Day 72: A Sacred Time of Liturgy For God's Inevitable Victory
Read: Psalm 20
I can just about see King David as He came to write the verses of Psalm 20. I can just about see the full breadth of the vision that David almost assuredly
beheld. I will just let my breath be taken from my lungs at the scope
and the absolute sheer magnitude of this battlefield. Try to picture
it with me: It is the season, it is the time of year for giving battle
to his enemy. He has just awakened. He is standing outside of his tent
in the early morning hours and the sight he beholds are his soldiers
glistening in their battle armor, sharpening their swords. They are
forming in battle line for the fight which is to come that day. I can
see him standing with his commanders. He is moving among them shouting words of God's sure victory of Psalm 20 - A Liturgy for the King. A sacred Liturgy for the only true King of Glory - The Lord our God!
A sacred liturgy for any of us today for times when we suddenly find life hitting us in every part of our body with all the force it can muster. When life comes your way in such an overwhelming and tragic fashion, when the enemy suddenly arrays itself in full battle line directly in front of you, up close and all to
personal, right before your eyes and you have respond to the awesome,
indescribable challenge before you - what's next? Perhaps David
looked at his enemy on the opposing side witnessed to an awesome display
of might and strength, a long line of Charioteers and great horses and
men with spears waiting to be put to their most deadliest of purposes.
What's there to do?
This morning, as you might be in a place
called Perry Hall, Maryland, might just be a youth trying organize the
school body, and a community to give God's singular response to the sudden
appearance of the enemy on the battlefield. You might be out side, rain
or at the dawn of the school day - out in front of the Perry Hall High
School Flag Pole with fellow students, teachers, parents and a community
praying for what ever it will be that the Lord put's on their
hearts to pray for. It promises to be just an awesome scene of
indescribable inspiration, an indescribable scene of God's awesome grace
the immeasurable love of a resurrected Jesus Christ, the Holy Fires of
transformation unleashed by the Holy Spirit on those who are struggling to make sense of this time.
The verses we recognize as Psalm 20 is an absolutely awesome display of
ultimate confidence in the face of the ultimate enemy - that the
ultimate victory will belong to the Lord our God who will forever charge
on before us into the battle lying before us. He will go before us
and by the full measure of His grace and the unbeatable might and power
of His strong right arm and, armed by our prayers, bring ultimate
victory. Some trust in horses, some will trust in their chariots - let us unite trusting only God.
Today, please pray with all of your heart, soul and strength the words of Psalm 20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-s6oByQpQg
The Battle Belongs To The LORD
www.youtube.com
The Battle Belongs To The LORD by Maranatha Singers with EMI Records
Read: Psalm 20
I can just about see King David as He came to write the verses of Psalm 20. I can just about see the full breadth of the vision that David almost assuredly beheld. I will just let my breath be taken from my lungs at the scope and the absolute sheer magnitude of this battlefield. Try to picture it with me: It is the season, it is the time of year for giving battle to his enemy. He has just awakened. He is standing outside of his tent in the early morning hours and the sight he beholds are his soldiers glistening in their battle armor, sharpening their swords. They are forming in battle line for the fight which is to come that day. I can see him standing with his commanders. He is moving among them shouting words of God's sure victory of Psalm 20 - A Liturgy for the King. A sacred Liturgy for the only true King of Glory - The Lord our God!
A sacred liturgy for any of us today for times when we suddenly find life hitting us in every part of our body with all the force it can muster. When life comes your way in such an overwhelming and tragic fashion, when the enemy suddenly arrays itself in full battle line directly in front of you, up close and all to personal, right before your eyes and you have respond to the awesome, indescribable challenge before you - what's next? Perhaps David looked at his enemy on the opposing side witnessed to an awesome display of might and strength, a long line of Charioteers and great horses and men with spears waiting to be put to their most deadliest of purposes. What's there to do?
This morning, as you might be in a place called Perry Hall, Maryland, might just be a youth trying organize the school body, and a community to give God's singular response to the sudden appearance of the enemy on the battlefield. You might be out side, rain or at the dawn of the school day - out in front of the Perry Hall High School Flag Pole with fellow students, teachers, parents and a community praying for what ever it will be that the Lord put's on their hearts to pray for. It promises to be just an awesome scene of indescribable inspiration, an indescribable scene of God's awesome grace the immeasurable love of a resurrected Jesus Christ, the Holy Fires of transformation unleashed by the Holy Spirit on those who are struggling to make sense of this time.
The verses we recognize as Psalm 20 is an absolutely awesome display of ultimate confidence in the face of the ultimate enemy - that the ultimate victory will belong to the Lord our God who will forever charge on before us into the battle lying before us. He will go before us and by the full measure of His grace and the unbeatable might and power of His strong right arm and, armed by our prayers, bring ultimate victory. Some trust in horses, some will trust in their chariots - let us unite trusting only God.
Today, please pray with all of your heart, soul and strength the words of Psalm 20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-s6oByQpQg
The Battle Belongs To The LORD
www.youtube.com
The Battle Belongs To The LORD by Maranatha Singers with EMI Records
The Battle Belongs To The LORD
www.youtube.com
The Battle Belongs To The LORD by Maranatha Singers with EMI Records
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