Psalm_____51

Scripture - What stood out?Psalms 5116 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;    you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.17 My sacrifice, O God, is[a] a broken spirit;    a broken and contrite heart

    you, God, will not despise. Observation - What does it say?King David, finally convinced of his sin, continues to pour himself and his heart out to God in this moving and penitent Psalm. Understanding - What does it mean?Was King David ahead of the game, or what? In a culture and time where forgiveness of sins revolved around the laws of sacrifice for David to utter these words was probably a shocker to some, especially the sticklers for the rules. But he was the king.  For me these words share so much insight into the tension that exists between what is required of the law, and what God actually wants. God does not delight in what needs to happen to sinners or the ways in which we try to make up for it, but instead  wants so badly for us to turn our hearts to Him. God doesn’t delight in our sacrifice. He delights in a heart that he can love. Isn’t it so interesting that sometimes it takes a broken spirit and a contrite heart in order to correctly view our place in the world? Or one step further, our place with God? David was a king with absolute power...in THIS world. And yet he still chose to break his own spirit, and turn his heart to God. He chose to treat himself as lesser than in relation to the Lord.  Life Application - How can I apply this to my life today? I am reading this fantastic book right now and I am admitting to stealing my life application from it. Pastor and author Gary Khan  writes in his book Reset on day 4: Has God used your painful and sinful experiences to help others? How have you seen it? Take a moment to surrender your life before God. Give Him every part and ask Him to use you for His honor and glory.Specifically ask Him to use you to minister His love and grace to the people around you. Use me Lord. In the name of Jesus, amen.-kenneth lee 

Psalm____51

Scripture

Psalms‬ ‭51:10‬ ‭NLT

“Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.” 

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Observation-What does it say?

 

This is a psalm of David that was written shortly after the time the prophet Nathan came to David and exposed him of his adultery with Bathsheba.

 

Understanding-What does it mean?

 

Godly repentance vs. Worldly repentance.

 

The Bible refers to David as a man after God’s own heart (1 Samuel 13:14). This psalm continues to prove that point. You see, David messed up BIG time. David not only committed adultery, but he also murdered the husband of the woman he committed adultery with. David tried to hide his sin, until the prophet Nathan came to David and called him out on the carpet for that sin. David was mortified. How could he do this? After all God had done for him, he let his sinful desires get the best of him. Now what separates David from others is his admission of his sin to God. He not only confesses his sin, but he repents, (turns away), from it. Now everyone sins. But how many of us who sin are truly sorry for our sin and repent away from our sin? It’s like I tell my kids when they mess up, “Don’t just say you’re sorry, show me you’re sorry.” Because are you really sorry if you’re just going to do it again anyways?

 

David got the picture. He cried out to God, begging forgiveness, fasting, dressing in burlap, and praying for God to forgive him. But most importantly, he learned from his mistake and made sure it would not happen again and that is the key. That is what God is looking for in our lives. We are all going to mess up and make mistakes. It’s how we respond to them and grow from them that truly matters.

 

“For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.”-2 Corinthians‬ ‭7:10

 

Life Application

 

It is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.

 

Let me leave you with this speech by the famous Rocky Balboa. It’s a scene in a movie when a father is talking to his son. Apply it to how sin can hit us in life and knock us to our knees and shake us to our core. But how will we respond to it, especially after learning from what David did in this passage? 🤔

 

https://youtu.be/_J0Ahh3UxbM

 

-Moses Gaddi

Psalm__1

Scripture

 

Psalm 1: 1-3

 

 1Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. 3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.

Observation-What does it say?

The Psalmist compares the way of the righteous with the way of the wicked.

Understanding-What does it mean? 

The way of the righteous yields fruit and he/she is protected by the Lord; while the way of the wicked yields no fruit, withers away and is destroyed.

I was just talking to my husband about how funny God’s Word is sometimes (proving that God has a sense of humor too); specifically, the story about when Jesus was hungry. He went to a fig tree, but since it wasn’t bearing fruit, He cursed the tree and told it that no one would ever eat fruit from it again. (See Mark 11:12-14) I told Moses that it’s like Jesus got hangry, which is a term used for how we act when we get angry because we are hungry. However, Jesus always has purpose to what He does and He basically made a point to His disciples that this is what would happen to those who don’t bear fruit.

Life Application 

A great way to start bearing fruit is to delight in God’s Word. This is why we have daily Bible readings, a Soul Journal blog and Pastor’s “Reset” devotional. Here’s a link to it if you haven’t gotten your copy yet.

https://www.amazon.com/Reset-spiritual-challenge-Gary-Khan/dp/B08NZ1KBQS/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=gary+khan&qid=1608167274&s=books&sr=1-2

Dear Lord,

I pray that we would continue to be connected to You. I pray that we wouldn’t be trees who yield no fruit, but rather be trees who continue to bear fruit for You, regardless of what season we are in. Amen.

-Michelle Gaddi