March 20, 2022

 God With Us

Aren't you happy that God is with us? 

He wants to dwell with you.

It is no longer just King David, but it is about the people. He talks to God as just one of the sheep in his pasture, but he knows there are many more. He was destined to serve the great Nation of Israel and his thinking becomes no longer me, or I, but it is us and God's great body of people. 

Psalms 80

For the director of music. 

To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” Of Asaph. A psalm.

1 Hear us, Shepherd of Israel,

    you who lead Joseph like a flock.

You who sit enthroned between the cherubim,

    shine forth 2 before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.

Awaken your might;

    come and save us.

3 Restore us, O God;

    make your face shine on us,

    that we may be saved.

4 How long, Lord God Almighty,

    will your anger smolder

    against the prayers of your people?

5 You have fed them with the bread of tears;

    you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.

6 You have made us an object of derision to our neighbors,

    and our enemies mock us.

7 Restore us, God Almighty;

    make your face shine on us,

    that we may be saved.

8 You transplanted a vine from Egypt;

    you drove out the nations and planted it.

9 You cleared the ground for it,

    and it took root and filled the land.

10 The mountains were covered with its shade,

    the mighty cedars with its branches.

11 Its branches reached as far as the Sea,

    its shoots as far as the River.

12 Why have you broken down its walls

    so that all who pass by pick its grapes?

13 Boars from the forest ravage it,

    and insects from the fields feed on it.

14 Return to us, God Almighty!

    Look down from heaven and see!

Watch over this vine,

15     the root your right hand has planted,

    the son you have raised up for yourself.

16 Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;

    at your rebuke your people perish.

17 Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand,

    the son of man you have raised up for yourself.

18 Then we will not turn away from you;

    revive us, and we will call on your name.

19 Restore us, Lord God Almighty;

    make your face shine on us,

    that we may be saved.

 THE CONDTION OF GOD'S FLOCK

His prayers become about us. 

They become about the great Nation.

Help us, restore us, bless us. It is also the idea of oneness. 

Luke cont...

Jesus teaching on Prayer

Luke 11 9-12

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; Knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receive; the one who seeks finds; and the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 

Have a great day!