Psalm 137:4 (New King James Version)
4 How shall we sing the LORD’s song
In a foreign land?
The Lord’s Counsel / Instruction
The Lord’s Counsel. Psalm 16:7-11.
Psalm 16:7 I will bless the LORD who has given me counsel; My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
The Lord’s Instruction. Psalm 32:6-11.
Psalm 32:7 You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.
9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you.
10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him.
11 Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
The Lack of Discipline.
The Lack of Discipline. Proverbs 5:21-23
Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He ponders all his paths.
22 His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
23 He shall die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
God’s Grace in OT: Elijah Revives the Widow’s Son
1 Kings 17:17-23 (New King James Version)
Elijah Revives the Widow’s Son
17 Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman who owned the house became sick. And his sickness was so serious that there was no breath left in him. 18 So she said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to kill my son?”
19 And he said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him out of her arms and carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed. 20 Then he cried out to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on the widow with whom I lodge, by killing her son?” 21 And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and cried out to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God, I pray, let this child’s soul come back to him.” 22 Then the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back to him, and he revived.
23 And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, “See, your son lives!”
Notes
1) v. 17 - Have you come to me to bring my sin to remembrance? Still Many NT believers think that God remembers their forgiven sin and punishes them for it. If God had remember the widow’s sin, why would He have sustained her and her son’s life through her offering, she provided for Elijah? See v.12-16. Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
2) v. 23 – “See, your son lives!” John 11:25 - Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
UNITY: Where the LORD commanded the blessing
Psalm 133 (New King James Version)
1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it isFor brethren to dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the precious oil upon the head,
Running down on the beard,
The beard of Aaron,
Running down on the edge of his garments.
3 It is like the dew of Hermon,
Descending upon the mountains of Zion;
For there the LORD commanded the blessing—
Life forevermore.
Shout for Joy!
DAY 165: http://bit.ly/9vqxG4 Psalm 132:9 (NKJV) Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, And let Your saints shout for joy.
Heed wise counsel
the folly of Rehoboam
1 Kings 12:6-7 (New King James Version)
6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”
7 And they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”
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