May 17-18, 2016
I begin with a song I have sung before but by a different artist. This time I am using a version of the song that is sung by one of the writers of the song.
Worship: Lord, I Need You by Matt Maher
Lord, I come, I confess
Bowing here, I find my rest
Without You, I fall apart
You're the One that guides my heart
Bowing here, I find my rest
Without You, I fall apart
You're the One that guides my heart
Lord, I need You
Oh, I need You
Every hour I need You
My one defense
My righteousness
Oh, God how I need You
Oh, I need You
Every hour I need You
My one defense
My righteousness
Oh, God how I need You
Where sin runs deep
Your grace is more
Where grace is found, is where You are
Where You are, Lord I am free
Holiness is Christ in me
Yes, where You are, Lord I am free
Holiness is Christ in me
Your grace is more
Where grace is found, is where You are
Where You are, Lord I am free
Holiness is Christ in me
Yes, where You are, Lord I am free
Holiness is Christ in me
Lord, I need You
Oh, I need You
Every hour I need You
My one defense
My righteousness
Oh, God how I need You
Oh, I need You
Every hour I need You
My one defense
My righteousness
Oh, God how I need You
Teach my song
To rise to you
When temptation comes my way,
When I cannot stand
I'll fall on You
Jesus, You're my hope and stay
To rise to you
When temptation comes my way,
When I cannot stand
I'll fall on You
Jesus, You're my hope and stay
Lord, I need You
Oh, I need You
Every hour I need You
My one defense
My righteousness
Oh, God how I need You
You're my one defense,
My righteousness
Oh, God how I need You
My one defense,
My righteousness
Oh, God how I need You
Oh, I need You
Every hour I need You
My one defense
My righteousness
Oh, God how I need You
You're my one defense,
My righteousness
Oh, God how I need You
My one defense,
My righteousness
Oh, God how I need You
Songwriters
DANIEL CARSON, MATT MAHER, JESSE REEVES, KRISTIAN STANFILL, CHRISTY NOCKELS
Read more: Matt Maher - Lord I Need You Lyrics | MetroLyrics
DANIEL CARSON, MATT MAHER, JESSE REEVES, KRISTIAN STANFILL, CHRISTY NOCKELS
Read more: Matt Maher - Lord I Need You Lyrics | MetroLyrics
Witness:
I felt I needed to confess this again to the Lord and should live every day with this attitude. Things have been crazy lately, and stress rules the day. Just as I thought I was stronger, I found myself falling into self-pity and anger again. I believe this is of the Lord who was showing me that I was beginning to put my confidence in myself, unable to admit to others when I was hurting, and prideful when others sought to encourage me if I did crack a little and confess that “I was just a little down, but God would sustain me”. I believe that God sometimes removes all sense of His presence or sustaining grace in order to reveal the self-reliant pride that so easily besets us. I don’t know when these present circumstances will come to an end. Even when they do there is sure to rise another. Such is life in this present evil age. I the meantime I hope that I will eschew pride and self-reliance and espouse humility and God-reliance. Knowing my frail frame, it will be a long process in the right direction with many - and hopefully less, as time progresses – detours and backtracking.
WORD
Ps 25:6-7
6 Remember, O Lord, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you are good, O Lord.
NIV
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Ps 25:6-7
6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.
KJV
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Ps 25:6-7
6 Remember, O Lord, your compassion and unfailing love,
which you have shown from long ages past.
7 Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth.
Remember me in the light of your unfailing love,
for you are merciful, O Lord.
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 25:6-7
6 Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,
for they have been from of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
according to your steadfast love remember me,
for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!
ESV
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Remember Who you are Lord. That is David’s cry from distress. Who are You, Lord? You are one who is compassionate and tender and abundantly merciful and who is steadfastly and unfailingly loving and kind. I believe all these adverbs and adjectives describe those attributes of God that David specifically homed in on because they met his need for grace, mercy, and deliverance (actually in the original David uses nouns).
The ESV seems to be the closest in word order to the original. First, David asks God to remember His “mercy.” This is the word “racham” (rakh'-am), according to my Hebrew Interlinear, but other reference works use a slightly different spelling. When looking at this word in various reference works, I discovered how rich this word is and how poor our translations are sometimes in trying to condense this word down into one or two words. I realize that there is a translational philosophy that governs this and abuses can lead to obfuscation and error. A fully expanded version would also be too unwieldy. However, judicious use of footnotes to highlight words such as this one might be helpful. This word is deep and intense in its meaning. I will refer to one reference work which will illustrate what I am saying.
The ESV seems to be the closest in word order to the original. First, David asks God to remember His “mercy.” This is the word “racham” (rakh'-am), according to my Hebrew Interlinear, but other reference works use a slightly different spelling. When looking at this word in various reference works, I discovered how rich this word is and how poor our translations are sometimes in trying to condense this word down into one or two words. I realize that there is a translational philosophy that governs this and abuses can lead to obfuscation and error. A fully expanded version would also be too unwieldy. However, judicious use of footnotes to highlight words such as this one might be helpful. This word is deep and intense in its meaning. I will refer to one reference work which will illustrate what I am saying.
2146† OT:7355 <j^r* (r¹µam) I, love deeply; have mercy, be compassionate. Denominative verb.
2146a† OT:7356,OT:7358,OT:7361 <j#r# (reµem), <j^r^ (raµam) womb. 2146b† <ym!j&r^ (raµ¦mîm) tender mercy. 2146c† OT:7349 <Wjr^ (raµûm) compassionate. 2146d† OT:7362 yn]m*j&r^ (raµ¦m¹nî) compassionate women (Lam 4:10).
This root refers to deep love (usually of a "superior" for an "inferior") rooted in some "natural" bond. In the Piel, it is used for the deep inward feeling we know variously as compassion, pity, mercy…This root is frequently used of God. It incorporates two concepts: first, the strong tie God has with those whom he has called as his children (Ps 103:13). God looks upon his own as a father looks upon his children; he has pity on them (cf. Mic 7:17). The second concept is that of God's unconditioned choice (µ¹n¢n, grace). God tells Moses that he is gracious and merciful to whomever he chooses (Ex 33:19).
There are several ideas attached to God's deep, tender love: first, the unconditional election of God (Ex 33:19); next, his mercy and forgiveness toward his people in the face of deserved judgment and upon the condition of their repentance (Deut 13:18 *); also, God's continuing mercy and grace in preserving his unrepentant people from judgment (2 Kings 13:23) Thus this attribute becomes the basis in part of an eschatological hope (cf. Isa 14:1; Isa 49:13; Isa 54:7; Jer 12:15; Jer 33:26; Ezek 34:25; Mic 7:19; Zech 1:16).
(from Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. Copyright © 1980 by The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. All rights reserved. Used by permission.)
From this, we can see that my contention above about the fullness and intensity of this word is not exaggerated. I am finding it hard to put my thoughts together on this, but perhaps it can be summed up in the lyrics to a Hymn that has come to my mind as I write. It is called:
O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
O the deep, deep love of Jesus, vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!
Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me!
Underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love
Leading onward, leading homeward to Thy glorious rest above!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus, spread His praise from shore to shore!
How He loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, nevermore!
How He watches o’er His loved ones, died to call them all His own;
How for them He intercedeth, watcheth o’er them from the throne!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus, love of every love the best!
’Tis an ocean full of blessing, ’tis a haven giving rest!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus, ’tis a heaven of heavens to me;
And it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to Thee!
Words: S. Trevor Francis, 1875.
Music: Ebenezer, Thomas J. Williams, in Llaw lyfr Moliant, 1890
A contemporary version of this song is also good, and I will conclude with a link to it.
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