Worship: Take Over by Shane & Shane
Thirsty, I'm thirsty for You
In a dry land with no drink, I need You
I know You made a home, inside this heart of stone
So turn it into flesh, Spirit, soften it
I give You all I have, I'm holding nothing back
Jesus, I am Yours Jesus, I am Yours
Take Over, Lover of my Soul
Take Control
I surrender, there’s nothing I want more
Than to know You, Lord
To know You
Thirsty, I'm thirsty for You
In a dry land with no drink, I need You
I know You made a home, inside this heart of stone
So turn it into flesh, Spirit, soften it
I give You all I have, I'm holding nothing back
Jesus, I am Yours Jesus, I am Yours
Take Over, Lover of my Soul
Take Control
I surrender, there’s nothing I want more
Than to know You, Lord
What am I supposed to do with all my kingdoms next to You?
You're the Lord, You're the Lord
I could gain the world and more
It's all nothing next to You
My reward, my reward Take Over, Lover of my Soul (repeat)
Take Over, Lover of my Soul
Take Control
I surrender, there’s nothing I want more
Than to know You, Lord
What am I supposed to do with all my kingdoms?
You're the Lord, You're the Lord
I could gain the world and more
It's all nothing next to You
My reward, my reward
Witness:
Short and sweet. If a new illustrated dictionary were published, my picture probably would be found next to the word “procrastinator.” Here it is time to go to work, and I haven’t even begun to study. I don’t need to list the litany of excuses, feelings, and actions that preceded the writing of this portion of my journal. Never fear, God smacked me in the head after praying and confessing my faults to Him. After the amen, I opened up to my journal entry for August 06, 2015 and these words greeted me.
Worship: Have Thine Own Way Lord; I Surrender by Hillsongs United
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Addendum (5/20/18):
But it did not stop there. As you know, it often takes days for me to finish a journal entry. Such is the case here. I had stopped at the “bam” and rushed off to work. On the way there the first song playing was Matt Maher singing, “Lord, I need You.” That was the icing on the cake. It reminded me of the one source of all joy and peace. The one I should focus on. The one I should desire to spend time with above all others and every other thing. Wish I could say that settled it. It’s still a work in progress. I put a little note above my desk tonight to remind me.
It says:
Stop Procrastinating!
Keep focused
God is # 1
Have done with lesser things!
Ps 27:7-10
7 Hear my voice when I call, O Lord;
be merciful to me and answer me.
8 My heart says of you, "Seek his face!"
Your face, Lord, I will seek.
9 Do not hide your face from me,
do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper.
Do not reject me or forsake me,
O God my Savior.
10 Though my father and mother forsake me,
the Lord will receive me.
NIV
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Ps 27:7-10
7 Hear me as I pray, O Lord.
Be merciful and answer me!
8 My heart has heard you say, "Come and talk with me."
And my heart responds, "Lord, I am coming."
9 Do not turn your back on me.
Do not reject your servant in anger.
You have always been my helper.
Don't leave me now; don't abandon me,
O God of my salvation!
10 Even if my father and mother abandon me,
the Lord will hold me close.
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 27:7-10
7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me and answer me.
8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.
9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
KJV
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Ps 27:7-10
7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
be gracious to me and answer me!
8 You have said, "Seek my face."
My heart says to you,
"Your face, Lord, do I seek."
9 Hide not your face from me.
Turn not your servant away in anger,
O you who have been my help.
Cast me not off; forsake me not,
O God of my salvation!
10 For my father and my mother have forsaken me,
but the Lord will take me in.
ESV
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There is a translational issue with verse 8. The literal rendering is “Unto thee, said my heart seek Ye My face; Thy face, LORD, will I seek. Every version tries to catch the sense of these words. The KJV adds the words, “When thou sadist.” These are not in the original Hebrew. Nevertheless, many feel that this captures the meaning of the text.
Psalms 27:8
Our translators have given the correct meaning, though the original is quite obscure.
(from Barnes' Notes, Electronic Database Copyright © 1997, 2003, 2005, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
The NIV, NLT, and ESV obscure the number of the pronoun by translating “seek his,” “come and talk with me,” or “seek my face.” The KJV translates the pronoun properly as a plural (“Ye”). However, the NIV, NLT, and ESV do keep the imperative nature of the command. But it is the plural “you,” or the second person plural word “ye” as expressed in the older KJV English (a differentiation lost in modern English), which is a clue to this being a collective command given by the LORD (Yahweh) and which is remembered and followed singularly by David himself.
One way of looking at what David is saying is that his heart is speaking God’s command and his response to it.
In Your behalf my heart says, "Seek My face."
Lord, I will seek Your face.
(from Holman Christian Standard Bible® Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005 by Holman Bible Publishers.)
8 On your behalf my heart says, “Seek my face.”
Your face, O Yahweh, I do seek.
Harris, W. H., III, Ritzema, E., Brannan, R., Mangum, D., Dunham, J., Reimer, J. A., & Wierenga, M. (Eds.). (2012). The Lexham English Bible (Ps 27:8). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
Another way of looking at it is to take it at face value. David’s heart is speaking directly to God Himself and reminding Him of His command.
Psalms 27:8
My heart said unto thee - rather, 'my heart saith unto thee' (i.e., is continually, with silent speech, reminding thee of thine own gracious exhortation),
(from Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary, Electronic Database. Copyright © 1997, 2003, 2005, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
One last way to look at it that makes sense to me is found in a footnote in the USB OT Handbook series.
Psalm 27:7-9 a
HOTTP* proposes two different ways of translating the Masoretic text: the first one is unintelligible; the second one can be rendered "My heart tells me that you have commanded, 'Seek (plural) my face'; and so, O Lord, I seek your face."
(from UBS Old Testament Handbook Series. Copyright © 1978-2004 by United Bible Societies. All rights reserved.) (*HOTTP stands for the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project by the United Bible Societies)
There is not much difference between the first and last ways of translating this passage. It’s the heart reminding itself of what God has commanded. The second, which may be the most literal, is the heart reminding God of what He said and David demonstrating that he is obeying the LORD’s command.
I believe that God delights in both of these ways of praying as long as they are done in humility. So whether David is speaking to himself on God’s behalf or he’s speaking to God Himself concerning His own command, David is declaring his humble obedience and desire to seek God’s face.
I once wrote a poem which said:
Nor by an impious command
In humility, I Thy seek forgiveness
On Thy goodness, I forever stand
Because…
Your kindness leads me to repentance
Your glory Lord forever shines
Your cross secures my forgiveness
Your grace by faith saves and sanctifies
It is this same attitude that David sought the LORD’s face. Not with “demanding impertinence” nor with “an impious command,” but with “humility” he sought after the LORD’s face. It is because of God’s own heart of kindness and glorious countenance that David pursued God’s face. That same heart would bleed on a cross and open the way to approach the Lord in a way David new only in shadows cast in the tabernacle and sacrifices made daily. But now that Christ has come and rent the veil of the Holy of Holies and opened up the way we can confidently approach the throne of grace, not in boorish boldness but with eager expectancy and trusting tenacity.
Heb 4:16
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
NIV
Eph 3:12
Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God's presence.
NLT
Because of all Christ has done and is doing for us we can approach God with confidence so let us do so in order to “receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” The word “grace” wards of any brashness in approaching God based on who we are in ourselves but on the objective fact of who we are in Christ.
Kittel’s says concerning the word for “boldness” or “confidence” in Heb. 4:16 and Eph. 3:12:
parrhsi/a has "a peculiarly objective character." One has it, not as a subjective attitude, but as the appropriation of something already there.
(from Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Copyright © 1972-1989 By Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. All rights reserved.)
If there be any “subjective attitude,” it is our faith or confidence in Christ.
So let us seek the Lord’s face confidently because of all God in Christ has done for us. Boasting not in ourselves and demanding our rights, but in Him who chose the lowly things to “shame the wise.”
1 Cor 1:27-31
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things — and the things that are not — to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God — that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."
NIV
2 Cor 10:18
For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
NIV
Gal 6:14
May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
NIV
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