Psalm 130 ~ O Lord, hear my voice

Psalm 130

A Song of Ascents.


Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
2 O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleas for mercy!

3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.

5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
6 my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.

7 O Israel, hope in the Lord!
For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with him is plentiful redemption.
8 And he will redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.



Usually I sleep well. And then every once in a while, I get in a pattern (not now) of waking very early in the morning and then wondering why I'm awake and worrying.

I've found, from time to time, I get up and read the Bible, the Gospels and then the Psalms until I find the passage of deep comfort to me. Some of the time, I didn't know what was of concern until I found the passage bringing peace. I guess we'd have to call this the Polio Vaccine of Scripture Studies.

And once I've found the comforting Scripture, if I wake up, then remember the Promises of God, The Power of God and knowing the Scripture Verse alive and active in God's Comfort - allows real comfort and rest to return.

I've witnessed Father God will answer prayer from eleven and more years past for true Love. And find in my heart knowing the Scripture is the Balm Gilead.

Gilead

God has an amazing long memory and being Almighty and Father and Creator of All Things - we know God has heard our prayers for many years. Mary was astonished thinking of God's Memory and Promise.

When Joseph was carted off to slavery in Genesis 37 by slave traders bring the aromatic balm of trees from Gilead.

The first record of Joseph is with Thutmose III, 1425 to 1479 BC. Widely considered a military genius by historians, Thutmose III conducted at least 15 campaigns in 20 years. He was an active expansionist ruler, sometimes called Egypt's greatest conqueror or "the Napoleon of Egypt." It would be vastly interesting to know who his Vizier was. Thutmose III successor, his son, Amenhotep II's funeral pyre statuary has the word "Joseph" carved upon this.

So - if our Father God has such a long memory for our prayers and He tells us to think of His Holy, Holy, Holy Spirit as our personal "Comfort" and "Comforter" and first tells us of the Balm of Gilead in Genesis 37 - when does Father God pick up on The Balm of Gilead again?

Jeremiah. The Prophet thrown in to King David's Kingdom line hole in the cellar called prison - speaks a lot about The Balm of Gilead. Jeremiah we know from Babylonian Chronicles is from 597 when the foreign emperor he kept prophesying about would release him, sent Nebo-Sarsechim in Jeremiah Chapter 39 and actually the Babylonians record this too - a Tablet Confirms a Biblical Babylonian General Nebo-Sarsechim following the orders of Nebuchadnezzar II to release God's Prophet.

So the Balm of Gilead has traveled in God's Word from 1425 B.C to 597 B.C. Which, of course, according to St Peter is less than one day to God Almighty.



God Himself as called His Holy Spirit "Comforter." For? You and for me. And God has said He remembers all of our tears and could have quite a talk with us about our thoughts and lives. Giving us His Son - Jesus Christ - His Only Son. Making sure in faith we could dwell with God forever.

Astonishing to remember all the details of the Scriptures hold up impossibility as fact. Solid Truth.

And our Father GOD wants to be "Comfort."


My thoughts tend to run like this in remembering:

1 Thessalonians 1 ~ gospel came to you not only in word, 2 Samuel 4:1-12 ~ David answered. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, 32-40 ~ by faith we understand, Acts 14:19-28 ~ disciples gathered. Being the disciples of Jesus today., Acts 6 ~ full of faith. Our belief in Him grows as we pray., and all that is within me, Beauty instead of ashes, bless His Holy Name - Jesus.


Jesus said something very strong. Pray with Hope. Know the Scriptures, Know the Power of God.

Mary told Jesus, "We have been looking for you?"

Jesus replied, "Why were you searching for me?" I would never leave or forsake you...

Abba,

Your willing Blessings give us Life.

Jesus is the Eternal Word of God.


“I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. 9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.

"I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them[b] in the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. 24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world."

We Thank You for Your Comfort.

We Thank You for Overcoming.

We Thank You for Your Words of Life.

We Thank You to give us to know to pray for Heaven on earth.

We Lift up our Cares to Jesus. We lift up Elliott, Dee and Janice. With Love and Faith!

We Lift up our Loves to Jesus.

We Lift up the People You Give us to Jesus.

We lift up our Nation to Jesus.

We lift up the cares of the world shown to us.

We Thank You for all the people praying for more Heaven on earth.

We Thank You for the Blessings You give daily and we Thank You to live in this Amazing Time.

Blessed to be in Jesus Christ. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †