March 28, 2016
Worship: Oceans (Where my feet may fail) by Hillsong United
You call me out upon the waters
The great unknown where feet may fail
And there I find You in the mystery
In oceans deep
My faith will stand
The great unknown where feet may fail
And there I find You in the mystery
In oceans deep
My faith will stand
And I will call upon Your name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine
Your grace abounds in deepest waters
Your sovereign hand
Will be my guide
Where feet may fail, and fear surrounds me
You've never failed, and You won't start now
Your sovereign hand
Will be my guide
Where feet may fail, and fear surrounds me
You've never failed, and You won't start now
So I will call upon Your name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine
Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior
I will call upon Your Name
Keep my eyes above the waves
My soul will rest in Your embrace
I am Yours, and You are mine
Keep my eyes above the waves
My soul will rest in Your embrace
I am Yours, and You are mine
Songwriters
JOEL HOUSTON, MATT CROCKER, SALOMON LIGHTHELM
JOEL HOUSTON, MATT CROCKER, SALOMON LIGHTHELM
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Lyrics © CAPITOL CMG GENESIS
Lyrics © CAPITOL CMG GENESIS
Video: https://youtu.be/N2PNTq_-mZs
Witness:
How easy it is to walk in our own strength. When things are going well. When things aren’t going so well. When we are ministering to someone, who needs comfort. When we are preaching, or teaching the Word of God. Pride pervades even the humblest of us (excluding, of course, our Savior) and rears its ugly head in any of the situations mentioned above.
“I’ve got this Lord, just watch.”
“I don’t need words of encouragement and advice I am strong ‘in the Lord.’”
“I’ve just got to do better, and things will get better.”
“I feel so good going to help this brother/sister I really think I can help them.”
“I must be good, look how many - said amen today/came forward/told me what a blessing the message/class was”
When I think these ways, pride is preceding me on my way to destruction (Proverbs 16:18)
I almost fell to this kind of thinking when I was about to go visit a brother who was going through a rough patch in his life. I had listened to the Lord earlier and had called him the day before. During that call, the Lord lead me in what to say. I felt His presence during the time on the phone with my brother in the Lord. The next day I asked if we could get together for a meal and a chance to talk. I fought the selfish feelings of not wanting to go so I could have more time in the Word and get things done around the house on the only day I really have the freedom of time to do it.
Just about a half hour before I was going over to meet with him at his apartment the Lord asked me if I had prayed about what I was going to say. To my chagrin, I had not so I immediately got on my knees to ask for wisdom and strength to speak words of truth and comfort to my brother. The Lord also taught me that I needed to be a good listener as well as to ask questions rather than just speak in ignorance and with presupposition.
Just about a half hour before I was going over to meet with him at his apartment the Lord asked me if I had prayed about what I was going to say. To my chagrin, I had not so I immediately got on my knees to ask for wisdom and strength to speak words of truth and comfort to my brother. The Lord also taught me that I needed to be a good listener as well as to ask questions rather than just speak in ignorance and with presupposition.
WORD:
Ps 25:4-5
4 Show me your ways, O Lord,
teach me your paths;
5 guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
NIV
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Ps 25:4-5
4 Make me to know your ways, O Lord;
teach me your paths.
5 Lead me in your truth and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you I wait all the day long.
ESV
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Ps 25:4-5
4 Show me the right path, O Lord;
point out the road for me to follow.
5 Lead me by your truth and teach me,
for you are the God who saves me.
All day long I put my hope in you.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation ®, copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
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Ps 25:4-5
4 Make me know Your ways, O Lord;
Teach me Your paths.
5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
For You I wait all the day.
NASU
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Before I delve into the meaning of words or translational issues; I want to pause to point out something that the Lord pointed out to me, during of all places, when I was ministering to my friend I was talking about just a minute ago. It is the immensity of the prayer David was praying. Here he was in the presence of the One with infinite and holy knowledge and wisdom. He began with praise in the form of profession, followed by a prayer grounded in a promise, and now he petitions for instruction from the greatest pedagogist in and beyond the Universe.
Consider learning to play the violin or the guitar from the greatest master of these instruments. Think about training to swim or run with the fastest in those athletic fields. Ponder practicing open heart surgery or neurosurgery from the most skilled in those fields in the medical profession. Not many will ever get the opportunity to experience such a privilege in their lifetime.
Yet, the greatest of all teachers and guides is willing to honor such a request when we ask Him to show us, teach us, and guide us. Such a thought is beyond my ability to comprehend and express in words on a computer screen or praise from my lips. It is astounding and glorious and, and, and …I am lost for words. Yet I know when I yearn to seek guidance from the Lord. When I sit at His feet to learn of Him and His ways. I am in good company with those who desire to do the same and can hear the words of my Lord speaking to me as He did to Martha long ago.
Yet, the greatest of all teachers and guides is willing to honor such a request when we ask Him to show us, teach us, and guide us. Such a thought is beyond my ability to comprehend and express in words on a computer screen or praise from my lips. It is astounding and glorious and, and, and …I am lost for words. Yet I know when I yearn to seek guidance from the Lord. When I sit at His feet to learn of Him and His ways. I am in good company with those who desire to do the same and can hear the words of my Lord speaking to me as He did to Martha long ago.
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!" "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her." Luke 10:38-40 NIV
When my life is burdened with the busy, and my heart is weighed down by the weight of my circumstances. When my mind is clouded, and the tyranny of the urgent is clamoring for my attention, may the Lord remind me with a twofold repetition of my name, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed.” Come, sit at My feet and listen; choose “what is better, and it will not be taken away.”
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