moon,
the faithful witness in the sky."
Selah
38 But you have rejected, you have spurned,
you have been very angry with your anointed one.
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant
and have defiled his crown in the dust.
40 You have broken through all his walls
and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
41 All who pass by have plundered him;
he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You have turned back the edge of his sword
and have not supported him in battle.
44 You have put an end to his splendor
and cast his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut short the days of his youth;
you have covered him with a mantle of shame.
Selah
46 How long, O LORD ? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.
For what futility you have created all men!
48 What man can live and not see death,
or save himself from the power of the grave ?
Selah
49 O Lord, where is your former great love,
which in your faithfulness you swore to David?
50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked,
how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
51 the taunts with which your enemies have mocked, O LORD,
with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.
52 Praise be to the LORD forever!
Amen and Amen.
You would think having David's life explained, this would be a Psalm of David. However, this is Ethan the Ezrahite, a Priest. Even a Priest in the Golden Age of David and Solomon could understand how difficult life can be.
Few people have been depended on by a large number of people and they all live in a ditch in a place called Ziklag and this looks - plumb awful.
John 16:33
"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
Romans 8:37
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
This passage is for all who do not grow weary of going good.
We have been discussing the Power Ball Lottery lately and I remember when my Aunt Clarice died - before we knew the next day, I dreamed I had a phone call from her. Where she was screaming and yelling that she was standing just outside of Heaven's Gates and could see into His Kingdom. She said the one thing to remember about this call is "All of this is True! All of His Promises are True! And Winning the Lottery has NOTHING on getting to see ALL of Heaven and ALL of His Promises!!! Remember! Remember!
Jesus Loves You!!!"
Revelation 3:21
To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne.
Psalm 131
A song of ascents. Of David.
1
My heart is not proud, Lord,
my eyes are not haughty;
I do not concern myself with great matters
or things too wonderful for me.
2
But I have calmed and quieted myself,
I am like a weaned child with its mother;
like a weaned child I am content.
3
Israel, put your hope in the Lord
both now and forevermore.
Father God, what is our best prayer?
Father, I do not know, but You do. Speak the Word and this shall be healed.
Father, I give You my Loved ones and say "Please, in the Name of Jesus." And we lift up the People of this Nation, and our communities, Churches and States. And in expectation of Your Great Love, we will rest in Jesus. Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †
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