Christ in Majesty, Italian 1275 A.D.
Psalm 108
A Song. A Psalm of David.
My heart is steadfast, O God!
I will sing and make melody with all my being!
2 Awake, O harp and lyre!
I will awake the dawn!
3 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.
4 For your steadfast love is great above the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be over all the earth!
6 That your beloved ones may be delivered,
give salvation by your right hand and answer me!
7 God has promised in His Holiness:
“With exultation I will divide up Shechem
and portion out the Valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah my scepter.
9 Moab is my washbasin;
upon Edom I cast my shoe;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
10 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Have you not rejected us, O God?
You do not go out, O God, with our armies.
12 Oh grant us help against the foe,
for vain is the salvation of man!
With God
we shall do valiantly;
it is He
who will tread down our foes.
We all know Fight the Good Fight.
Having all the tools we can find and find useful, is a path our Father God would walk with us.
Melody is a combination of pitch and rhythm, figuratively, the term can include successions of other musical elements such as tonal color.
One of the calming aspects of melody is the repeat. We can wait for the soothing portions or grab strength from the Pitch. The melody is learned. And once we comprehend what we enjoy, we will probably never forget this aspect of life. All the Biblical visions of Heaven tell us music is enduring, part of imperishable Life.
The Melody we are learning in Psalm 108, is the Good Fight today.
Psalm 107 tells us something similar, the voyage on the ocean. Beautiful and terrifying, we can picture this occurring in the same day. Calm and terrifying.
DWe all know Fight the Good Fight.
Having all the tools we can find and find useful, is a path our Father God would walk with us.
Melody is a combination of pitch and rhythm, figuratively, the term can include successions of other musical elements such as tonal color.
One of the calming aspects of melody is the repeat. We can wait for the soothing portions or grab strength from the Pitch. The melody is learned. And once we comprehend what we enjoy, we will probably never forget this aspect of life. All the Biblical visions of Heaven tell us music is enduring, part of imperishable Life.
The Melody we are learning in Psalm 108, is the Good Fight today.
Psalm 107 tells us something similar, the voyage on the ocean. Beautiful and terrifying, we can picture this occurring in the same day. Calm and terrifying.
David was never recorded as being a sailor, or even going on a sea voyage. Psalm 108 has already told us the Psalmist woke up with optimism. As the day progresses, Joy is found. Suddenly, David is confronted with the idea of his loved ones suffering. We are told all the time, like Psalm 73, not to compare our lives to others. This leads to misery. Won't happen. Because - we learn from life. The Books of the Bible Samuel and Chronicles tell us immediately we want to know about Life and Lives and People. The Bible isn't just written as a History; The Scriptures are an Experience. Life isn't a tame lion. God is Good. All the Time.
As David compares his situation to the History, remember David learned while tending his family lambs and flock, David isn't really having fun when he contemplates all of the Scriptures. The Scriptures are real, life has suffering. David suffered for 22 years diligently working on being anointed of God. "Anointed of God." David was crowned four times and the prophetic went sideways.
When David had 'a bad day' it wasn't home, for glass of wine and a lot of over thinking. David went to a tent or a cave having seen entrails and broken heads. How did David cope with Horror.
David believed very strongly in something we'd call the American Dream. David wouldn't. David would say faith would ask us to do the work God gives mankind: To Believe in the One He has Sent. David understood The Almighty so well, David believe Yahweh was Jesus Christ. David believes, eternally, God wants the blind to see, the deaf to hear and the poor to have Good News preached to them. David believes whatever crisis he has, God is going to interweave this for God's Glory.
When we say Fight the Good Fight, we are saying:
The New Testament, the New Covenant, is telling us we are Living Stones. Building our souls into becoming God's Treasure. And we don't build tomorrow, we build today. David very specifically is telling us what he does daily. David the Shepherd admires The Good Shepherd. David is always tending something and as he tends, David is finding Joy. Today we might say mindfully, but David is not meditating in Peace. The Peace that passes understanding - is - very - present. David is doing as his faith and his life and his prophesy and his soul teach David - David is tapping into God's Strength, not to endure, to Thrive.
What stage of David's life is Psalm 108?
- Forgotten and overlooked, the youngest son of Jesse. Learning about God in the field with the sheep. Samuel had to rebuke Jesse to get the ball rolling.
- Innocent and overly confident teenager going up against a Giant. We have archaeological proof sitting in the Museum of Israel and accepted by the experts. (The internet was wrong, the Museum of Israel lists the asset.)
- David wades into a mine field with his employer, the King. Losing the first wife and soon on the run.
- Mercenary David lives very colorfully, and all the priests who helped him live the 'anointed' were taken in slaughter by King Saul.
- David's own band of thugs decide to Kill David when the families are taken and kidnapped by other mercenary thugs.
- David lived in a ... ditch. The Tel Dan Steele tells us David really existed. As King. Not many men ride their favorite donkey and dance naked at the Coronation. One sort of lends itself to the other, maybe?
What Stage of David's Life is Psalm 108?
Today.
David could be having a really bad time in his dream Palace getting the census taken. Or David could be learning Absalom is plotting heinously. The Time of David's Life is - Today.
David could be having a really bad time in his dream Palace getting the census taken. Or David could be learning Absalom is plotting heinously. The Time of David's Life is - Today.
One of the most calming aspects of God is the Melody repeats. Sing with me:
God didn't bring you this far, to drop you on your head.
And if you want to put that to Gregorian Chant - well, certainly. What ever rocks the boat.
Notice with me, the day this is played is Good Friday. How could our God. Our GOD, stand by for Good Friday. I lost a daughter as she was born. God caused Darkness, Earthquake and the earth was still. God isn't like you or me. When God died on the Cross in the agony and shame, God was on the Cross.
The same God who says on Easter Sunday, "My Father and yours."
David has learned to Thrive in World War I times. Because David believes God is so involved with him (you) our Jesus is coming back to cook Breakfast on the Beach and listen to us complain about jealousy and comfort and Politics and why does Jesus like John better, is he going to get better blessings now. While Jesus is talking about sheep, He really is telling Peter - allllll the sheep in the whoooole world.
Jesus already knew that. And God sent Jesus as an infant to be born in a barn, to an 'as yet unwed' mother. God sent Him to a barn to survive, bird flu. This is where these virus occur, food to table, in care of mere humans. Covid 19. God sent His Son to live past this.
God entrusts His Only Son, whom He Delights in, Wonderful, Counselor, Jesus The Christ of God - to the world. Tender baby, God Trusts us.
David expects to see what God is going to do is "Interweave" all things to Good.
David wasn't a deist, he didn't believe God was an absent patrician.
The Word of God Stands Forever. Alleluia.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †
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