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Salmo 57 Parte 2 - Uma Oração para o Resgate dos Perseguidores
Salmo 57 - Parte 2 Salmo de Davi, quando ele fugiu de Saul para a caverna. Ler 1 Samuel 24. Comentário de Dennis Edwards. Para ir para a Parte 1 clique AQUI
Salmo 57:5 Sê tu exaltado, ó Deus, sobre os céus; que a tua glória esteja sobre toda a terra.
Os grandes homens da terra tentam exaltar-se. No livro do Apocalipse falando sobre o Grande Sistema Comercial de Prostitutas do mundo, chamado Babilónia, a Grande; seus “mercadores eram os grandes homens da terra; porque todas as nações foram enganadas pelas suas feitiçarias”, Apocalipse 18:23b. Através das finanças os grandes homens exaltam-se acima de tudo. Governam os governantes polÃticos das nações.
Chegará o tempo em que o Anticristo os derrotará. Está profetizado nos capÃtulos 17 e 18 do livro do Apocalipse. Então o Anticristo exaltar-se-á acima de tudo o que se chama Deus ou é adorado; para que ele, como Deus, se assente no templo de Deus, ostentando-se como Deus, 2 Tessalonicenses 2:4.
“Mas o Senhor o consumirá (a ele, o Anticristo) pelo sopro da sua boca, e destruirá pelo resplendor da sua vinda,” 2 Tessalonicenses 2:8b.
“Ele ferirá a terra com a vara da sua boca, e com o sopro dos seus lábios matará os Ãmpios”, IsaÃas 11:4b.
O arrebatamento ocorre no final dos 3 anos e meio de grande tribulação que se encontram em Apocalipse capÃtulos 8-10, sob as sete trombetas. Jesus regressa no arrebatamento, na última trombeta, a 7ª. Nesta altura começam as entranhas ou cálices da Ira de Deus, que duram um curto perÃodo de 75 dias. Aqueles que se exaltaram e se recusaram a submeter a Deus serão humilhados.
“Vinde, contemplai as obras do Senhor, que desolações tem feito na terra. Ele faz cessar as guerras até aos confins da terra; quebra o arco e corta a lança em pedaços; queima o carro no fogo. Aquietai-vos, e sabei que o Senhor é Deus: Ele será exaltado entre as nações, Ele será exaltado na terra,” Salmo 46:8-10 adaptado.
Quando o Milénio começar, o Senhor será exaltado.
“E acontecerá nos últimos dias que o monte da casa do Senhor será estabelecido no cume dos montes (em Jerusalém); e será exaltado por cima dos montes; e todas as nações concorrerão a ele. E irão muitos povos, e dirão: Vinde, e subamos à casa de Deus… e ele nos ensinará os seus caminhos, e andaremos nas suas veredas; porque de Sião sairá a lei, e a palavra do Senhor, de Jerusalém. E julgará entre as nações, e repreenderá a muitos povos; e estes converterão as suas espadas relhas de arado, e as suas lanças em foices; uma nação não levantará espada contra outra nação, nem aprenderão mais a guerra,” IsaÃas 2:2-4.
Jesus governará e reinará na Terra durante mil anos. Deus o exaltará grandemente. “Para que ao nome de Jesus se dobre todo o joelho dos que estão nos céus, e na terra, e debaixo da terra, e toda a lÃngua confesse que Jesus Cristo é Senhor, para glória de Deus Pai,” Filipenses 2:10-11.
O mal que Saul tinha procurado para David, no final, veio sobre o próprio Saul e a sua famÃlia. David não levantou a mão contra Saul, o rei de Israel. David confiou no Senhor, que o Senhor cuidaria de Saul, e Ele assim o fez.
Salmo 57:7 Meu coração está firme, ó Deus, meu coração está firme; eu cantarei e darei louvores.
Os nossos corações precisam de estar fixos no Senhor. Não podemos ter outros deuses diante d’Ele. Devemos estar ligados ao Senhor através do nosso amor e obediência à Sua palavra e à Sua voz, que nos fala durante a meditação silenciosa e a oração. Josué disse:
“Mas cuidai diligentemente de cumprir os mandamentos e as leis que Moisés, servo do Senhor, vos ordenou; de amar ao Senhor vosso Deus, e andar nos seus caminhos, e guardar os seus mandamentos, e apegar-vos a ele, e servi-lo de todo o vosso coração e de toda a vossa alma,” Josué 22:5.
O apóstolo Paulo disse:
“Mas em nada disto (as suas prisões e aflições) me comove, nem tenho a minha vida por preciosa para mim mesmo, contanto que complete a minha carreira e o ministério que recebi do Senhor Jesus, para testemunhar o evangelho da graça de Deus,” Atos 20:24.
Precisamos de construir a casa da nossa vida na obediência à palavra de Deus para que as tempestades, os ventos, as cheias da vida não transbordem e a levem. Se mantivermos Deus em primeiro lugar na nossa vida, Ele promete: “Quando passares pelas águas, Eu serei contigo, e quando pelos rios, eles não te submergirão; quando passares pelo fogo, não te queimarás, nem a chama arderá em ti”, IsaÃas 43:2.
Se os nossos corações estiverem fixos no Senhor, podemos cantar e louvar aconteça o que acontecer, porque sabemos que Ele fará com que todas as coisas cooperem para o nosso bem, Romanos 8:28. Podemos, portanto, em tudo dar graças, 1 Tessalonicenses 5:18.
Salmo 57:8 Acorda, minha glória; acordai, saltério e harpa. Eu acordarei cedo.
O próprio Jesus acordou muito antes do amanhecer e saiu sozinho para um monte para rezar. Se Jesus, o Filho de Deus, o Messias, precisava de tempo a sós com Deus para orar, não deverÃamos também dedicar-Lhe os nossos momentos de vigÃlia em oração, meditação, leitura da Sua palavra, cânticos, ação de graças e louvor?
Precisamos de esperar no Senhor nas horas tranquilas do dia, antes que cheguem os negócios do dia. Precisamos de tempo com Deus para receber força, sabedoria, direção, orientação e tudo o que precisamos para enfrentar os problemas e dificuldades que o dia trará.
Davi disse: “De tarde, de manhã e ao meio-dia orarei e clamarei, e ele ouvirá a minha voz”, Salmo 55:17. Se passarmos esse tempo com Deus, Ele fará com que os nossos rostos brilhem. Ele acenderá as nossas velas e seremos capazes de brilhar para as nações com o amor e a verdade do evangelho. “Assim resplandeça a vossa luz diante dos homens, para que vejam as vossas boas obras e glorifiquem o vosso Pai, que está nos Céus”, Mateus 5:16.
Salmo 57:9-10 Te louvarei, ó Senhor, entre os povos; eu cantarei a ti entre as nações. Pois a tua misericórdia é grande até os céus, e a tua verdade até as nuvens.
Novamente, vemos a frase “misericórdia e verdade”, ou hoje poderÃamos dizer, “amor e verdade”. O apóstolo Paulo diz-nos que entre a fé, a esperança e o amor; o amor é o maior atributo. O apóstolo João diz que Deus é amor. Paulo escreve que “o amor se alegra na verdade”, 1 CorÃntios 13:6b. Ele diz que devemos falar a verdade em amor, Efésios 4:15.
A verdade sem amor é muito dura. O amor sem verdade é muito fraco. A verdade e o amor juntos apresentam uma boa imagem do caráter de Deus. São como os pilares centrais que sustentam o Seu templo. Estas caracterÃsticas foram manifestadas exclusivamente em Jesus, nosso Salvador, amoroso e bom.
Salmo 57:11 Sê tu exaltado, ó Deus, sobre os céus; esteja a tua glória sobre toda a terra.
Deus será em breve exaltado acima dos céus. “Os reinos do mundo se tornarão de nosso Senhor e do seu Cristo, e ele reinará pelos séculos dos séculos”, Apocalipse 11:15. “O Deus do céu suscitará um reino que não será jamais destruÃdo, nem passará a soberania deste reino a outro povo; antes, esmiuçará e consumirá todos esses reinos, e subsistirá para sempre”, Daniel 2:44.
“E o Senhor será rei sobre toda a terra; naquele dia um será o Senhor, e um será o seu nome”, Zacarias 14:9. “O seu nome será: Maravilhoso, Conselheiro, Deus Forte, Pai da Eternidade, PrÃncipe da Paz”, IsaÃas 9:6b. “Porque também debaixo do céu há um só nome, dado entre os homens, pelo qual importa que sejamos salvos”, Atos 4:12. Esse nome é JESUS!
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Psalm 57 - A Prayer For Rescue From Persecutors - Part 2
Psalm 57 A Psalm of David when he fled from Saul in the cave at Ein Gedi on the west coast of the Dead Sea. Read 1 Samuel 24. Commentary by Dennis Edwards. Part 2 To go back to Part 1 click HERE.
Psalm 57:5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let Your glory be above all the earth.
The great
men of the earth try to exalt themselves. In the book of Revelation talking
about the Great Whore Commercial System of the world, called Babylon the Great;
her “merchants were the great men of the earth; for by their sorceries were all
nations deceived,” Revelation 18:23b. Through finance the great men exalt
themselves above all. They rule over the political rulers of the nations.
The time
will come when the Antichrist will bring them down. It is prophesized in
chapters 17 and 18 in the book of Revelation. Then the Antichrist will exalt
himself above everything that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he
as God shall sit in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God, 2
Thessalonians 2:4.
“But the
Lord shall consume (him, the Antichrist) with the spirit of His mouth, and
shall destroy with the brightness of His coming,” 2 Thessalonians 2:8b.
“He shall
smite the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips
shall He slay the wicked,” Isaiah 11:4b.
The rapture
takes place at the end of the 3 ½ years of great tribulation found in
Revelation chapters 8-10 under the seven trumpets. Jesus comes back at the
rapture at the last trumpet, the 7th. At that point begins the
bowels or cups of the Wrath of God which lasts a short 75-day period. Those
that exalted themselves and refused to submit unto God, shall be brought low.
“Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations He has made in the earth. He makes the wars to cease unto the ends of the earth; He breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in sunder; He burns the chariot in the fire. Be still, and know that the Lord is God: He will be exalted among the nations, He will be exalted in the earth,” Psalm 46:8-10 adapted.
As the Millennium begins, the Lord shall be exalted.
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains (in Jerusalem); and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the house of God…and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall the learn war anymore,” Isaiah 2:2-4.
Jesus will rule and reign on earth for a thousand years. God will highly exalt Him. “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in the earth, and things under the earth. And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father,” Philippians 2:10-11.
Psalm 57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
The evil that Saul had sought for David, in the end, came upon Saul himself and his own family. David did not lift up his hand against Saul, the King of Israel. David trusted in the Lord, that the Lord would take care of Saul, and He did.
Psalm 57:7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
Our hearts need to be fixed on the Lord. We cannot have any other gods before Him. We should be fastened to the Lord through our love and obedience to His word and His voice, which speaks to us during quiet meditation and prayer. Joshua said,
“But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the laws, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, and to cleave unto Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,” Joshua 22:5.
Apostle Paul said,
“But none of these things (his bonds and afflictions) move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God,” Acts 20:24.
We need to build the house of our life on obedience to God’s word so that the storms, the winds, the floods of life do not overflow and wash it away. If we keep God first in our life, He promises, “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon you,” Isaiah 43:2.
If our hearts are fixed on the Lord, we can sing and give praise no matter what is happening, because we know He will work all things together for our good, Romans 8:28. We can, therefore, in everything give thanks, 1 Thessalonians 5:18.
Psalm 57:8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
Jesus Himself awoke a great while before it was day and went out alone into a mountain to pray. If Jesus, the Son of God, the Messiah, needed time alone with God to pray, should we not, also, commit our waking moments to Him in prayer, meditation, reading His word, song, thanksgiving and praise?
We need to wait upon the Lord in the quiet hours of the day before the business of the day is upon us. We need time with God to receive the strength, the wisdom, the direction, the guidance, the love, the patience, the understanding and all the other spiritual gifts we need to confront the problems and difficulties that the day will bring. Spending time with God is not for His benefit, but for ours. He transforms us in the process and imputes to us all the spiritual blessings we need for the day.
David said, “Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear my voice,” Psalm 55:17. If we spend that time with God, He will make our faces to shine. He will lighten our candles and we will be able to shine forth to the nations with the love and truth of the gospel. “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven,” Matthew 5:16.
Psalm 57:9-10 I will praise You, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto You among the nations. For Your mercy is great unto the heavens, and Your truth unto the clouds.
Again, we see the phrase “mercy and truth,” or today we might say, “love and truth.” Apostle Paul tells us that among faith, hope, and love; love is the greatest attribute. Apostle John says that God is love. Pauls writes that “love rejoices in the truth,” 1 Corinthians 13:6b. He says, we should speak the truth in love, Ephesians 4:15.
Truth without love is too harsh. Love without truth is too soft. Truth and love standing together present a perfect picture of the character of God. They are like the central pillars holding up His temple. Those characteristics were uniquely manifested in Jesus our Saviour, kind and good, loving and truthful.
Psalm 57:11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens: let Your glory be above all the earth.
God shall soon be exalted above the heavens. “The kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign forever and ever,” Revelation 11:15. “The God of heaven shall set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever,” Daniel 2:44.
“And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and His name one,” Zechariah 14:9. “His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace,” Isaiah 9:6b. “For there is one name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved,” Acts 4:12. That name is JESUS!
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Psalm 57 - A Prayer For Rescue From Persecutors - Part 1
Psalm 57 A Psalm of David
when he fled from Saul in the cave at Ein Gedi on the west coast of the Dead Sea. Read 1 Samuel 24. Commentary by
Dennis Edwards. Part 1
57 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusts
in You: yea, in the shadow of Your wings will I make my refuge, until these
calamities be over past.
God’s word
continually reminds us that He is our refuge and our strength, a very present
help in time of trouble, Psalm 46:1.
“For the
Lord is a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a
refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat,” Isaiah 25:4.
Psalm 91, the psalm of protection, goes over the promises of God for those
that love Him. We shall abide under His shadow. He will be for us a refuge and
a fortress. He will deliver us from the snare and from the pestilence. He will
cover us with His feathers, and under His wings will we trust. There shall no
evil befall us, neither shall any plague come nigh our dwelling, Psalm
91:1-4,10.
Whatever
calamities are passing over our lives, we can trust in the Lord.
In the last
days, God’s word warns us, that “men’s hearts will be failing them for fear and
for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of
the heaven shall be shaken…And when these things begin to come to pass, then
look up, and lift up your heads, (which means do not be discouraged, look to
Jesus); for your redemption draws nigh,” Luke 21:26&28.
We saw with
David, when his wives and children were kidnapped and those of his soldiers,
that “David encouraged himself in the Lord,” I Samuel 30:6b. Whatever problem
we may be going through as a result of the societal situation or a personal
situation, the solution to calm our heart and mind is to spend time with God.
Encourage yourself in the Lord. That’s the solution. “You will keep him in
perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because He trusts in You,” Isaiah
26:3.
Psalm
57:2-3a I will cry unto God most
high; unto God that performs all things for me. He shall send from heaven, and
save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah.
God is
sovereign over all the earth. We know that whatever God allows to happen in our
lives, even if the Devil sends it, God can transform and use for our benefit
Psalm 119:67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but now have I kept Your
word.
Psalm
119:71 It is good for me that I
have been afflicted; that I might learn Your statutes.
When Job
went through his period of testing, he responded to his wife, and corrected
her, saying; “What, shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not
receive evil?” Job 2:10b.
Job is not
saying that God sends evil, but since God is Sovereign above all, whatever
happens to us must be within His will. God can work together for good whatever
happens to us in life. He can use it to form our character, to deepen our
character, to give us more compassion for others. There are innumerable ways
God can use what seems evil for His good.
In Genesis,
we read Joseph comforting his brethren who had sold him into slavery. “And
Joseph said unto them, Fear not: ….You thought evil against me; but God meant
it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive,” Genesis
50:20.
Psalm 57:3b God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.
In the proverbs
we read, “By mercy and truth iniquity is purged; and by the fear of the Lord
men depart from evil,” Proverbs 16:6.
What, when,
where, or who is the ultimate manifestation of God’s mercy and truth? None
other than Jesus Christ. “For the law was given by Moses, but grace (mercy) and
truth came by Jesus Christ,” John 1:17. It is through Jesus’ perfect
sacrifice for sin that our iniquities have been purged for we come unto God by
Him.
Isaiah
53:5,6b,8b,9b,10ab,11b,12b “But He
was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon Him. And the Lord has laid upon Him the
iniquity of us all. For the transgression of My people was He stricken. Because
He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth. Yet it pleased
the Lord to bruise Him; He (the Lord) has put Him to grief: when You shall make
His soul an offering for sin. By His knowledge shall My righteous servant
justify many; for He shall bear their iniquities. And He bear the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.”
Psalm 57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on
fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue
a sharp sword.
It is the
Devil who goes about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour, 1 Peter
5:8. King Saul, oppressed by an evil spirit, sought to kill David to ensure
that his sons would inherit the throne after him. When we are under fierce
persecution our enemies behave themselves like wild animals in their fury to
destroy us.
They start
with words against us, gossip, then slander, and lies. Through words they want
to destroy us and our good work for the Lord and others. James tells us that the
tongue is a fire of iniquity, descending not from above, but is earthy,
sensual, devilish, James 3:15. The tongue can be used for good or for
evil. It can lift up, or bring down. “Death and life are in the power of the
tongue,” Proverbs 18:21.
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Salmo 57 - Uma Oração para o Resgate dos Perseguidores - Parte 1
Salmo 57 - Salmo de Davi, quando ele fugiu de Saul para a caverna. Ler
1 Samuel 24. Comentário de Dennis Edwards. Parte 1.
A palavra de Deus recorda-nos continuamente que Ele é o nosso refúgio e
a nossa fortaleza, socorro bem presente em tempos de angústia, Salmo 46:1.
“Porque o Senhor é uma fortaleza para o pobre, uma fortaleza para o
necessitado na sua angústia, um refúgio contra a tempestade, uma sombra contra
o calor,” IsaÃas 25:4.
O Salmo 91, o salmo de proteção, aborda as promessas de Deus para
aqueles que O amam. Permaneceremos sob a Sua sombra. Ele será para nós um
refúgio e uma fortaleza. Ele nos livrará do laço e da peste. Ele nos cobrirá
com as Suas penas, e sob as Suas asas confiaremos. Nenhum mal nos sucederá, nem
praga alguma chegará à nossa tenda. Salmo 91:1-4,10.
Sejam quais forem as calamidades que estejam a passar pelas nossas
vidas, podemos confiar no Senhor.
Nos últimos dias, a palavra de Deus adverte-nos que “os corações dos
homens desmaiarão de terror e pela expectação das coisas que sobrevirão ao
mundo; porque os poderes dos céus serão abalados… Quando estas coisas começarem
a acontecer, então olhem para cima e levantem as vossas cabeças (o que
significa não desanimem, olhem para Jesus); porque a sua redenção se aproxima”,
Lucas 21:26 e 28.
Vimos com David, quando as suas mulheres e filhos foram raptados, bem
como os dos seus soldados, que “David se fortaleceu no Senhor”, I Samuel
30:6b. Seja qual for o problema que estejamos a enfrentar como resultado de
uma situação social ou pessoal, a solução para acalmar o nosso coração e a
nossa mente é passar tempo com Deus. Encoraje-se no Senhor. Essa é a solução.
“Tu conservarás em perfeita paz aquele cuja mente está firme em ti, porque ele
confia em ti”, IsaÃas 26:3.
Salmo 57:2-3a Clamarei
ao Deus AltÃssimo; ao Deus que realiza todas as coisas por
mim. Ele enviará do céu, e me salvará da vergonha daquele
que quer me engolir. Selá.
Deus é soberano sobre toda a terra. Sabemos que tudo o que Deus permite
que aconteça nas nossas vidas, mesmo que o Diabo o envie, Deus pode transformar
e usar em nosso benefÃcio.
Salmo 119:67 Antes de ser afligido, andava errado; mas agora guardo a tua palavra.
Salmo 119:71 Foi-me bom ter eu sido afligido; para que eu aprenda os teus estatutos.
Quando Jó passou pelo seu perÃodo de provação, respondeu à sua esposa e
corrigiu-a, dizendo: “O quê? Receberemos o bem da mão de Deus e não receberemos
o mal?” Jó 2:10b.
Jó não está a dizer que Deus envia o mal, mas como Deus é Soberano acima
de tudo, tudo o que nos acontece deve estar dentro da Sua vontade. Deus pode
cooperar para o bem, independentemente do que nos aconteça na vida. Ele pode
usá-lo para formar o nosso caráter, para o aprofundar, para nos dar mais
compaixão pelos outros. Há inúmeras formas pelas quais Deus pode usar o que
parece mau para o Seu bem.
Em Génesis, lemos José a confortar os seus irmãos que o venderam
como escravo. “E José disse-lhes: Não temais; … vós intentastes o mal contra
mim; porém Deus o tornou em bem, para fazer como hoje se vê, para conservar
muita gente com vida,” Génesis 50:20.
Salmo 57:3b Deus enviará a sua misericórdia e a sua verdade.
Nos provérbios lemos: “Pela misericórdia e pela verdade a iniquidade é
expiada; e pelo temor do Senhor os homens se desviam do mal”, Provérbios
16:6.
O quê, quando, onde ou quem é a manifestação máxima da misericórdia e da
verdade de Deus? Nada mais nada menos que Jesus Cristo. “Porque a lei foi dada
por Moisés, mas a graça (misericórdia) e a verdade vieram por Jesus Cristo,” João
1:17. É através do sacrifÃcio perfeito de Jesus pelo pecado que as nossas
iniquidades foram purificadas para aqueles de nós que vêm a Deus por meio dele.
IsaÃas 53:5,6b,8b,9b,10ab,11b,12b “Mas ele foi ferido
pelas nossas transgressões, e moÃdo pelas nossas iniquidades; o castigo que nos
traz a paz estava sobre ele. E o Senhor fez cair sobre ele a iniquidade de nós
todos. Pela transgressão do meu povo ele foi ferido. Porque nunca fez violência,
nem houve engano na sua boca. Contudo, ao Senhor aprouve esmagá-lo; ele (o
Senhor) o fez adoecer: quando fizeres a sua alma por oferta pelo pecado. porque
ele levará as suas iniquidades. E levou sobre si o pecado de muitos, e pelos
transgressores intercedeu.”
É o Diabo que anda ao redor, rugindo como leão, buscando a quem possa
tragar, 1 Pedro 5:8. O rei Saul, oprimido por um espÃrito maligno,
procurou matar David para garantir que os seus filhos herdassem o trono depois
dele. Quando estamos sob feroz perseguição, os nossos inimigos comportam-se
como animais selvagens na sua fúria para nos destruir.
Começam com palavras contra nós, mexericos, depois calúnias e mentiras.
Através de palavras querem destruir-nos a nós e ao nosso bom trabalho para o
Senhor e para os outros. Tiago diz-nos que a lÃngua é um fogo de iniquidade,
que não desce do alto, mas é terrena, sensual e diabólica, Tiago 3:15. A
lÃngua pode ser utilizada para o bem ou para o mal. Pode elevar ou derrubar. “A
morte e a vida estão no poder da lÃngua”, Provérbios 18:21.
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Friday, March 21, 2025
Psalm 56 - A Prayer of Trust
Psalm 56 A Psalm of
David “when he was driven from his own country and took refuge among the
Philistines, who were strangers, and ill-affected towards him,” William de
Burgh. Read 1 Samuel 27. Comments by Dennis Edwards.
I remember in my own life
being plagued by the fear of being drafted and sent off to war. When I refused
to take the obligatory Army medical, and later refused to be inducted, I had to
fight those fears that would sometimes overwhelm me. Finally, when my dear
mother called me at the end of October, 1971, and informed me that the FBI were
seeking to arrest me; it was at that moment, I fell on my knees in desperate
prayer to a God whom I did not believe in. Nevertheless, He answered my cry.
Two weeks later, after
picking up a young hitch-hiking couple, I prayed the sinner’s prayer and
received Jesus into my heart. I entered a three-month missionary training camp
under the direction of the Jesus Revolution and my life changed completely. That
was almost 54 years ago. Like David, I have committed my own sins, and had my own
set of problems and difficulties.
Through it all, God has
taught me, and forgiven me, and helped me follow Him, in spite of all my
seeming failures, mistakes, and shortcomings. He is truly a just and loving God
and in goodness and faithfulness has kept me. He’s taught me to give Him thanks
in every situation, knowing that He will work things out for good, if I continue
to trust in Him, 1 Thessalonians 5:18 & Romans 8:28.
Psalm 56:1-2 Be
merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily
oppresses me. My enemies
would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O You most
High.
We have both physical and
spiritual enemies that fight against us. Jesus said, “A man’s foes shall be
they of his own household,” Matthew 10:36. Apostle Paul admonishes us to
be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might by putting on the whole
armour of God, that we might be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. “For
we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in
high places,” Ephesians 6:10-12.
Augustine commented on the
words “oppresses me,” with the following thought found in William de Burgh’s Commemtary
on the Book of Psalms, 1801-1866.
“A grape on the vine sustains
no pressing; whole it seems, but nothing flows from it. It is thrown into a
winepress, is trodden, is pressed: harm seems to be done to it, but the harm is
not barren: no, if no harm had been applied, barren it would have remained….So,
it is with Christ. He was the first cluster pressed in the wine-fat, and then
flowed out the choicest wine – ‘the blood that cleanses us from all sin.’”
As with Christ, who was
oppressed and afflicted, David, as his protype, was oppressed and afflicted.
Through his trials and affliction came forth the sweet honey of his psalms to
God. The heart of stone had to be broken before the love and truth of God could
flow forth from it. In like manner, we, too, suffer through life’s trials. We
can let that suffering embitter us. Or, we can let the suffering break our harden
heart, so that the love of God can flow forth from it, as a balm onto a lost
and dying world.
Psalm 56:3-4 What
time I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God I
will praise His word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh
can do unto me.
Whenever we are tempted to
fear, we should remember God’s words and promises. He has told us not to fear
or be dismayed. He has told us that He will be with us, that His presence will
go with us. Jesus said He would send the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, who would
guide us and be in us. He said, “Fear not those that can kill the body, but are
not able to kill the soul. Rather fear Him which is able to cast both body and
soul into hell,” Matthew 10:28.
“The fear of man brings a
snare, but whosoever puts his trust in the Lord shall be safe,” Proverbs
29:25.
When we fear something, it is
a form of worship. God has told us we should not have any other gods before
Him. Solomon concluded, “This is the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God
and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man,” Ecclesiastes
12:13.
Psalm 56:5-7 Every
day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. They
gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they
wait for my soul. Shall
they escape by iniquity? in Your anger
cast down the peoples, O God.
As Jesus’ enemies tried to
capture Him in His words, so the enemies of God today use their words to throw
down the truth of the Gospel to the ground. A lie goes around the world, before
the truth can get around the block. God’s word says that in the last days, the
Antichrist forces “shall cast the truth to the ground,” Daniel 8:12.
The Antichrist shall speak
marvellous things against God, and shall magnify himself above every god, Daniel
11:36. “And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he
shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy
the mighty and holy people,” Daniel 8:24.
“He shall also stand up
against the Prince of princes, (Jesus at the Battle of Armageddon); but he
shall be broken without hand,” Daniel 8:25b. Jesus will supernaturally defeat
the Antichrist with the breath of His mouth, and the sword of the Spirit, which
is the word of God, that proceeds out of His mouth, Revelation 19:15.
Isaiah 11:4b “And with
the breath of His lips shall He slay the wicked.”
Isaiah 66:15-16 “For,
behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind,
to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire
and by His sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord
shall be many.”
The wicked shall not escape
in that day, for His anger shall cast down the nations.
Psalm 56:8-9 You take note of
all my wanderings: You put my
tears into Your bottle: are they not in Your book? When I
cry unto You, then shall my enemies
turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
God has a video recording of
our life which He shall play before us when we appear before His judgment seat.
We believers will appear before the judgment seat of Christ when we die or
before the Millennium period, and be rewarded according to our works. The
unrighteous will stand at the Great White Throne Judgment of God. Each will be
judged by his works whether they were good, or whether they were evil. Those
not found written in the Book of Life shall be cast into the lake of fire which
is the second death, Revelation 20:11-15.
Psalm 56:10-11 In God
will I praise His word: in the Lord will
I praise His word. In God
have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
David is encouraging himself
by repeating or reciting God’s word. We, also, should put God’s word to memory
and bring it to mind and remind ourselves, and God of His promises to us in
times of distress, trouble, and mental anguish. Fear and faith do not walk
together. Fear is the opposite of faith.
Faith comes by hearing God’s
word. When fear attacks, fight back by reciting and repeating God’s word to
yourself and the Devil. Almost the Devil’s whole power is in fear. Resist the
Devil with faith, by quoting and standing on God’s word, like Jesus did. Resist
the enemy and He will flee from you, James 4:7b.
When fear from the Devil
knocks on your heart’s door, let faith from God’s word answer it. Rebuke the
fear in Jesus’ name and it will be gone. “And the peace of God which passes all
understanding will fill your heart and mind through Jesus Christ our Lord,” Philippines
4:7.
Psalm 56:12-13 Your vows
are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto You. For You have
delivered my soul from death: will You not deliver
my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
David is mindful of his need
to give thanks to God for his deliverance. He offers the sacrifice of
thanksgiving and praise. He looks forward to the hope of eternal life that God
had promised from the Garden of Eden. David knows or longs for the day when he
will walk with God in the land of the living.
Jesus is the Messiah, the God
with us, who has opened the door to eternal life. He said, “I am the
resurrection, and the life: he that believes in Me, though he were dead, yet
shall he live: and whosoever lives and believes in Me shall never die,” John11:25-26.
Apostle John would later
write,
1 John 5:11-13 “And this
is the record, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
He that has the Son has life; and he that has not the Son of God has not life.
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of
God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on
the name of the Son of God.”
“For whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” “If we confess with our mouths the
Lord Jesus, and believe in our hearts that God has raised Him from the dead, we
shall be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with
the mouth confession is made unto salvation,” Romans 10:13&9-10.
“Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and you shall be saved,” Acts 16:31a.
Revelation 22:12 “And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be…Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.”
