Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.”
Psalm 40:5 World English Bible
God is our Friend
How did David, the Psalmist know that the Unseen God was his Friend and that He had done many wonderful works toward him and others, and was in fact, thinking about him?
David did not imagine that God had anointed him the next King over Israel, or given him specific promises and even prophetic psalms. These were spiritual realities,
When David was a young boy and worked as a lonely shepherd in the fields tending his father’s sheep, he learned to depend on God to help him defend his flocks from the wild animals that could threaten them.
Young David spent much time in the fields minding his father’s sheep. And he walked with God…He knew the scriptures and meditated on them. He conversed with God as he moved his flocks from one pasture to another throughout the seasons.
While David tended His father’s sheep, his older brothers served as soldiers in the Israelite army. They were off fighting the Philistines who were their mortal enemies.
There came on the scene among the ranks one champion named Goliath of Gath, who was over nine feet tall.
Goliath strutted up and down the Israelite soldiers’ battle lines clad in what appeared to be an armor of invincibility, aided by his overpowering self confidence, slinging forth what was perhaps the equivalent of an ancient daily podcast that hammered away at whatever confidence, the Lord’s army had.
After all, their God Yahweh, was unseen, while, Goliath seemed unassailable.
We cannot grow close to Christ nor gain any victory over the enemy by abiding in his territory ~which is the world.
Faith was the whole of the lesson of the wilderness trial for the building of Israel as a nation.
Paul wrote all that happened to them was a lesson for us.
All the trials of the children of Israel must surely repeat themselves in every child of God. For they were examples for us.
“Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come. 10.12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he doesn’t fall.”
1 Corinthians 10:11-12— World English Bible
It is hard to remember, but we must if we would defeat our enemies of fear, doubt, and unbelief that assail us every day in the dark culture we live in.
“For we walk by faith not sight… 2 Corinthians 5:7
The soldiers were listening to Goliath. They were not remembering the promise Yahweh had spoken through Moses:
“…Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God Himself is He who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.” (*See Deuteronomy 31:5-6)
And when our Goliaths of fear, doubt, and unbelief come strutting in to declare that we are not going to have the victory that God promises us in His Word, whose voice are we listening to?
Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God…
Romans 10:17
Who is our Champion?
“Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?”
1 John 5:4
What ultimately determines our victory?
“This is the victory that has overcome the world: even your faith.
1 John 5:4-
The Outcome Of Faith
David not only knew the promises in the Hebrew Scriptures, but was intimately acquainted with the Author and was able to walk by faith with God as His bodyguard as he worked the fields day and night guarding his father’s sheep.
The young shepherd had faced hidden terrors from wild lions and bears who could tear both him and his sheep apart and devour them. He was filled with righteous indignation and contempt for Goliath and the Philistines when he encountered them insulting the Lord’s Army.
David said to King Saul,
“Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him. Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”
1 Samuel 17: 33-34
David said, “Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.”
1 Samuel 17:35- 37 World English Bible
David knew the reality of God’s protection. For he had experienced the truth of Yahweh’s promise to him and his people.
When his life was threatened, David wrote, “Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You. Let such as love Your salvation say continually, “Let Yahweh be exalted!” Psalm 40:17
When David experienced danger and needed God right away he wrote honestly ~ “But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.”
Psalm 40:16-17 World English Bible
David never hid his need, never pretended he was perfect or sinless, never acted as if he was something he was not. He cried out to God and God heard him and therefore he was known as “…the man after God’s own heart.”
David Experienced That God is Faithful
God exists, And if we wait on His timing He will always come through for us~ He does hear us when we cry out to Him.
Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt His name together. I sought Yahweh, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked to Him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame. This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. Yahweh’s angel encamps around those who fear Him, and delivers them. Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. ~
Psalm 34:4-8 World English Bible
Heavenly Father, please bless and encourage all who read this message who need to know that You are real though unseen.
Please give us all the strength and grace we need to believe no matter how strong our opposition may appear. For Thy word promises all things are possible with God and that You live in and through all those who believe on Thy name and ask You to come into their heart. The battle is The Lord’s, not ours. Thy Spirit is leading and guiding us always and hears our prayers. All we have to do is trust You and never give up hoping and believing. For You keep every promise forever, In Jesus holy name. Amen.
The prayer song “Be Near To Me Oh Lord,” has always encouraged me ever since He inspired it,,,May the Lord use it to encourage all who hear it today.,.in Jesus holy name, amen.
For Further Reflection
A record of David’s personal relationship with the Lord exists in the book of Psalms.
One of the most popular books of the Bible, it consists of prayers in the form of prayer songs David wrote expressing his love, gratitude, and longing for God; They also reflect his fears, and anxieties over many things, even suggesting Depression… which helps explain why the psalms speak to so many.
For the ancient songs are all honest like every true prayer.
David was not the only author of the Psalms. His pure heart echoes unhindered through all the psalms he wrote.
For more information on the book of Psalms, find a good study bible which can tell you more details about the book and all the other books in God’s Word.
And why not meditate on a Psalm today and make it into a prayer?
Follow the link to listen to the tracks on my latest worship prayersong album, Paths of Prayer in the Spirit. These are some of the first prayer songs the Lord Jesus Christ gave me when He first blessed me with His music gift. I share it with you all now with the prayer that our Savior will use these songs to bless and calm many hearts during this busy holiday season. In Jesus’ name. Amen
The Lord said that I am His workmanship through whom and with whom He creates all His works that He might be glorified in and through me and produce fruit for His heavenly Kingdom. I did not choose Him, He chose me to go and bear fruit for Him, and I could not bear fruit apart from Him and to abide in Him and then and only through my Indwelling risen Lord and Savior within me could I be able to produce eternal fruit to the glory of God the Father inspired by His Holy Spirit.
Jesus said, I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. You are My friends if you do what I command you. You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.
This I command you, that you love one another.” John 15:5, 14, 16-17 NASB1995
The Lord said I was not to ever be ashamed to attach my name to my Savior’s name, I was to hold on fast to His name and never stop professing His name for there was salvation in no other name under the heavens.
Jesus said, He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”
John 3:18 NASB1995
“…let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health. He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone. And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.””
Acts 4:10-12 NASB1995
“always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;”
Ephesians 5:20 NASB1995
“Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.”
Colossians 3:17 NASB1995
“‘I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name.”
Revelation 3:8 NASB1995
“that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon Him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:9-13 KJV
*The Lord Jesus spoke to my heart that I would honor Him through my obedience to show my faith and belief in Him by confessing that He is a risen Lord and Savior named Jesus Christ and that He does indeed live inside of my heart through His Holy Spirit inspiring my works as a reborn Christian, risking whatever opinion people may have of me for doing this so long as I would not displease my God by disobeying Him. The Lord requires we love Him and desires His approval more than the favor of man.In Jesus’ Name, amen.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, search our hearts and minds, correct us in any way where we have gone astray and fallen short in our love for You, our faith, our gratitude, our honesty, our hope, our faith, our willingness to witness to Thy salvation to be a testimony in this world of Thy great love in giving Thy only Son to die to save us from eternal death, to show that we truly believe You are not a fairy tale in a world that has shut You up in the genre of myths and fantasies and all who believe in You to be labeled as losers and fanatics. May You renew all hearts who have lost their first love for Christ and renew their faith and revive hope and passion and zeal for the Lord, oh bless all hearts and restore each of Thy precious children, and encourage Thy children to know how much you love them unconditionally, in Jesus holy name, thank You, we love you, Lord, amen.❤️
You are precious to God, so am I~
~He made us all, He loves us, no matter what race, color, gender, age, rich or poor ~Jesus died for all.
Although we may disagree, we shall all meet one day in eternity on equal grounds before Him. Let us walk in love, honor, and respect, In Jesus name. God bless you. Amen. 🙏🏻
All glory be to our wonderful Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for this latest instrumental album Redeemed for Resurrection in Christ ~Original Keyboard Instrumental Prayers! The newest release is the natural follow up to the instrumental album “Behold The Lambreleased in February 2023.
While “Behold The Lamb” is a musical meditation on Christ, the Lamb of God who sacrificed His life by dying on the cross for the sins of humanity, the theme of Redeemed For Resurrection asks listeners to reflect on what redemption in Christ actually means for the soul who receives Jesus as their Savior.
The Lord has always given me the titles for each song to use for His albums.
The titles are often inspired by a scripture.
The Lord revealed to me several years ago that His instrumentals were musical conversations intended to ignite intimate conversations~ prayer ~between Himself and the precious souls who take them into their prayer closets. (*see Matthew 6:6)
“But when you pray, you should go into your room and close the door. Then pray to your Father. He is there in that private place. He can see what is done in private, and he will reward you.” Matthew 6:6 ERV
The verse~ the song, was as a flame, a light to stimulate His children to go to their bibles, to seek His face, and believe by faith that Christ will teach them through His Word, by His Holy Spirit. For “…faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.”Romans 10:17
The Lord has promised in His Word to reveal Himself to His children who believe in Him and keep His commandments.
Jesus said, “He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”
Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.” John 14:21, 23 NASB1995
And He promised “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.” John 10:27-28 NASB1995
One caveat if we are of a worldly mindset, ( here is the dictionary definition of worldly: *of or concerned with material values or ordinary life rather than a spiritual existence: ie~ “…his ambitions for worldly success”)
~ then the Lord stressed that worldliness would be that one factor that would bar the Holy Spirit from entering the door of their heart.
Jesus said, “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments, and I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him…” John 14:15-17 NASB
A worldly heart, Jesus told His followers, cannot see the Holy Spirit or ever know Him. It could not ever know or walk with God.
I pray always that the Lord Jesus will speak to many through the things He shares through me to those who find them scattered throughout the earth.
Those gifts are always meant to help His children seek His face through His Word and pray directly to Him.
I believe the Lord desires to have an intimate relationship with His children even as Enoch walked in such a way with God.
The scriptures say “And Enoch walked with God and he was not, for God took him…” Genesis 5:24
Enoch also believed God. Because of Enoch’s faith, God took him away to heaven. He did not die like other people. As a result, nobody could ever find him, because God had taken him away. Before God took him away, it was clear that Enoch had made God happy.” Hebrews 11:5 EASY
Jesus said, ‘“This is eternal life that they might know God and Jesus Christ whom He has sent.” John 17:3
How can we know God if we don’t spend time with Him and read His Word?
The Lord had specifically said, “Do not self promote…”
All of the business models were in opposition to this plan. The Lord’s guidance did not make sense. “I don’t see how this will ever help Thy songs to reach Thy children,” I prayed. Of course He meant don’t self promote in the way the world does. Which seemed to be all the time. I was to share only as the Lord led me to share. He told me that when I published something to share His seeds and then whenever He asked me after that, but not until He said to.
But the Lord was always opposed to the never ending streams of commercial business advice and strategies for success that were ever being hurled at me.
SoI just kept on doing what the Holy Spirit led me to do, ever relying on God’s Word, trusting that He who loved me would never fail me.
“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.” John 16:13 NASB1995
As far as the songs were concerned, I named them what the Holy Spirit led me to name them. For it was all His music.
The Lord said not to worry about trying to gain favor with the culture. I was to only care about God’s favor. All I had to do was to honor and obey Him.
The Lord impressed on my heart that what mattered to worldly vanity would never matter in the Lord’s Kingdom.
Each saint is the Lord’s temple in which Christ resides when they invite Jesus into their heart. (*see 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19)
“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:20 KJV
Conforming to the world He stressed had no place in Christ’s kingdom and can never serve Christ’s purposes. By conforming to the world He meant doing things that in a way that was not according to His will. He wanted me to abide in Him in prayer, to listen to His voice, and to trust Him by faith that He would lead me by His Holy Spirit down the right path. That He would not fail me. That He is real and not an imaginary Creator.
The Lord stressed that if I would trust Him, and do everything He asked that He would demonstrate His faithfulness to His Word. And so thirty six albums later He has not failed me and done everything exactly the way He has promised.
Jesus said, And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto Me.” John 12:32 KJV
He told me His reality could only be manifested as I removed my focus from this world and off myself by gazing upwards in sincere worship, living for my Savior who had given Himself without reservations to redeem our souls so that we might serve Him in the resurrection of the new lives He had purchased for us through His death on the cross.
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.” John 14:26 NASB1995
Christ would teach His children these truths through His eternal Word as they sought Him with a pure heart.
God is love.
He has no favorites. He loves each of His children as if they were the only child He had to love. He longs for each of us to come to know Him and spend time with Himeach day.
Jesus promised to reveal Himself to those who would believe.
Whoever loves God is known by God- 1 Corinthians 8:3
Preview all of the music from Redeemed For Resurrection Original Keyboard Instrumental Prayers on my Peaceful Prayersongs Music Website at the following Web Address: https://peacefulprayersongs.com/home
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