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You may think that you have no claim on God's victory because you are suffering the consequences of your own sin and blunders. The Gospel of Jesus Christ certainly includes that possibility. But, God has a song for us to sing even when we are reaping the tares that our own hands have foolishly sown! When you have a season for quiet meditation, please ponder the wonder of the Third Psalm. David is fleeing from the consequences of his own sin. Absalom was born as the result of a polygamous relationship with Maacah. If David had fully embraced the Lord's heart, this sin would never have been born.
In the heat of vindictive rage, Absalom murdered his half brother Ammon for violating his natural sister, Tamar. It was because Absalom was David's son that the penalty for the crime of murder was never imposed, and Absalom escaped with his life. When Absalom stole the hearts of the people and fostered an insurrection to murder his own father in order to usurp the throne, David fled into the wilderness. Psalm 3 was written as the testimony of David at this time.
Wouldn't you expect this psalm to be gloomy and melancholy? But the exact opposite is true. David is not at all a victim of his past. He is not in bondage to the trouble that issued from his own blunders. Even when he was in trouble because of his own sin, he expected God to shield him and to lift up his discouraged head. He was able to have a peaceful sleep because he was convinced the Lord was sustaining him. It is marvelous to see how completely free from fear this lover of God was, even though he was running from the results of his own failures.
God's salvation is so wonderful it even includes deliverance from the enemies that our own failures may have created. Glorious Grace! Yes, my friend, there is always victory in the Lord. Absalom may bring great trouble into our lives, but he is not able to disturb our rest in the Lord. He cannot rob us of our victory. God delights to be our Glory and the "Lifter of our heads". He will turn the curse into a blessing.
Pull out all the stops and sing David's psalm with all your heart! We are never at the mercy of our enemies, even if the enemy is the harvest of our own sowing! [Brother Ed Miller, "God's Dawn For Every Darkness", Brother Ed Miller, p. 133-4]
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<DIV class=Section1><B><I>"One thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward."</I></B> [Philippians 3:13-14]
By the way this is not my writing , its just somthin interesting i casme across</DIV>
In the heat of vindictive rage, Absalom murdered his half brother Ammon for violating his natural sister, Tamar. It was because Absalom was David's son that the penalty for the crime of murder was never imposed, and Absalom escaped with his life. When Absalom stole the hearts of the people and fostered an insurrection to murder his own father in order to usurp the throne, David fled into the wilderness. Psalm 3 was written as the testimony of David at this time.
Wouldn't you expect this psalm to be gloomy and melancholy? But the exact opposite is true. David is not at all a victim of his past. He is not in bondage to the trouble that issued from his own blunders. Even when he was in trouble because of his own sin, he expected God to shield him and to lift up his discouraged head. He was able to have a peaceful sleep because he was convinced the Lord was sustaining him. It is marvelous to see how completely free from fear this lover of God was, even though he was running from the results of his own failures.
God's salvation is so wonderful it even includes deliverance from the enemies that our own failures may have created. Glorious Grace! Yes, my friend, there is always victory in the Lord. Absalom may bring great trouble into our lives, but he is not able to disturb our rest in the Lord. He cannot rob us of our victory. God delights to be our Glory and the "Lifter of our heads". He will turn the curse into a blessing.
Pull out all the stops and sing David's psalm with all your heart! We are never at the mercy of our enemies, even if the enemy is the harvest of our own sowing! [Brother Ed Miller, "God's Dawn For Every Darkness", Brother Ed Miller, p. 133-4]
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<DIV class=Section1><B><I>"One thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward."</I></B> [Philippians 3:13-14]
By the way this is not my writing , its just somthin interesting i casme across</DIV>
