Thursday
Evening Bible Study
September
10, 2015
Introduction
Do people see Jesus? Is the gospel
preached? Does it address the person who is: Empty, lonely, guilty, or afraid
to die? Does it speak to the broken
hearted? Does it build up the church? Milk – Meat – Manna Preach for a decision
Is the church loved? Target 3300 words
Video = 75 wpm
The English word psalm comes
from a Greek word that means “a poem sung to musical accompaniment”, or in
particular, “stringed instruments”.
The Hebrew name is tehillim,
which means “praises.”
Video: Luther trailer
The book of Psalms is the hymnbook of God’s people.
It’s also the “Him” book as well. It’s all about Jesus.
The writer of Hebrews quotes from
Psalm 40:8 when he writes,
(Hebrews 10:7 NKJV) Then I
said, ‘Behold, I have come— In the
volume of the book it is written of Me— To do Your will, O God.’ ”
The author was talking about Jesus.
We’re going to see a lot of Jesus
in the Psalms.
Soul Music
Music touches the soul. It’s
“soulish” in nature. It touches the emotions.
We’re going to find every kind of
emotion possible expressed in the Psalms.
For every sigh there is a Psalm.
For most of us, this is what makes
the Psalms so wonderful. We can identify. We can relate.
If we were honest, even darkest
most depressing Psalms describe the very things we go through day by day.
It is my prayer that as we continue
on this journey through the Psalms, we won’t just look at these songs
academically, with our mind, but that we may also grow as worshippers.
Psalm 55 – Escape from Betrayal
: To the Chief Musician. With Stringed Instruments. A Contemplation of
David.
With Stringed Instruments
Neginoth – n@giynah
– music, song, taunt song; music (of stringed instrument)
A Contemplation of David
Contemplation – maskiyl
– something to learn from. Something
to think about.
A Contemplation of David
We don’t know for sure, but it seems to be another song written during of
Absalom’s rebellion against David.
David was a man with family problems.
His oldest son Amnon had raped his own half-sister Tamar.
When Tamar’s full brother Absalom found out about it, he plotted and killed
his older brother Amnon.
For a while Absalom lived in exile because of the murder, but he was eventually
allowed to come home.
Absalom was then the apparent “heir” to the throne since he was now the
oldest son of David.
Absalom began to plot is rise to the throne and started by kissing up to
all the people …
(2 Samuel 15:10–14
NKJV) —10 Then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel,
saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say,
‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’ ” 11 And with Absalom went two hundred men invited from Jerusalem, and
they went along innocently and did not know anything. 12 Then Absalom
sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city—from
Giloh—while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy grew strong, for the
people with Absalom continually increased in number. 13 Now a
messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with
Absalom.” 14 So David
said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let
us flee, or we shall not escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he
overtake us suddenly and bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the
edge of the sword.”
Those closest to David could see the writing on the wall,
that Absalom was about to launch a coup, overthrow his father, and become king
in his place.
This seems to fit the things described in the Psalm.
:1 Give ear to my prayer, O God, And do not hide Yourself from my
supplication.
:1 Give ear to my prayer
This is another of David’s cries
for help.
:2 Attend to me, and hear me; I am restless in my complaint, and moan
noisily,
:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the
wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me, And in wrath they hate me.
:4 My heart is severely pained within me, And the terrors of death have
fallen upon me.
David is fearful for his life.
:5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed
me.
:6 So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at
rest.
:7 Indeed, I would wander far off, And remain in the wilderness.
Selah
:8 I would hasten my escape From the windy storm and tempest.”
:8 my escape from the windy storm
David could see storm clouds gathering on the horizon.
:7 wander off … in the wilderness
At the counsel of those closest to him, David would gather those loyal to
him, and leave Jerusalem.
(2 Samuel 15:23
NKJV) And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people
crossed over. The king himself also crossed over the Brook Kidron, and all the
people crossed over toward the way of the wilderness.
They will eventually make their way to the other side of the Jordan River,
to the city of Mahanaim.
:6 I would fly away and be at rest
Sometimes we wish we could just run away and hide from all of life’s
problems.
Running away doesn’t always solve life’s problems.
:9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For I have seen
violence and strife in the city.
:9 divide their tongues
David is asking God to confuse the advice of the Absalom’s conspirators.
As David left Jerusalem, being chased by Absalom, David heard that his
friend and advisor Ahithophel had joined the rebellion.
(2 Samuel 15:31
NKJV) Then someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among
the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into
foolishness!”
David knew this was not a good thing and that Ahithophel could cause
tremendous damage.
As soon as David prayed, God provided a way to answer that prayer because
another one of David’s advisors was passing by David on the way out of the
city, Hushai the Archite.
David asked Hushai to stay behind and offer his service and counsel to
Absalom …
(2 Samuel 15:34b
NKJV) …then you may defeat the counsel of Ahithophel for me.
God would use Hushai to eventually bring Absalom’s defeat.
:10 Day and night they go around it on its walls; Iniquity and trouble are
also in the midst of it.
:11 Destruction is in its midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart
from its streets.
:11 Destruction … Oppression … deceit
You get a feeling for the confusion that the city of Jerusalem was in as
Absalom was preparing to enter the city.
Great words to describe Absalom’s treachery against his own father.
:12 For it is not an enemy who reproaches me; Then I could
bear it. Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself
against me; Then I could hide from him.
:13 But it was you, a man my equal, My companion and my
acquaintance.
:14 We took sweet counsel together, And walked to the house of God
in the throng.
:13 My companion and my acquaintance
We believe David is talking here about his friend Ahithophel.
We’ve already seen David put Ahithophel into one of his earlier Psalms:
(Psalm 41:9 NKJV) Even my own
familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.
John realized that Ahithophel was a prophetic picture of Judas Iscariot, he
quoted from Psalm 41:
(John 13:18 NKJV) “I do not
speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture
may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel
against Me.’
Lesson
Betrayal
Some of you know the pain of having been betrayed by someone close to you.
It may have been a spouse.
The pain that leads to divorce is excruciating.
It may have been a business partner.
Someone you once trusted turned on you.
As a church, we went through several church splits in our early years.
Some of the splits were caused by people who had been very
close to me at one time.
It’s very painful to have been close to someone, trusted them,
and then they turn their back on you and cause much grief.
For those of you who have been through this kind of pain, you know exactly
what David was going through.
:15 Let death seize them; Let them go down alive into hell, For wickedness is
in their dwellings and among them.
:15 Let them go down alive into hell
David wasn’t too happy with what Ahithophel was doing.
This “curse” was what had actually happened during another “rebellion”,
when Korah (a cousin to Moses) rose up in rebellion against Moses and Aaron in
the wilderness.
(Numbers 16:31–33
NKJV) —31 Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that
the ground split apart under them, 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their
households and all the men with Korah, with all their goods. 33 So they and
all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them,
and they perished from among the assembly.
It’s almost as if David is asking God to repeat history…
:16 As for me, I will call upon God, And the Lord shall save me.
:17 Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He
shall hear my voice.
:17 Evening and morning and at noon
David prayed three times a day.
Daniel also prayed three times a day, not just when he was in trouble, but
as his daily habit. (Dan. 6:10)
(Daniel 6:10b NKJV)
…he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and
gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.
:18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was
against me, For there were many against me.
:19 God will hear, and afflict them, Even He who abides from of old. Selah
:19 He who abides from of old
God has been around a long time.
Nothing fools Him.
(Isaiah 57:15 NKJV)
For
thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in
the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive
the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
…:19 Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God.
:19 Because they do not change
(Psalm 55:19 ESV) …because they
do not change and do not fear God.
I think our ability to “change” is connected to our “fear of God”.
If we truly respect Him, we will learn to do what He says – to change … to
repent…
:20 He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; He
has broken his covenant.
I think this is talking about Ahithophel (not God).
:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, But war was
in his heart; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn
swords.
:21 words…smoother than butter
Sometimes people who say nice, sweet things about you are the ones you need
to watch out for.
This was a good description of Ahithophel.
When he spoke, people considered it as if God were speaking.
(2 Samuel 16:23
NKJV) Now the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was
as if one had inquired at the oracle of God. So was all the advice of
Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
Yet when the opportunity came to betray David and side with Absalom,
Ahithophel jumped to the heart of the conspiracy.
:21 war was in his heart
After Absalom entered the city of Jerusalem, he asked his counselors what
he should do next, it was Ahithophel who actually gave the correct advice if
Absalom was to actually defeat David. He
told Absalom the smartest thing was to attack David while he was still fleeing
(2Sam. 17:1-4) … “war”.
(2 Samuel 17:1–4 NKJV) —1 Moreover
Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Now let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will
arise and pursue David tonight. 2 I will
come upon him while he is weary and weak, and make him afraid. And all
the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike only the king. 3 Then I will bring back all the people to you. When all return
except the man whom you seek, all the people will be at peace.” 4 And the saying pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
It was a good thing that David had left Hushai behind, because Hushai
countered Ahithophel’s advice by telling Absalom to go slowly – and in the end
David was allowed to escape across the Jordan River.
:22 Cast your burden on the Lord,
And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
:23 But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;
Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will
trust in You.
:22 Cast your burden on the Lord,
And He shall sustain you
cast – shalak
– (Hiphil) to throw, cast, throw away, cast off, shed, cast down
burden – y@hab
– burden, lot (that which is given); from yahab – to give, provide, ascribe, come
The “burden” is the thing that has
been given you in life.
For David, the “burden” was the
situation of having been betrayed.
he shall sustain – kuwl –
(Pilpel) to sustain, maintain, contain; support, nourish; endure
Though we could look at the “burden” as being anything that is weighing you
down, in David’s case the “burden” was the pain of betrayal.
Lesson
Put it down
If you choose to carry that grudge or Unforgiveness towards the one who
betrayed you, you’re going to eventually be crushed with the weight of it all.
Paul wrote,
(Ephesians
4:32 NKJV) And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another,
even as God in Christ forgave you.
We need to learn to let it go.
I think Peter had Psalm 55 in mind when he wrote,
(1 Peter 5:6–7 NKJV)
—6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He
may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
Illustration
There was a man who was bearing the weight of the whole world on his
shoulders. His name is Dr. George McCauslin, the director of a YMCA near Pittsburgh. And in that
western Pennsylvania YMCA that was losing membership, that had financial difficulties
and terrible staff problems, George McCauslin found himself working 85 hours a
week. He found himself getting little sleep at night. He took little time off.
And when he was off, he was worrying and fretting about the problems of this
YMCA.
He went to a therapist who told him he was on the verge of a nervous
breakdown. He had to learn somehow to let go and somehow to let God into his
problems. He didn’t know quite how to do that.
So George McCauslin took an afternoon off, took a pad and paper, and took a
walk in the western Pennsylvania
woods. As he walked through the cool woods, he could just feel his tight body
and his tight neck start to relax. He sat down under a tree and sighed. For the
first time in months he relaxed.
He got out his pad and paper, and he decided that he would let them go, the
burdens of his life. He wrote God a letter. He said, “Dear God, today I hereby
resign as general manager of the universe. Love, George.”
Then with a twinkle in his eye that is so characteristic of George
McCauslin, he said, “And wonder of wonders, God accepted my resignation.”
-- Thomas Tewell, "The Weight of
the World [1995],"
Songs
C G F
C
I cast all my cares upon You
F C
I lay all of my burdens
Dm7 G
Down at Your feet
C G
And anytime I don't know
Gm F
What to do {*}
C G
I will cast all my cares
C F C
upon You
C/G C+/G#
{*} I will cast all my cares
Am
F
upon You
Cares Chorus / Words & Music by Kelly Willard / © 1978 Maranatha! Music /
Cares.doc
Psalm 56 – From Fear to Faith
: To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” a
Michtam of David When the Philistines Captured Him in Gath.
The Silent Dove in Distant Lands
Jonath-elem-rechokim –yownath
‘elem r@choqiym – “the silent dove of far-off places”; possibly the name of
a melody.
Trivia Note:
This is the longest word in the Bible.
Michtam
We saw this term describe Psalm 16.
The meaning of this term is a
little uncertain.
Some suggest it’s related to the
word for “cover” (katamu), and would
suggest that it means there is a deeper, hidden, covered meaning in the text.
Others suggest it is related to the
word for “gold” (ketem) and hints
that there is something precious and valuable here.
It will be used again in Psalm 57,
58, 59, 60.
When the Philistines Captured Him in Gath
Remember last week where Doeg the Edomite killed the priests at Saul’s
order?
Though David would be in Gath at two different times in his life, the best
fit took place after the episode with Doeg in Nob.
It was at Nob that David was given some bread and the sword of Goliath, who
came from Gath. As David rode into town with Goliath’s sword, I wonder what he
was thinking… Perhaps he was thinking that this was the last place that Saul
would ever come to look for him. I
wonder what he thought the Philistines would think? Maybe he thought that if he had Goliath’s
sword he would be respected by the Philistines?
(1 Samuel 21:10–15
NKJV) —10 Then David arose and fled that day from before Saul, and went to
Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David
the king of the land? Did they not sing of him to one another in dances,
saying: ‘Saul has
slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands’?” 12 Now David took these words to heart, and was very much afraid of
Achish the king of Gath. 13 So he changed his behavior before them, pretended madness in their
hands, scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva fall down on his
beard. 14 Then Achish
said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why have you brought
him to me? 15 Have I need
of madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my
presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?”
Lesson
Fears and Folly
I hope you’re realizing that whenever we make choices based on our fears,
we have a high risk of playing the “fool” or the “madman”.
The first recorded time of man being afraid took place in the garden of
Eden after Adam sinned and covered himself with a fig leaf.
(Genesis 3:10 NKJV)
…“I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was
naked; and I hid myself.”
I’m not much of a horticulturist, but I’m told that fig leaves are about
the scratchiest, most uncomfortable thing he could have chosen.
Illustration
During World War II, a military
governor met with General George Patton in Sicily. When he praised Patton highly for his courage
and bravery, the general replied, “Sir, I am not a brave man—the truth is, I am
an utter craven coward. I have never
been within the sound of gunshot or in sight of battle in my whole life that I
wasn’t so scared that I had sweat in the palms of my hands.” Years later, when Patton’s autobiography was
published, it contained this significant statement by the general: “I learned very early in my life never to
take counsel of my fears.”
Sometimes we’ve been hurt by people.
I know some of you have experienced some pretty devastating things in
relationships. If we’re not careful, we can allow our fears to cause us to do
some pretty strange things – like going to Gath.
Sometimes our past can sort of
haunt us and make us respond out of fear.
Illustration
An American is in London for the
first time. He’s in a taxi on his way to an appointment for which he is afraid
he may be late, given the slow speed at which the driver is proceeding. In
order to ask the driver about their progress, he leans forward and taps the
older gentleman on the shoulder. The driver simultaneously emits a blood
curdling scream and jumps straight up in the air, yanking the wheel to one
side. The cab veers sharply, jumps the curb, demolishing a beautiful old cast
iron lamppost and comes to a stop mere inches from a shop window. The startled
but uninjured passenger asks, “Are you all right? I didn’t mean to frighten
you. I just wanted to ask a question.” “Not your fault, guv’nor,” said the
driver in a Cockney lilt, “I’m bright new to this taxi drivin’ I yam, an’ I’m
not used to ‘avin’ comp’ny owin’ to my previous trade.” “I see,” said the
passenger. “And what did you do previously?” The driver said, “Why for the past
25 years I was the best hearse driver in London, sir.”
Some have suggested that going to Gath
was a mistake. I’m not sure I disagree.
:1 Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; Fighting all day
he oppresses me.
:2 My enemies would hound me all day, For there are many who
fight against me, O Most High.
:2 there are many who fight against me
David has lots of enemies right now and not many friends.
His father-in-law, King Saul is after him.
Now that he’s in Gath, he’s reminded that the Philistines aren’t exactly in
love with him either.
After all, he was the one that killed their champion Goliath, who was from …
Gath … whose sword he’s been carrying.
:3 Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
:3 Whenever I am afraid
I do like the Old King James here, even though it doesn’t sound too smooth…
(Psalm 56:3 AV) What time I
am afraid, I will trust in thee.
I want to get to the point where I have an automatic “knee-jerk” reaction
to fear. I want to learn to
automatically trust God.
David learning to trust God in the middle of his fears. We know some of
what he prayed at this same time as well.
This was when he wrote Psalm 34:
(Psalm 34:4 NKJV) I sought the
Lord, and He heard me, And
delivered me from all my fears.
You don’t have to stay stuck in fear.
You can move towards Faith.
:4 In God (I will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not
fear. What can flesh do to me?
:4 I will praise His word
Lesson
Trust the Bible
David is praising God for His Word because He is counting on God's Word.
Mathew Henry: “He resolves to make God’s promises the matter of his
praises”
We see this in Psalm 60, how later on in his life, David was facing a
season of “defeat”.
(Psalm 60:1 NKJV) O God, You
have cast us off;
You
have broken us down; You have been displeased; Oh, restore us again!
Yet somehow, perhaps through a prophet, God sent word to David:
(Psalm 60:6–10 NKJV)
—6 God has spoken in His holiness: “I will rejoice; I will
divide Shechem And measure
out the Valley of Succoth. 7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also
is the helmet for My head; Judah is My lawgiver. 8 Moab is My washpot; Over Edom I will cast My shoe; Philistia, shout in triumph because of Me.”
God had spoken about how He loved His people and how He
will give victory over their enemies.
David trusted in what God spoke, and went on to write,
9 Who will
bring me to the strong city? Who will lead me to Edom? 10 Is it not You, O God, who cast us off? And You, O
God, who did not go out with our armies?
In 1Chronicles 18, you can read how David went on to win
incredible victories over each enemy.
But the victories came because David trusted God’s Word and obeyed it.
How does trusting God’s Word affect me?
Am I learning to live what I read?
Are you reading every day? Ask
God to speak to you as you read. Expect
to hear at least one thing from Him each day.
Illustration
In 1521, Martin Luther was put on trial before Emperor Charles V. His writings were accused of being heretical,
against the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
He was ordered to “recant”, to say that his teachings were
“wrong”.
Martin’s defense of himself was to simply claim that all
his teachings were based upon the Word of God, and not the teachings of the
church that contradicted the Bible.
Video: Luther’s
response (“Luther”, 2003, 1:17:10 – 1:21:40)
One of the cries of the Reformation was, “Sola Scriptura”, or, “Scripture
Alone”.
We base our faith, and our praise, on God’s Word.
:5 All day they twist my words; All their thoughts are against me
for evil.
:5 All day they twist my words
Enemies twist our words.
Even loved ones can sometimes twist our words…
:6 They gather together, They hide, they mark my steps, When they lie in
wait for my life.
:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God!
:8 You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they
not in Your book?
:8 Put my tears into Your bottle
Archaeologists have found small terra-cotta bottles in Egyptian tombs. Tear bottles were also fairly common in Roman
times, around the time of Christ.
Mourners would fill small glass bottles or cups with tears and place
them in the tomb as a symbol of respect.
Sometimes women were even paid to cry into these vessels, as they walked
along the mourning procession. The more anguish and tears produced, the more
important and valued the deceased person was perceived to be.
Some have suggested that whenever a person shed tears on any occasion, they
would run and get their bottle and capture the tears in the bottle. It was
something valuable, reminding the person of the emotional times in life.
Others have suggested that when the woman washed Jesus’ feet with her
tears, she might have used one of these tear bottles (Luke 7:37-38).
Lesson
God remembers
David knows that God keeps track even of his tears.
One of the keys to move from fear to faith is knowing that God knows.
God remembers the times that we’ve been hurt and the people who’ve hurt us:
The Amalekites attacked the children of Israel as they came through the
wilderness, preying on the weak who struggled to keep up with the larger group.
(Exodus
17:14 NKJV) Then the Lord said to
Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in
the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek
from under heaven.”
God would not forget what Amalek had done to His people
until He had wiped them out.
The entity in the last days known
as “Babylon” will be guilty of killing God’s people.
(Revelation 16:19 NKJV) Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities
of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her
the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.
When the Ammonites, Moabites,
Edomites, Philistines, and people of Tyre laughed and had a good time at
Jerusalem’s destruction, God remembered (Eze. 25-26).
There are some things that God
doesn’t remember.
(Isaiah 43:25 NKJV) “I, even
I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins.
David is counting on the fact that God will remember the difficulty he’s
going through.
:9 When I cry out to You, Then my enemies will turn back; This I
know, because God is for me.
:9 God is for me
Lesson
On my side
Even in Gath, even while he was acting “crazy”, David knew that God was on
his side.
Ezekiel found out that even though
God was bringing Jerusalem through a time of judgment and cleansing, He was
still on their side, still dealing with their enemies (Eze. 26:2).
David wrote,
(Psalm 124:1–3
NKJV) —1 “If it had not been the Lord
who was on our side,” Let Israel now say— 2 “If it had not been the Lord
who was on our side, When men rose up against us, 3 Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their
wrath was kindled against us;
For us, it’s even clearer through what Jesus has done on the cross.
(Romans 8:31–32
NKJV) —31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us,
who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all,
how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
:10 In God (I will praise His word), In the Lord (I will praise His word),
:11 In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to
me?
Verses 10-11 are almost exactly like what David has just written in verse
4:
(Psalm 56:4 NKJV) In God (I
will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?
:11 I will not be afraid
Jesus said,
(Luke 12:4–5 NKJV) —4 “And I say
to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that
have no more that they can do. 5 But I will
show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to
cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!
We need to get the “fear” thing
correct.
If we have respect and “fear”
towards God, if we are right towards God, then we don’t need to be afraid of
people.
:12 Vows made to You are binding upon me, O God; I will
render praises to You,
:13 For You have delivered my soul from death. Have You not kept
my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?
:13 That I may walk before God
So how did David move from a place of Fear to a place of Faith?
Trust the Bible
God Remembers
He’s on my side
:13 You have delivered my soul from
death
David is talking about how God has
preserved his life through this difficult time.
God has also delivered our souls
from death through the sacrifice of His Son.
Song
E A2/C#
What time I am afraid
Bsus C#m
What time I am afraid
E A2/C#
What time I am afraid
Bsus B
E (E/G# A B)
I will trust in Thee
(repeat)
E A/C#
The mountains fall
Bsus C#m
The oceans roar
E A/C# Bsus
The nations rattle all their swords
E A/C#
The enemy
Bsus C#m
Is after me
E F#m
But what time I am afraid
Bsus
B E
I will trust in Thee
You lift me up
You cover me
You send your love so faithfully
You are my strength
You hear my plea
So what time I am afraid
I will trust in Thee
written October 3, 2002
What Time I Am Afraid / words and music by Richard
Cathers / © 2002
Richard Cathers / WhatTime.doc