Day 236: Are You Ready to 'Exhort' Yourself? Then Let God Arise!
Read: Psalm 68
Today is my birthday. God has blessed me with another few moments. The Holy Spirit has been unleashed upon the world of sinful man. Let me tell you I am so pumped for what this day will bring. God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are on
the march and there is just no turning back now. Today, I want to share
with you on the challenging theme of "Letting God Arise" using Psalms
68:1-3 as the scripture text. I am praying that at the conclusion of
this message that our hearts will be burning with the same desire that
filled the heart of the Psalmist as he cried these words ... "Let God
Arise!"
Throughout Scripture, God's people have called out to
Him for their deliverance and in spectacular earth shaking and heaven
quaking fashion God has responded (Psalm 18:4-19)! 'As smoke is driven
away, so drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the
wicked perish before God. But let the righteous be glad; let them exult
before God; Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.' (2,3). When you think
all is suddenly lost, Jesus died yet He returned to the Upper Room. We stayed behind locked doors, we waited like He told us too then from nowhere, a great wind rushes
in, we are all made new by the fires of the Holy Spirit. We are
unleashed by God: "Let God Arise!"
How can we not dare
celebrate this day when the Psalmist declares 'Blessed be the Lord, who
daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. God is to us a God
of deliverance's; And to God the Lord belong escapes from death.'?
(19,20) Are you celebrating the day(s) of your own deliverance's or is
it just another day when you are getting ready for the hum drum busyness
of rush hour traffic, caffeine highs and sugar rushes to get through
the day? When was the last time you seriously felt like leaning out of
the window of your car, home or office, belting out at the on rush of
life ahead of you: "Let God Arise!" It is a bit risky I admit. But it
might just catch fire! "Let God Arise!"
What we so desperately need is a new marching song: So my friends, set your spirits on fire for a few minutes today and just let er rip from the top of
your lungs, let your voices be heard, let God Arise in your hearts and
sent into the lives of our neighbors: 'O God, when You went forth before
Your people, When You marched through the wilderness, The earth quaked;
The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself
quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel. You shed abroad a
plentiful rain, O God; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was
parched. Your creatures settled in it; You provided in Your goodness for
the poor, O God.' (7 - 10) "Let God Arise!"
Let Us Pray: My prayer for today
is that we will strive mightily to find a few minutes out of each day to
celebrate the unfathomable power and the simple kindness of God in our lives. I pray today for all you who may read this and find your hearts strangely stirred, I pray that in spite of bad knees, bad backs, bad colds, bad
moods etcetera, you will find it within your heart and within your
spirit, to 'exhort' and I guess 'exert' yourselves too, to sing and
shout to the heavens above and the people below: "Let God Arise!"
Because we will never ever truly know this side of heaven the full
breadth of all that God has delivered us from. Come, Join God and me into a new procession!
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Read: Psalm 68
Today is my birthday. God has blessed me with another few moments. The Holy Spirit has been unleashed upon the world of sinful man. Let me tell you I am so pumped for what this day will bring. God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are on the march and there is just no turning back now. Today, I want to share with you on the challenging theme of "Letting God Arise" using Psalms 68:1-3 as the scripture text. I am praying that at the conclusion of this message that our hearts will be burning with the same desire that filled the heart of the Psalmist as he cried these words ... "Let God Arise!"
Throughout Scripture, God's people have called out to Him for their deliverance and in spectacular earth shaking and heaven quaking fashion God has responded (Psalm 18:4-19)! 'As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish before God. But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God; Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.' (2,3). When you think all is suddenly lost, Jesus died yet He returned to the Upper Room. We stayed behind locked doors, we waited like He told us too then from nowhere, a great wind rushes in, we are all made new by the fires of the Holy Spirit. We are unleashed by God: "Let God Arise!"
How can we not dare celebrate this day when the Psalmist declares 'Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. God is to us a God of deliverance's; And to God the Lord belong escapes from death.'? (19,20) Are you celebrating the day(s) of your own deliverance's or is it just another day when you are getting ready for the hum drum busyness of rush hour traffic, caffeine highs and sugar rushes to get through the day? When was the last time you seriously felt like leaning out of the window of your car, home or office, belting out at the on rush of life ahead of you: "Let God Arise!" It is a bit risky I admit. But it might just catch fire! "Let God Arise!"
What we so desperately need is a new marching song: So my friends, set your spirits on fire for a few minutes today and just let er rip from the top of your lungs, let your voices be heard, let God Arise in your hearts and sent into the lives of our neighbors: 'O God, when You went forth before Your people, When You marched through the wilderness, The earth quaked; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel. You shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched. Your creatures settled in it; You provided in Your goodness for the poor, O God.' (7 - 10) "Let God Arise!"
Let Us Pray: My prayer for today is that we will strive mightily to find a few minutes out of each day to celebrate the unfathomable power and the simple kindness of God in our lives. I pray today for all you who may read this and find your hearts strangely stirred, I pray that in spite of bad knees, bad backs, bad colds, bad moods etcetera, you will find it within your heart and within your spirit, to 'exhort' and I guess 'exert' yourselves too, to sing and shout to the heavens above and the people below: "Let God Arise!" Because we will never ever truly know this side of heaven the full breadth of all that God has delivered us from. Come, Join God and me into a new procession!
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Let God Arise Paul Wilbur.
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