Steve Webb: I am determined Oh God.
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today's Wednesday, we'll be reading from the book of Psalms
and we'll read chapters 108 through 110. I'll give you a
brief introduction to each chapter. And then after the
reading, I'll have some comments. And of course, I'll
also have an on this date in church history segment for you.
Today's episode is called decide in advance. The show notes page
for today is at Lifespring media.com/s 12. E 252. And my
email address is Steve at Lifespring. media.com. Well,
with all that preamble Are you ready? I know I am. Let's go.
The title of Psalm 108 is a song, a Psalm of David. And it
merges sections from Psalm 57 And Psalm 60. Now all of
Scripture is by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and that
includes David's writing of this song. Charles Spurgeon said of
the repetition of those sections in this psalm, the Holy Spirit
is not so short of expressions that he needs to repeat himself.
And the repetition cannot be meant merely to fill the book.
There must be some intention in the arrangement of two former
divine utterances in a new connection. Well, beloved,
perhaps one intention is to show us that it's good to use
scripture in our praises and petitions to God.
Psalms chapter 108. I am determined Oh god, I will sing
and praise you with my whole heart. Away go stringed
instrument and harp I will wake up at dawn, I will give you
thanks before the nation's Oh Lord, I will sing praises to you
before foreigners for your loyal love extends beyond the sky and
your faithfulness reaches the clouds rise up above the sky. Oh
God. May your splendor cover the whole earth. Deliver by Your
power and answer me so that the ones you love may be safe. God
has spoken in his sanctuary. I will triumph I will parcel out
check them the Valley of Succoth I will measure off Gilead
belongs to me as does Manasa Ephram is my helmet Judah, my
royal scepter Moab is my washbasin. I will make Edom
serve me. I will shout out and triumph over Philistia who will
lead me into the fortified city who will bring me to Edom? Have
you not rejected us? Oh god. Oh god, you do not go into battle
with our enemies. Give us help against the enemy for any help
men might offer is futile. By God's power we will conquer he
will trample down our enemies.
The title of Psalm 109 is to the chief musician, a Psalm of
David. The chief musician is thought by some to be the
temples Director of Music. Others think that it's God who
is the creator of music. Psalm 109 isn't in preparatory song.
What's that? It's a song that encourages God to bring judgment
on someone. This Psalm is perhaps the strongest of this
type. And it's a prayer that God will take vengeance on evil
people. Now note that David knew that vengeance is in the hands
of the Lord. He knew that he was not the one to take vengeance
even though it was certainly within his capability.
Psalms chapter 109. 0h God who my praise do not ignore me, for
they say cruel and deceptive things to me. They lie to me.
They surround me and say hateful things. They attack me for no
reason. They repay my love with accusations but I continue to
pray. They repay me evil for good and hate for love. appoint
an evil man to testify against him. May an accuser stand at his
right side. When he is judged he will be found guilty. Then his
prayer will be regarded as sinful. May his days be few may
another take his job. May his children be fatherless and his
wife a widow. May his children roam around begging asking for
handouts as they leave their ruined home. May they creditor
sees all he owns may strangers loot his property. May no one
show him kindness May no one have compassion on his
fatherless children. May his descendants be cut off, may the
memory of him be wiped out by the time the next generation
arrives. May his ancestors sins be remembered by the Lord, may
his mother's sin not be forgotten. May the Lord be
constantly aware of them and cut off the memory of his children
from the earth, for he never bothered to show kindness. He
harassed and oppressed the needy and killed the disheartened. He
loved to curse others so those curses have come upon him. He
had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no
blessings. He made cursing a way of life. So curses poured into
his stomach like water, and seeped into his bones like oil.
May occurs attach itself to him like a garment one puts on or a
belt one wears continually. May the Lord repay my accusers in
this way, those who say evil things about me, oh, Sovereign
Lord, intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation.
Because your loyal love is good. Deliver me, for I am oppressed
and needy and my heart beats violently within me. I am fading
away like a shadow at the end of the day. I am shaken off like a
locust. I am so starved my knees shake, I have turned into skin
and bones, I am disdained by them. When they see me they
shake their heads. Help me oh Lord, my God, because you are
faithful to me deliver me, then they will realize this is your
work and that you Lord have accomplished it. They curse but
you will bless. When they attack they will be humiliated, but
your servant will rejoice. My accusers will be covered with
shame and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe. I will
thank the Lord profusely in the middle of a crowd, I will praise
Him because He stands at the right hand of the needy to
deliver him from those who threatened his life.
The title of Psalm 110 is simply a Psalm of David. Though some
question David's authorship Jesus himself said that David
wrote it by the Holy Spirit in Mark 1236. When he said in
quoting verse one of Psalm 10, David himself by the Holy Spirit
said, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I put
your enemies under your feet. Psalm 110, or portions of it is
quoted no less than 27 times in the New Testament, making it one
of the most quoted Old Testament passages in the New Testament.
Psalms chapter 110. The Lord said to my Lord said it my right
hand till I make your enemies your footstool, the Lord shall
send the rod of your strength out of Zion, rule in the midst
of your enemies. Your people shall be volunteers in the day
of your power, in the beauties of holiness, from the womb of
the morning, you have the duty of your youth. The Lord has
sworn and will not relent, you are a priest forever according
to the order of Melchizedek. The Lord is at your right hand, he
shall execute kings in the day of his wrath, He shall judge
among the nations, he shall fill the places with dead bodies, he
shall execute the heads of many countries, he shall drink of the
brook by the wayside, therefore he shall lift up the head.
Today, beloved, I'm going to comment on Psalm 108. David
begins the psalm with a declaration, I am determined, Oh
God, I will sing and praise you with my whole heart. Many years
ago, I read the book experiencing God by Henry
Blackaby. I tell you, it changed my life. Truly. In this book,
the author made this point, decide in advance that no matter
what God asks you to do, your answer will be yes. Now that's
an easy decision. If you trust God and believe that he will
only ask you to do something that will ultimately be good for
you and will further his kingdom. Another way to put it
is be determined that whatever God asked you to do, your answer
will be yes. David, in the opening verse says, I am
determined, Oh God, I will sing and praise you with my whole
heart. I can't think of a better way to say it. No matter what
happens, Lord, I will sing and praise you with my whole heart.
David close the psalm with by God's power, we will conquer. He
will trample down our enemies. Beloved, when we are his when we
cling to Him, He will bring us victory. There are battles in
life. No one gets through life without them. But we need not
fear if God is with us. Yes, heartbreak will come our way.
But we need not be defeated. To our darkest times, we can and we
must trust God and continue to be determined to sing in praise
Him with our whole heart. And beloved, I'm not just talking
from theory here, I've been through some very, very
difficult times, which I've talked about on the show before.
But even in our darkest times, when my son was this close to
death, the lovely lady Liana and I praise God, we trusted him. We
didn't know whether Steven was going to live or whether he was
going to die. But we knew because we trusted God, that
Well, I have to apologize for yesterday's late appearance of
whatever happened would be for our and his ultimate benefit. I
the show. As you know, I make it a point to try to publish each
day's episode at 10pm pacific time so that it'll be there for
still believe that and more than 10 years down the road here,
most of the European Lifespring family members when they get up
Stephen is alive. He's doing well. And Liana and I praise the
in the morning. But that didn't happen yesterday because of a
glitch. Yes, a bonafide glitch. Oh, you want me to be more
Lord for that. My prayer is that you could make the same kind of
specific? You want me to get technical? Okay, well, here it
goes. The glitch was me. Yeah. As you know, the lovely lady
a declaration that Yes, Lord, before you ask, my answer will
Leanne was out of town for a few days. So when she came home from
be an emphatic yes. I'd love to hear your comments. Please go to
work yesterday, I took her to dinner. I've been working very
hard producing the newest episode. And in my haste to go
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pushed the Save Draft button. So I was not aware of my boneheaded
Thursday. So we'll read from the Bible's poetry category. We're
mistake until yesterday afternoon, when she sent this
text from work. She said, Hey, where's the new episode? Oh,
in the book of Proverbs, and we'll read chapters 23 and 24. Boost
man, sometimes I'm such a dork. You know what they say Haste
makes waste.
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On this date in church history, May 11 1825, the first national
Tract Society in America the American tracks society was
organized in New York City by a merger of 50 smaller societies.
By 1975, the American track society was publishing 30
million tracks a year. What they do now, my goodness. And then on
this date in church history, May 11 1851, James M. Gray was born.
He was a Bible teacher and clergyman. He was one of the
editors of the Scofield Bible, which was published in 1909. And
just an aside here, the Scofield Bible is a great study Bible. He
also served as president of Moody Bible Institute, and in
1931, he helped organize the evangelical teacher training
Association and he wrote To him, nor silver nor gold hath
obtained my redemption. Amen and Amen. And back on the Scofield
Bible. That's one of the things that is not so great about
things like the Bible app. I love having the Bible app on my
phone, because there are so many different Bible translations
there. But a good printed Study Bible has got so much in it,
that you just don't get as far as I know on something like the
Bible app, maybe I just haven't dive dove dived Diven into the
app that much. But I've got a couple of two or three shelves
full of really good study Bible in the Scofield Bible is
certainly a great one.
I've got a praise report today. I mentioned yesterday that one
of my brothers in law, Mike was taken to the ER with chest
pains. As it turns out, it wasn't that kind of chest pains,
meaning that it wasn't his heart. Seems that some time ago,
he had pneumonia and chest X rays showed some sort of
something that the docs think is because of the pneumonia. He
does have a few more problems going on that will require some
attention, but at least it does not appear that his problem was
heart related. So that's definitely a praise. Mike's
wife, Lisa, who is Leanne's younger sister says that he
periodically does get a sharp pain on his left side by his
armpit. So we do want to pray about that, that they get that
figured out. Let's pray. Our heavenly Father, Lord, you are
faithful, you're merciful. You are the one who sustains us.
You're just your righteous, your holy. Every breath we take is a
gift from you. Everything we have, everything we are comes
from you. You are the creator of all that is, you are the Alpha
and the Omega. And yet each of us has your attention. In all
the vastness of the universe, you not only know us by name,
you knew us before you laid the first cornerstone of creation.
And you know all the details of our lives in surprisingly, you
love us anyway. As we ponder these things, I pray that you'll
help us to decide that before you even ask, our answer will be
yes. Thank you, Lord, for taking care of Mike yesterday when he
was at the ER and we pray that the doctors will be able to come
up with the right treatment for his lungs and for the pain that
he has. guide their thoughts and their decisions, Lord, and we
pray that you'll bring healing to Mike, whether it be through
your miraculous touch or through the doctors. And Lord, I thank
you for the Lifespring family. I'm so thankful that each one is
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tomorrow. May God bless you richly. My name is Steve Webb.
Whatever you ask Lord. Yes