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God’s Promise of Inner Strength
God has given us a promise that, if we wait and trust in Him, He will renew our inner strength!
The “Heart” spoken of here is the center of your emotions, will, and spirit.
The promise is, that if we wait on God’s will to come to pass, we will receive deep and spiritually sustaining strength – not just physical endurance.
Wait, I say, on the LORD!
God’s Promise of Personal Communion
A very special promise is given to all those who love and fear God!
They will be taught by God in the way God chooses, which will always be the best way!
We are also promised that, if we would love God and fear Him, our souls will dwell at ease and our children will be blessed!
To this person, God will speak in personal communion and He will show them the full power of His covenant with them!
God’s Promise of Access
In this verse, we are given a promise of great insight from God!
It is the knowledge of who will have access into the kingdom of God and stand in His holy place.
This promise is not for everyone. But it is for those who daily put forth the effort to live this life with spiritually clean hands, a pure heart, and not give in to vanity and deceit.
This is promise worth holding on to!
God’s Promise That We Will Be Fully Satisfied
We are given here a promise of wisdom.
It is the promise that if we live with a respectful fear of God in our hearts, we will be guided toward spiritual life rather than death.
The “evil” spoken of here (Hebrew word: ra ah) is the evil consequence for sin, known in the New Testament as “sowing and reaping”.
When we respectfully fear the LORD, we will be satisfied in Him and not feel the need to pursue sin for our satisfaction.
Because of this, we will not have to face the consequences for sin.
We are promised that we will live satisfied in God’s will!
God’s Promise of Spiritual Strength and Fruitfulness
Here in Psalm 1, we find a promise from God that, if we keep ourselves pure from the ways of the ungodly, the sinners, and the scornful, then we will receive the blessing of spiritual strength and fruitfulness!
Even when things around us make it seem like we are in a dry land, our spiritual life will not whither and our works will prosper!
God’s Promise of Peace
These verses keep us reminded that we are not called to live with an anxious spirit about things that are going on around us or within us.
We are called by God to live in the spirit of prayer and thanksgiving!
The promise from God is that when we purpose to live this way, peace that can only come from God will come to our lives and keep our hearts and minds protected through Christ Jesus!
God’s Promise to Prepare a Place for Those Who Trust in Him
In this verse, Jesus makes a promise that can encourage any child of God to continue to trust in Him!
It is the promise that where Jesus is we will one day be.
Remember, He is preparing that place especially for us and once we are in that place with Him, we will never have to leave His presence!
God’s Promise to Direct Our Paths
This scripture offers timeless wisdom about trusting God and seeking His guidance in every aspect of life.
It encourages us to trust in God’s character and in His wisdom.
When we are tempted to trust our own understanding, take up the challenge to completely depend on God’s understanding and watch Him do great things!
God’s Promise to Work All Things Together for Our Good
We find in this scripture yet another reason for spiritual endurance; knowing that all the things that transpire in our lives are allowed by God with an ordained purpose!
Knowing this, let us go on for the Lord trusting His will and His ways in our lives!
1 Samuel 17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
Many people know about the story of David and Goliath. Before this epic battle took place, David was given the less glorious task by his father, Jesse, to take supplies to David’s three older brothers and their captains who were at the battlefront against the Philistines.
1 Samuel 17:17-18 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; (18) And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
When David arrived, he saw a situation that needed to be dealt with and wondered why no one else was dealing with it.
1 Samuel 17:22-23; 26 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. (23) And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them. (26) And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel?
David’s inquiry sparked an outburst from his eldest brother, Eliab. 1 Samuel 17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
To this, we have the now-famous response from David. 1 Samuel 17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
Notice the different responses:
“...and David heard them (Vs. 25). This is probably when David decided to take up the challenge to fight the giant. He heard the giant one time and was ready to fight him.
“And Eliab his eldest brother heard…and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David” (Vs. 28). When Eliab heard Goliath for 40 days, he didn’t get angry enough to fight Goliath, but when he heard his brother one time, he got angry enough to fight his brother!
David was ready to deal with the situation. 1 Samuel 17:40; 49 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag…(49) And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
David was ready when he had a sudden change of calling. It was a calling to step up when others were stepping back!
What was David doing before he was launched into this role? He was working on himself. When a harpist was sought to play for King Saul, who had been afflicted with an evil spirit, the following was noted about David.
1 Samuel 16:18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite (speaking of David), that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
We see that David was not just sitting around dreaming of a better day, but he was cultivating some useful skills. He was practicing his harp (cunning in playing), he was becoming more valiant (a mighty valiant man), he was working on his fighting skills in case he was called upon to fight (a man of war), he was attentive to the mundane everyday tasks before him (prudent in matters), he kept himself healthy (a comely person), and he was working on his relationship with God (and the LORD is with him).
Not all of these skills do we have to cultivate, though I believe being prudent in matters, working on our health, and working on our relationship with God are skills we should all focus on.
David went from watching sheep, to delivering food, to liberating an entire nation, and would eventually become the next king.
God gave David the vision and David did what he could do and eventually God did what David could not do!
What are some things you could be working on right now that could prepare you for the next season of your life?
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Pastor Fulmer
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