From: Phil Rembleski <PHIl@rescuechurchofchrist.org>
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 6:34 AM
To: 1111RESCUEMEMBERS
Subject: our daily sharing
Today I’m not
so much sharing my thoughts as my research and reading.
These are passages that I have identified with... They have
helped and encouraged me.
I would recommend your reading the Psalms right now.
Ps 77:7-20 Will the Lord reject forever? And will He never
be favorable again? 8 Has His lovingkindness ceased forever? Has His
promise come to an end forever? 9 Has God forgotten to be gracious, Or
has He in anger withdrawn His compassion? Selah.
[David is distraught! There seems to be no end in sight. Is there
and end to God is his query]
10 Then I said, "It is my grief, That the right hand of the Most
High has changed."
[David says “IT IS ONLY ME, MY GRIEF... THAT HAS CAUSED THIS
THINKING”
it
isn’t RIGHT THINKING, but the thoughts have haunted him]
[now David
corrects his thinking... ]
11 I shall remember the deeds of the LORD; Surely I will remember Your
wonders of old. 12 I will meditate on all Your work And muse on
Your deeds. 13 Your way, O God, is holy; What god is great like our God?
14 You are the God who works wonders; You have made known Your strength among
the peoples. 15 You have by Your power redeemed Your people, The sons of
Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 16 The waters saw You, O God; The waters saw
You, they were in anguish; The deeps also trembled. 17 The clouds
poured out water; The skies gave forth a sound; Your arrows flashed here and
there. 18 The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings
lit up the world; The earth trembled and shook. 19 Your way was in the
sea And Your paths in the mighty waters, And Your footprints may not be known.
20 You led Your people like a flock By the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Listen to David in a parallel
psalm:
Ps 143:1-12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, Give ear to my supplications!
Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness! 2 And do not enter
into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous.
3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the
ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.
4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart is
appalled within me.
5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your doings; I muse on
the work of Your hands. [compare vs 11-12 above] 6 I stretch
out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah. 7 ¶
Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from
me, Or I will become like those who go down to the pit. 8 Let me hear
Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in
which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul. 9 Deliver me, O LORD,
from my enemies; I take refuge in You. 10 Teach me to do Your will, For
You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground. 11
For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness bring
my soul out of trouble. 12 And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies
And destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am Your servant.
[I needed to read the above a number of times before it truly
started to sink in...]
Ps 4:8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O LORD, make me to dwell in safety.