PSALM CHAPTER 30
HOW DO WE ACCOMPLISH GOD’S WILL FOR OUR LIVES ?
“I WILL EXTOL THEE…” EXTOL=“TO LIFT UP,
TO MAKE HIGH, TO RAISE UP OR EXALT.”
1. WE HAVE REASONS TO EXTOL THE LORD.
A. HE HAS LIFTED US UP. V.1. EPH. 2:6.
FROM THE MIRY CLAY. PS. 40:2
FROM OUR ENEMIES. WHO ARE THEY ? PS.44:7.
THE WORLD, FLESH, AND THE DEVIL. I JN. 2:16
B. HE HEARD US AND HEALED US. V. 2
WHAT TYPES OF HEALING ?
PHYSICAL. PS. 103:3.
SPIRITUAL. MARK 2:17.
C. HE HAS KEPT US ALIVE TO SERVE HIM. V. 3
JOSHUA 14:10-12, GENESIS 45:26.
2. HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND TO GODS GOODNESS ?
A. WITH SINGING. V. 4., PS. 100:2, EPH. 5:19
B. GIVING OF THANKS. V. 4.,
WHY ? REMEMBERING CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD.
I JOHN 1:5, 3:5, I THES. 5:18, EPH. 5:20.
C. IN STANDING STEADFASTLY. V.6.,
I COR. 15:58, I PET. 5:9.
3. ALTERNATIVES TO A GOOD RESPONSE.
A. RESULT IN GOD’S ANGER. V. 5.
B. ASSUMING POWER IN OURSELVES. V.6. JOHN 15:5
C. GOD COULD HIDE HIS FACE (BREAK FELLOWSHIP),
I JOHN 1:5-7
4. DAVID AND THE FAVOR OF THE LORD.
A. IT NOTES THE BENEFITS OF IT.
—MAKING US TO STAND. 30:7a
—MAKING US REALIZE OUR NEED FOR HIM. 30:7b.
—MAKES HIS PEOPLE BETTER EQUIPPED THAN THE
UNSAVED. LUKE 11:9-13.
—A BETTER COUNTRY. HEB. 11:16.
—A BETTER RESURRECTION. HEB. 11:35.
—BENEFITS OF A BETTER AGREEMENT WITH GOD.
HEB. 7:22, 8:6.
—A BETTER FUTURE PROPHESIED. 2 PET. 1:19.
—PROVIDES POWER TO ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS.
—JOSEPH. ACTS. 7:10.
—DANIEL. DANIEL 1:9. DEATH THREATENED
FREQUENTLY.
—FOR GOD’S PEOPLE TODAY. REV. 12:11, I JN. 3:16.
B. THE REQUEST FOR IT. V. 8. PS. 119:58, MATT. 7:7.
—IT HEAVILY INVOLVES HIS SPIRIT. (“I CRIED“) PS. 77:6.
COMPLETE SEEKING REQUIRED. PS. 119:58.
THE SPIRIT MOTIVATES THE HEART. IS. 26:9.
THERE IS THE FEAR THAT OUR SPIRIT CAN’T
“HANG ON” PS. 143:7 VRSS. PHIL. 4:13.
C. HE NOTES THE ABSENCE OF IT FOR THE LOST.
—EVIL KINGS IN THE LAND. JOSHUA 11:20.
D. WHAT GOD DOES IN RESPONSE. V.11.
—MOURNING INTO DANCING.
—PUT OFF SACKCLOTH, GIRDED ME WITH GLADNESS.
PURPOSE OF SACKCLOTH. To make the flesh feel
the discomfort of the soul and spirit. GEN. 37:34.
LAST DAYS USE: REV. 11:3.
E. DAVID’S GOAL IN WANTING GOD EXTOLLED. V.12.
—WHAT HE WANTED TO DO.
SING PRAISE TO GOD. ACTS 16:25, MARK 14:26.
GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOREVER. DAN. 6:10, PS. 35:18.
—WHAT HE DIDN’T WANT TO DO — BE SILENT !
MATT. 10:27, LUKE 9:26, ROMANS 1:16.