Brother Gary Wednesday Evening 7/30/14

Brother Gary Wednesday Evening 7/30/14

Psa 34:1  A Psalm of David, I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

I’m so thankful to have a Bible.  I want to do an overview of what is recorded in this 34^th Psalm.  David here was in a very difficult place in his life. 

If you are in a difficult spot; that is the reason that life is called life.  Read Job and Psalms 34.  You may feel that you have come through your last battle and will soar from here on out.  When you find out that is not true, then read Psalms 34.

Learning how to bless God in the difficult times in our life is a part of coming to maturity.  Until we learn this, we go through difficulty again and again.

Psa 34:2  My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

There is nothing like a genuine testimony.  There is a way to be genuine.  It is recorded in the Word of God.  That is the reason that the Bible teaches us in Isaiah that it is going to be precept upon precept and line upon line. 

It must start with conviction, crying out to God, repentance, godly sorrow that works repentance and then it is line upon line, here a little and there a little.

That here a little and there a little is the reason that Brother Herb’s Bible is marked in Psalms 23, Matt 26, many other places, and at the end of James he says, “1 Peter is next.”

My soul shall make her boast: It is a marvelous thought that young brother Schwartz brought of fading virtues.   It is wonderful to know that where real joy, peace, and satisfaction are found is in obeying the Word of God.  As the song says, “Jesus is right for whatever is wrong in your life.”  And as Isaiah 35 says, “A high way shall be there, and a way and it shall be called the way of holiness.” 

May God help us to make our boast in the Lord.  How nourishing it is!  I want to go home tonight and when I bow beside my bed and pray, I want to thank God for the nourishment that I got tonight.  It started in the first song and went on through the service.  I don’t ever want to lose it.

Psa 34:3  O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

It is wonderful when we realize how much we have been saved from; that pit we came from.  I would undoubtedly be in hell already and in torments forever if I had not gotten saved.  I need everyone to praise God with me. 

It is a wonderful thing to be saved.  I have always had someone to bear the heartaches that life brought me, Jesus and the Body of Christ.

In Deuteronomy 32, Moses was inspired by God to speak of the Word of God and the doctrine.  “It shall fall like a gentle rain.” And then again later he writes, “Ascribe greatness to God.”

Every time we view a literal beauty, the mountains, a new born child, a precious saint with the Beauty of the Lord in their life, we can ascribe greatness to God.

Psa 34:4  I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

For every one of us, if men and women will begin to pray, they can get help from God.  If men will begin to pray…  there was the generation of Adam, then the generation of Seth, then the generation of Enos.  The Bible says, “And then men began to call upon God.” 

I don’t know how far men went away from God in those generations.  I have a note with a question mark:  how far away from God are men driven in one generation?  All of us have heard the testimony of individuals, “How did I ever get here?” 

People in prison facing never being paroled:  “How did I ever get there?”  They didn’t just drift away from God.  They chose a task master that drove them. 

There is a marvelous thing, when men and women are estranged from God and then they begin to call upon God, not this modern day thing of “I pray all the time.”  No.  If they will get a heart cry to God where they are quiet before God, (People get their lives messed up so that they are a running machine, never quiet.), with God all things are possible. 

I believe beyond a shadow of any doubt that that one that is so busy that they cannot eat or sleep, God will bring them to a realization of the deep need that they have and that they can get those needs met.  They just have to do it God’s way.

Psa 34:5  They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

Psa 34:6  This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

This is an encouraging scripture tonight.  We would all have requests before God.  Makaela has a former classmate in Spokane that is in desperate need from God.  Think of a 10 year old girl that is so sick that her arms are not in control.  She has a trachea; they are so afraid of pneumonia that they put a shaking machine on her every day. 

We know how God feels about children.  Their angels always behold the face of the Father on behalf of the children. 

Can you have a son or daughter in law without having a burden?  That part of the family that came in through marriage and has needs.  The wonderful conviction of truth. 

Psa 34:7  The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

And delivered me from all my fears: Would there be anyone in this audience that doesn’t have in laws that you are not concerned about?  Isn’t it wonderful that we can pray?

They looked upon him and were enlightened: In Hebrews 12 where it was speaking of Jesus:  Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.  When you get a good look at Jesus, it puts a fire burning, “There is hope.”  Their faces were not ashamed.

Psa 34:6  This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Psa 34:7  The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

God has a way of making a way where there doesn’t seem to be any way.

Isn’t that a marvelous thing.  In a world where violence and heartache will increase, in a world where virtues are fading, isn’t it wonderful to know that the angels will be there? 

He was moved upon of how good God is:

Psa 34:8  O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Dear ones, what God has for us far exceeds any pleasures that the world could ever afford.  Taste the joy, the peace, the thrill, the answer to prayer.

That trusts in Him:  In Jeremiah it tells us that those that trust in Him will be as the tree planted by the waters; those that don’t trust God will be as the heath in the desert that won’t see when good comes.

When you are trusting God, you realize that, “I am on the brink of a miracle, something good is about to happen.”  That is how God is. 

Psa 34:9  O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

God only has good things in store for His people.  You say, “I don’t understand why what I wanted didn’t happen or didn’t work out like I thought I should.”  Trust God. 

Know how to take your losses and disappointments.  We will have them.  There is no disappointment in heaven but we are not there yet. 

There is no want to them that fear

Psa 34:10  The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

The big and the mighty men that think that they are so strong will suffer hunger. 

Verse 11:  I like the thought of us as children. 

Psa 34:11  Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

It is a fading virtue of people keeping their tongue.  People will say anything about anyone in any place.   Don’t make the story any bigger than it is or make yourself out to be any better or any worse than you are. 

You say, “If I do that then I won’t say anything.”  There is such a thing as blessed quietness.

Psa 34:12  What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

Psa 34:13  Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Psa 34:14  Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Psa 34:15  The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

Psa 34:16  The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Psa 34:17  The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

If you want God to hear you then live right.  If you are living right then God is waiting to hear from you.

Psa 34:18  The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Psa 34:19  Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

Psa 34:20  He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

Psa 34:21  Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

If you hear someone say that it doesn’t seem that anything is right in their life it might be ok if you have them read Psalms 34

David said, “Cry to God in your trouble.”  It is ok to call Karen and I we are glad to agree in prayer when you call.”  Where does your help come from, The lord which made heaven and earth.

A broken heart is a part of life.  “The Lord is nigh to them that are of a broken heart”  In a broken heart it is designed to lead people to Christ the healer.  I want to tell this to some people in loving kindness and tender mercy.

Tell it to Christ when your heart is broken.  He is the healer.

Psa 34:22  The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

If you are righteous then when someone doesn’t like you, you can trust God to take care of the rest.

There are times when we really need God to step in and help us.  Have you ever felt the storm beating on your little vessel?  You got a cry out to God and you felt, “Either the storm calmed or I calmed in the storm.” 

None that trust shall be desolate.