PUT YOUR HEART IN IT (19 OF 22)
by Steve Wagers
Scripture: Psalm 119:145-152
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Series: A Closer Look at the Book: Psalm 119
Title: "Put Your Heart In It" (19 of 22)
Text: Psalm 119:145-152
Author: Steve Wagers
I once came across an acrostic for the word "Heart."
Hunger Wisely
Expect Optimistically
Accept Responsibility
Respond Courageously
Think Sympathetically
David Livingston spent his life on the mission field in Africa. Livingstone wrote, "I am a missionary heart and soul. God had only one Son, and He was a missionary and a physician. In His service I hope to live. In it, I wish to die." Livingstone did die in Africa. Before his body was returned to England, to be buried with honors, the African people cut his heart out of his body and buried it there, because they said that is where it belonged.
In the 19th stanza, the Psalmist has put/poured out his heart to God. His circumstances haven't changed, (there are still those seeking to discourage, discredit and destroy him) but his CONFIDENCE hasn't changed.
(147) "I hoped in thy word"
"HOPE" - "to wait, or tarry"
He finds refuge in the Word of God. It's not that he is holding on to the Word; but the Word is holding on to him.
1) He Is AGONIZING!
If we would AGONIZE with God
We wouldn't ANTAGONIZE with Men
A) A PASSIONATE Man (145-146)
"CRIED" (3X)
Like the cry of a child who has been hurt, or in danger.
Any parent would recognize/respond to that kind of cry from their child. It gets their immediate attention. It moves their heart.
Bible often uses the human relationship of parents to illustrate the Heavenly relationship with the Father. If an earthly parent would hear the hurting cry of their child, HOW MUCH MORE would the Heavenly Father hear the hurting cry of one of His children?
B) A PERSISTENT Man (147-148)
This is not a VAIN repetition, but a VALIDATING repetition.
John Phillips: "The Psalmist was familiar with the legal demand in Israel that there be two or three witnesses if every word ...
Title: "Put Your Heart In It" (19 of 22)
Text: Psalm 119:145-152
Author: Steve Wagers
I once came across an acrostic for the word "Heart."
Hunger Wisely
Expect Optimistically
Accept Responsibility
Respond Courageously
Think Sympathetically
David Livingston spent his life on the mission field in Africa. Livingstone wrote, "I am a missionary heart and soul. God had only one Son, and He was a missionary and a physician. In His service I hope to live. In it, I wish to die." Livingstone did die in Africa. Before his body was returned to England, to be buried with honors, the African people cut his heart out of his body and buried it there, because they said that is where it belonged.
In the 19th stanza, the Psalmist has put/poured out his heart to God. His circumstances haven't changed, (there are still those seeking to discourage, discredit and destroy him) but his CONFIDENCE hasn't changed.
(147) "I hoped in thy word"
"HOPE" - "to wait, or tarry"
He finds refuge in the Word of God. It's not that he is holding on to the Word; but the Word is holding on to him.
1) He Is AGONIZING!
If we would AGONIZE with God
We wouldn't ANTAGONIZE with Men
A) A PASSIONATE Man (145-146)
"CRIED" (3X)
Like the cry of a child who has been hurt, or in danger.
Any parent would recognize/respond to that kind of cry from their child. It gets their immediate attention. It moves their heart.
Bible often uses the human relationship of parents to illustrate the Heavenly relationship with the Father. If an earthly parent would hear the hurting cry of their child, HOW MUCH MORE would the Heavenly Father hear the hurting cry of one of His children?
B) A PERSISTENT Man (147-148)
This is not a VAIN repetition, but a VALIDATING repetition.
John Phillips: "The Psalmist was familiar with the legal demand in Israel that there be two or three witnesses if every word ...
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