Psalm 23
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
3 He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
David has more written about his up and down, anointed life, than Jacob. Jacob, who is named Israel. Not as much Moses, only because Psalms is a Book of Worship. That's quite a lot of Biblical Word given. Almost jaw dropping. However, the Pentateuch has so many more Chapters.
The Song, "Once in a Lifetime," by the Talking Heads
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
David writes of being filled by God. And yet, David writes about being hurt, envied, chased, feeling abandoned, treated with national indifference as he began his mercenary career. Marrying very well. Being abandoned by his Princess wife. Separated from his family. How is David able to write about being filled. His life looked like a slide down the mountain for almost 3 decades.
What attracted God to love David so well?
David exemplified the 10 Talent Parable. If David lived in a ditch and his family was kidnapped, and then his ruffian and malcontent cohorts planned to kill David due to the kidnappings. And ditch living. David decided with the same optimism of centenarians: This will work out for the good of one anointed of God.
The summary would be, when in a ditch, look up to God in hope.
If your background was a ditch, God says you can be a wonderful leader of God's people with your choices. God says if life takes a wrong turn and all turns to dust, God says you can be a wonderful leader of God's people with your choices. If you live in a ditch and have no leadership skills, God will love you as much as David.
If the ones you love fall into a ditch, your prayers, mercy, and God's Love will protect them and keep them in God's Love.
Should you find your ditch is substance abuse, look for the help God gave David, keep the faith.
If your ditch is worry and sadness over the culture, being called, 'social decay', prayer kept David alive in some very difficult times, times that didn't seem to have an exit strategy.
And like all the real people of the real Scriptures, God's Word: real anger, depression, fear, isolation, sin, loneliness, repentance, mind changing, renewal and hope was part of daily decisions.
Blessed are the Merciful, they will obtain Mercy.
During his mercenary days, David did not kill off Israel. David knew his duty was to protect and serve the Children of God. David was known to hope he could live or have his own convenient decisions, "Off God's radar," but David had only to be reminded his life was a purpose of God's purpose, David repented and returned to the Grace, Good Will and God's Purpose and Plan.
David's life in no way or shape looked like the pain free, blessed life of Jabez, who expanded his tent. There and Back Again.
David fell from the photo above. He fell out of God's grace. He seemed to fall out of God's Plan. David believed God would always restore his soul. David made himself dependable to the Lord.
One of the primary aspects of David, his ability to Shepherd. The fallen kingdom of Saul and Saul himself. His friendships. The malcontents and criminal class who followed the hero David into mercenary work.
Endearing.
God understands David had times with limited choices. God did not insist David stay home to not eat ham on Christmas, or the stockades. The Holy Spirit understands when life is a prison, not a literal prison. God was pleased when David lived in caves and didn't kill Saul.
Lamentations 3
I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of his wrath;
2 he has driven and brought me
into darkness without any light;
3 surely against me he turns his hand
again and again the whole day long.
4 He has made my flesh and my skin waste away;
he has broken my bones;
5 he has besieged and enveloped me
with bitterness and tribulation;
6 he has made me dwell in darkness
like the dead of long ago.
7 He has walled me about so that I cannot escape;
he has made my chains heavy;
8 though I call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;
9 he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;
he has made my paths crooked.
10 He is a bear lying in wait for me,
a lion in hiding;
11 he turned aside my steps and tore me to pieces;
he has made me desolate;
12 he bent his bow and set me
as a target for his arrow.
13 He drove into my kidneys
the arrows of his quiver;
14 I have become the laughingstock of all peoples,
the object of their taunts all day long.
15 He has filled me with bitterness;
he has sated me with wormwood.
16 He has made my teeth grind on gravel,
and made me cower in ashes;
17 my soul is bereft of peace;
I have forgotten what happiness is;
18 so I say, “My endurance has perished;
so has my hope from the Lord.”
19 Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
the wormwood and the gall!
20 My soul continually remembers it
and is bowed down within me.
21 But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
The steadfast love of the Lord
never ceases;
His mercies never come to an end;
23 they are new every morning
Great is your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in Him.”
25 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
to the soul who seeks Him.
26 It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man that he bear
the yoke in his youth.
28 Let him sit alone in silence
when it is laid on him;
29 let him put his mouth in the dust—
there may yet be hope;
30 let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
and let him be filled with insults.
31 For the Lord will not
cast off forever,
32 but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion
according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
33 for he does not afflict from his heart
or grieve the children of men.
34 To crush underfoot
all the prisoners of the earth,
35 to deny a man justice
in the presence of the Most High,
36 to subvert a man in his lawsuit,
the Lord does not approve.
37 Who has spoken and it came to pass,
unless the Lord has commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad come?
39 Why should a living man complain,
a man, about the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us test and examine our ways,
and return to the Lord!
41 Let us lift up our hearts and hands
to God in Heaven
David's Grandfather
Boaz, who showed Mercy to the Foreign woman, Ruth
the Pillars are the entrance to the Temple.
David collected the materials for this Temple,
his son Solomon built the Temple.
Thanks to foreigners
and foreign supplies and suppliers.
Generations later,
Hezekiah would establish an unprecedented
reign, fraught with terrible Empires
surrounding all, David had built.
And again, David's dream,
would be realized.
Foreigners aided Israel.
Foreign supplies and suppliers.
Great is your faithfulness.
Abba, Father,
We understand You to clearly say, come directly to Me, My Child.
Father God, may the meditations of my heart
and the words of my mouth be pleasing
and acceptable to You, my Father God.
I Give You my heart and this prayer.
And cover these prayers and please bless them and keep them.
May Your face shine upon these prayers and be gracious to them.
Lift up Your Face to Smile upon my prayer.
And keep these prayers covered
in Your Name - Jesus Christ - with Peace.
We pray for Turkey Syria, afraid to go home and dwell
in a building that might give way.
We ask Your Mercy.
Dozens of earthquakes felt in Turkey
5.5 this week and 4.3 quakes
Lenten opportunity to give:
We pray for relief to help and reach Syria
and Turkey. 6.4 and 4.9 earthquakes this week.
We pray this will cease. Lord, Your mercy upon this land and
Your people.
We pray Amazon puts back Amazon Smile,
philanthropy is needed today and this program
was wonderful. Many will feel the clip if Amazon Smile doesn't
continue. Please Lord.
We are Blessed to seek You First.
Blessed to be finding the High Way of Your Heaven today.
Blessed to ask to see more Heaven upon earth.
Blessed to have You as our Daily Bread.
Blessed to ask to Live Love, Joy and Peace.
Blessed to pray in expectation of Your Love and Willingness.
Blessed to pray in expectation of Your Love and Willingness.
Blessed to say Thank You that during Holy Week,
we have seen the Glimpse of Your Glory
working to heal the fullness of the earth, Yours.
We have had problems,
We have had problems,
Pray for peace, please.
My mother's roof is in sudden need of
repairs and we want to find the best solutions for her house.
During the rainy season.
We are spending so much time at her house.
We pray for relief and God's Word.
In Jesus, we Live and ask
Love and ask Jesus to cover this Nation, those who lead this Nation
and all other nations in this good fight.
Jesus is the Lord, Amen.
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