Glory of God in His Goodness to Israel
This psalm is a psalm of David and the Glory of God is revealed in His goodness to nation of Israel.
Who God is:
Father to Father less
Defender of widows
Our nature is we care about ourselves, our families, our needs.
but with God He looks who are helpless, who have no hope, who cannot defend themselves.
James 1:28 says
Pure and undefiled religion is this:
To visit orphans and widows in their troubles.
How James can write this is because He knew who God is in His holy habitation.
Presence of God
1) Wickedness should perish
2) Righteous rejoice exceedingly.
3) God went out before His people, at His Presence
a) earth shook
b) heavens dropped rain.
c) Sinai itself moved
Gods presence is revealed like this
He sends plentiful rain
The congregation dwell in the rain. What a beautiful picture of Church being led by the Holy Spirit.
God confirms His inheritance by sending rain.
Ephesians 1:13,14
13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who[b] is the guarantee of our inheritance until the
Not only does He sends rain, but He also gave the Word.
*********************************Psalm 68: 21-35******************************
Verse 6: God makes lonlies into families.
Take this as Promise for people who are waiting on God.
And the deeper meaning is that, if you are lonely soul where God brings that lonely soul and puts them in Godly family.
You are no more a single individual, you are part of the family.
where you will be cared, nurtured in the Word, supported, strengthened.
Now that the ark of God has come into camp of Israel. they were singing and dancing and playing the instruments. David says these words.
V 28 : Your God has commanded your strength
v 34: Ascribe strength to our God the Rock His strength is in clouds.
v 35: The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people.
When you go to interviews they ask what are your strengths.
We tell all things that we are strong in. like I say am a very smart engineer, i analyse the things very well.
I am a problem solver.
In our weakness, His strength is revealed.
Every time we are weak ,know that this is an opportunity for God to be glorified.
2 Corinthinas 12:9 : in our weak areas Gods strength is made perfect.
As I shared before Acts 7:25,
when Moses was strong at 40 He thought He could deliver.but during his weakness of 80 years old, God s strenght is made perfect, He could divide red sea, led millions of people through wilderness.
What is the strength or power for a Christian.
Paul says in Romans 1:16 that Gospel of Christ is the Power of God.
The very fact that Christ died for me is the strength for me.
This gospel of Christ gives me Strength.
And paul says I am not ashamed of it.
In India, it is common things that if police catch you, then people say I know MLA.
they are not ashamed of MLA or MP m, because they know that there is power in that position.
Sometimes I think dont see this strength because we are ashamed of it.
we dont show ourselves as Christians , we feel shy of being seen as Christian and we dont see this power.
But Paul says I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.
This psalm is a psalm of David and the Glory of God is revealed in His goodness to nation of Israel.
Who God is:
Father to Father less
Defender of widows
Our nature is we care about ourselves, our families, our needs.
but with God He looks who are helpless, who have no hope, who cannot defend themselves.
James 1:28 says
Pure and undefiled religion is this:
To visit orphans and widows in their troubles.
How James can write this is because He knew who God is in His holy habitation.
1) Wickedness should perish
2) Righteous rejoice exceedingly.
3) God went out before His people, at His Presence
a) earth shook
b) heavens dropped rain.
c) Sinai itself moved
Gods presence is revealed like this
He sends plentiful rain
The congregation dwell in the rain. What a beautiful picture of Church being led by the Holy Spirit.
God confirms His inheritance by sending rain.
Ephesians 1:13,14
13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who[b] is the guarantee of our inheritance until the
Not only does He sends rain, but He also gave the Word.
*********************************Psalm 68: 21-35******************************
Verse 6: God makes lonlies into families.
Take this as Promise for people who are waiting on God.
And the deeper meaning is that, if you are lonely soul where God brings that lonely soul and puts them in Godly family.
You are no more a single individual, you are part of the family.
where you will be cared, nurtured in the Word, supported, strengthened.
Now that the ark of God has come into camp of Israel. they were singing and dancing and playing the instruments. David says these words.
V 28 : Your God has commanded your strength
v 34: Ascribe strength to our God the Rock His strength is in clouds.
v 35: The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people.
It is God who commands the strength for the weak.
When you go to interviews they ask what are your strengths.
We tell all things that we are strong in. like I say am a very smart engineer, i analyse the things very well.
I am a problem solver.
In our weakness, His strength is revealed.
Every time we are weak ,know that this is an opportunity for God to be glorified.
2 Corinthinas 12:9 : in our weak areas Gods strength is made perfect.
As I shared before Acts 7:25,
when Moses was strong at 40 He thought He could deliver.but during his weakness of 80 years old, God s strenght is made perfect, He could divide red sea, led millions of people through wilderness.
What is the strength or power for a Christian.
Paul says in Romans 1:16 that Gospel of Christ is the Power of God.
The very fact that Christ died for me is the strength for me.
This gospel of Christ gives me Strength.
And paul says I am not ashamed of it.
In India, it is common things that if police catch you, then people say I know MLA.
they are not ashamed of MLA or MP m, because they know that there is power in that position.
Sometimes I think dont see this strength because we are ashamed of it.
we dont show ourselves as Christians , we feel shy of being seen as Christian and we dont see this power.
But Paul says I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,[a] for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek
1 Corinthians 1:24 says Christ is the Power of God.
Phillipians 4:13 says I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Where is your strength comes from today.
Psalm 28:7 says
Where is your strength comes from today.
Psalm 28:7 says
The Lord is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I will praise Him.
My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I will praise Him.
When we are connected in the Church, there is strength.
A rope is stronger than the individual fibres which make that rope.
The each individual fibre has weak spots along its length. and at those weak points they break easily.
but when connected with other fibres , they weakspots are evenly distrubuted.and the twist that is in the rope cancel out the weak spots and thats what makes rope stronger.
Church when God makes lonlies into families, the weak spots of individuals are corrected and the every individual is eddified in the congregation.
There the strength of God is revealed.
Where are we getting our strength from. our own talents, our treasures, our ancestral backgrounds or the influences of the world,
For the believer the strength is in gospel of Christ, Christ is the power of God.
and In Church , the power of God is revealed to every individual.
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