January 07, 2022

 God With Us

 LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me, 2 or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me. 3 LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands— 4 if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe— 5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. 6 Arise, LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice. 7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high. 8 Let the LORD judge the peoples. Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High. 9 Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure— you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts. 10 My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. 11 God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day. 12 If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow. 13 He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows. 14 Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment. 15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made. 16 The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads. 17 I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.

Our enemies accuse us. They make up things according to the evil within their minds but our warfare is unique. The fight is mighty before God. What does that mean? Yes the enemy will use people to plot and devise evil but David prays to God. He tells God of his innocence not people and not the enemy. We go to the Lord and he cuts down the wicked.

Commentary

• The Young Shepard David is being attack by Lions
• Instead of fighting with people, he pleads his case before God
• David pleads to God the depth of his love for him and the wickedness of the enemy
• When God restores David his enemies will be put to shame
• Have you ever been angry with People?
• They will be people that love us and people that oppose us
• The fight is before God. That person is just a tool in the enemies hand and God wants to deal with the evil inside of the person

Matthew 5

The Sermon on the Mountain

"Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountain. He sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them."

1. The Lord will teach us
2. He is high and he is at rest
3. He taught them the Beatitudes
4. He taught them about salt and light
5. Fulfilling the law
6. Murder
7. Adultery
8. Divorce
9. Oaths
10. Eye for an eye
11. and Love for your enemies

Have a great day!