Gtcotr/ss090521
We
are in a season of reset. Rosh Hashanah, which you might know as the Feast of Trumpets, will begin tomorrow evening.
This is God’s New Year! Jesus might come … if not … then praise God for another
chance. Either way, we are in a season of reset.
1.
Be thankful
2.
Be repentant
3. Be expectant
There is a man who loves you. He will be good to you every day. He will feed you, clothe you, take care of you when you are sick, encourage you when you are weary, sit with you when you are lonely, listen to you when you need a friend, and lay down His life to take your place so you won’t have to suffer death.
He asks nothing from you but to love and trust Him. He does not want to take your money and He will not steal your food. If you go to prison, He will go with you. If you disappoint Him, He will forgive you.
There is a man who loves you and will never hurt you … His name is Jesus!
Now let’s discover how to silence our enemy:
Psalms 8
1 ¶ « To the Chief
Musician. On the instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David. » O LORD,
our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your
glory above the heavens!
2 Out of the mouth of babes
and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That
You may silence the enemy and the avenger.
3 ¶ When I consider Your
heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have
ordained,
4 What is man that You are
mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?
5 For You have made him a
little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You have made him to have
dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his
feet,
7 All sheep and
oxen — Even the beasts of the field,
8 The birds of the air, And
the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
Notes
on the Commentary:
·
There
are 53 Psalms and 1 song in Haggai 3 which are written, given, or entrusted to
“The Chief Musician”. He was the one designated to manage and maintain the
integrity of the lyrics, music, tempo, mood, and every other aspect of the
performance right down to the type of instrument that was to be played.
·
There
are various types of instruments in the Psalms, and each is used by design
normally to set the mood of the piece as intended by its writer.
·
Noteworthy
is the fact that the “Instrument of Gath, or Gittith” is prescribed to be used
by David in only 3 of the Psalms. The most used instrument is a stringed
instrument. We actually do not know what type of instrument the instrument of
Gath or the Gittith is. It could be a stringed instrument, or it may as well be
a wind instrument.
o If the instrument of
Gath is correct it is likely an instrument primarily used by the Philistines
and introduced to David during the years he spent living among them while
running from King Saul.
o If the instrument of
Gittith is correct, then this instrument was certainly an instrument well-known
and used by the Gittites.
o What we can know for
certain is that this instrument, whatever it was, is meant to evoke a tone of
joyful praise and happy celebrative times. It is best employed to send out a
tone of cheer and excitement.
o Some scholars connect
the Gittith to the season of the treading of the grapes to make wine in the
fall of the year. The prophets speak of such joyful praise and shouts of joy
during this occasion. It’s a reason to sing …
o Psalms 8, 81, & 84
are all joyful Psalms, and this is the specific instrument upon which any
accompaniment must be played.
·
Psalm
8 is a Psalm of David …
o V.1 Oh LORD (Jehovah)
our Lord (Adonai) = Master; Lord
o V.2 Jesus quotes this
is Matthew 21:16 – “perfected praise”
§ When we praise the
Lord, it silences the enemy …
§ The joy of the Lord is
our strength. Nehemiah 8:10
o V.3 Consider …
§ God designed you to
consider; to look at and wonder; to think for yourself; to imagine; to
search out truths beyond your innate knowledge and experience.
§ We are encouraged to
question our observations. Life is a series of lessons teaching us to believe
and attempt and accomplish what others have believed is impossible.
§ I cringe when I hear
about nations, customs, and cultures that disallow people to think for
themselves.
§ Only insecure tyrants
with evil intent would deny people the freedom to think or dream or to try the
impossible.
§ David was a boy, then
a man, who was given to poetry and eloquent considerations of life.
o V.3 Consider Your
heavens … the moon and the stars …
§ It is evident David
wrote this while looking up on a clear night. He makes no mention of the sun or
the wind or clouds.
§ The majestic night sky
offers the knowledge and the greatness of God.
o V.4 What is man that
Your thoughts are fixed continually on him? And why would You come to us?
o V.5 A little lower
than Elohim …
o V.6 You have made him
to have dominion …
§ Not only for
fellowship
§ But to rule with the
right and the power to govern and control.
o V.7 Everything on the
earth
o V.8 Everything above
the earth and below the earth in the sea
o V.9 Oh Jehovah our Master, it’s all about you!
God has placed the capacity inside of you to dream about a better day and a better way and then to work hard to achieve that dream for yourself and for your family. Don’t allow anyone to rob you of the God-given right to dream.
There is a man who loves you … His name is Jesus!
Call on Him and ask Him to save you today … He will!
Thank
God for this season of reset and L’shana Tova!
