Brother Bill Wednesday Evening 4/9/14

Brother Bill Wednesday Evening 4/9/14

2Sa 6:1  Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

2Sa 6:2  And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.

2Sa 6:3  And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.

2Sa 6:4  And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.

2Sa 6:5  And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

2Sa 6:6  And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.

2Sa 6:7  And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.

2Sa 6:8  And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.

2Sa 6:9  And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?

2Sa 6:10  So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

2Sa 6:11  And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.

The ark of the Lord was taken to the house of Obededom and was only there for three months.  But because the ark of God was in Obededom’s household, God blessed them.  If we have God in our lives, God will bless us.

2Sa 6:12  And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

The blessing was so prominent on his household that it was known to the point that it was told to the king, “The Lord is with the house of Obededom because of the ark of God.”  The blessing was so visible that the people were made aware of it. 

What a beautiful life!  I wish we had 30 young people here to hear this lesson.  What a wonderful life it is to have God in our lives.  I didn’t realize all the storehouse of the blessedness of having God in my life when I first got saved.  All that God had in store for me! 

The storehouse of God entailed more than just having a companion.  I didn’t realize the benefits that came.  Maybe sometimes it takes a time of walking: living the life and walking with God to realize how wonderful we have it.

The testimonies and expressions of the saints tonight of how God intervened were wonderful.  It is wonderful to have God on our side.

By having God in our lives, God will bless our household.  If we could look through a window and see what our life would have been like without having God…  My life would have been different.  Just the messes I was making of my life before I got saved and I got saved when I was 16 years old.  I was sowing bad seeds.  It was just going to get worse in my life.

Pro 3:1  My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Pro 3:2  For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

You can have people in the world give you advice: “If you put your money in these stocks, you will be successful.”  You may or you may not.  But when the Word of God says, “Keep my commandments and this will come to pass,” then you can bank on it. 

When the scripture says something then that is the way that it will be because God says it.

Pro 3:3  Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Keep it close to you.  Keep the word of God and keep doing what is right and you will have the mercy of God.

Pro 3:4  So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

To have favor of God and good understanding is to have good success.  If you want to really be successful, then I tell you something.  Talk of success stories: if people live for God, what greater success can you have than making heaven your home? 

You were bound and had anger issues and fight issues, and you could go on and on and God broke the chains of that and gave you a proper life.  You talk of a success story!

Because of God I can have favor even with man.  If I hadn’t served God I would not have favor with man.  At the school, it is a different scenario than some jobs.  You put in an application there and if you have a felony it shuts the door right there. 

People don’t realize that what they sow they will reap.  They don’t realize that they can have favor with God and with man.

Pro 3:5  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

When people are young, they could have an understanding that says, “If I don’t find a companion quick I will leave God and go out in the world.”  That is leaning to their own understanding.  God’s ways really pay off.  Lean not to your own understanding.

The law of sowing and reaping is even more pronounced and sure than us as humans realize.  With every sin there is a reaping.  There is no action taken that doesn’t have a reward.  Whatever we sow…, as we are walking we are sowing seed behind us.  Maybe one doesn’t even intend to sow seeds.  They are sowing seed whether they realize it or not.  It is a sure thing that we reap what we sow.

Pro 3:6  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

One of the benefits is to have God direct our paths.  It is so wonderful to have God in our lives!  The hand of God can help us to not do something stupid.  At the time we may think it is the only way out.  He intervenes and helps us in our decisions.

Pro 3:7  Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Pro 3:8  It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Pro 3:9  Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

It will be good for us.  God help us to give our best.

Pro 3:10  So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

The Word of God never gets old.  You read things and think, “I’ve never seen that before.  There is some new wine.”  It is just something that is really good to your heart.

Psa 68:4  Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

Psa 68:5  A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Isn’t it good to have a good heavenly Father?  We may not have a good natural father, but isn’t it good that we have a good heavenly Father?

Judge or advocate of the widows:  Isn’t it good to have God as your advocate?  Advocate means one that pleads the cause of another.  Isn’t it good to have God to work on our behalf? 

God truly worked on our behalf in what we went through this winter.  Going through that and having the saints rally on our behalf and pray for us did something for me.  I want to be one that rallies when the saints need prayer. 

Isn’t it good how we have God to work on our behalf?  If I had not had God to work on my behalf, it could have turned out in the negative.  See the blessings of having God in our lives?  Having Him as our Father and as our advocate, having Jesus as it says in Romans as our intercessor and the Spirit making intercession for you, what a wonderful blessing to have God in our lives!

He is an advocate of the widows, ones that unless they have someone help them that are helpless.  We are helpless in ourselves in different situations.  By having a wonderful God to work on our behalf, we really have access to something good.

We are solitary when we are lonely.  God sets the lonely in families.

Psa 68:6  God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

Even when I was single, you saints were good to me.  You had me over; it was awkward for me to share someone’s family during the family times.  The saints didn’t mean it that way.  They were just trying to be what they are to me.  It came from having God; I didn’t have to be lonely.

Psa 68:10  Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

God has good things for His people. 

Psa 68:19  Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

He daily loads us with benefits.

Rev 22:1  And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Rev 22:2  In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Twelve manner of fruits:  what God has available for us is more than just help in one area.  It is in various areas.  We need different things from God.  We may need fruit of correction, the fruit of instruction, the fruit of encouragement…

You will not always need correction, there are times that you need encouragement.  When doing your best for God you may need encouragement.  You may need the fruit of wisdom, or of healing of various types: emotional healing, companionship from God. 

Isn’t it good, it says, the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.  Healing from a life of sin, healing from anger issues.  There are people out there even in the ‘religious world’ that claim to have God and they have anger issues and have to go to professionals to try to get healing; they don’t get cured of it because they are not tapped into the tree.

Rev 22:3  And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

My life was open for curses before I got saved.  Because of God and living for God I don’t have to deal with curses.  Not only is it not a cursed life but a blessed.  The blessings come and overtake you.  You can bank on it because that is what the Bible says. 

I don’t have to suffer anymore for wrong doings; there will be no more wrong doings.  I can be cured from the man that I was.

Rev 22:4  And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

I can be one of His.  We will see His face; we can see God when we get to heaven and have a greater picture of how God is here.

Rev 22:5  And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

We can reign.

Rev 22:6  And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

These sayings are sure, they are true things. 

2Co 6:18  And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

You can even, in your busy schedule if you have time, think to yourself, “I am God’s daughter or son, and He is my Father.”  That opens up some good thoughts that will bless our hearts if we meditate on that.

Psa 48:14  For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

No matter how old we get He can be our guide.  He will always be there.  “When your father and mother forsake you then the Lord will take you up.”  Maybe you had good parents and they didn’t forsake you because they didn’t love you anymore but life ended for them and they had to leave.  When they are gone, the Lord will take you up.

It is so wonderful to have God in our lives.  To have God be God unto us: to be our caregiver, our comforter, director, our guide, and to help us to know what to do in life.  It is so wonderful to have God.