The Bible Recap - Day 118 (Psalm 81, 88, 92-93) - Year 5

Starting point is 00:00:00 Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible recap. If you've ever wanted to go to Israel and you want to go with me, for free, stick around after today's episode for more info on how you can win a trip. Song 81 is a corporate praise song, but it also has some elements of prophetic warning. We start out with a call to the musicians to play their instruments, their harps and tamarines and trumpets, God likes it all. By the way, trumpets in that day weren't made of brass. They were made of rams horns.

Starting point is 00:00:37 You may have seen one, it's called a shofar. The musicians are signaling the beginning of a feast so they can gather all the people together. The people have come from all over Israel to the religious headquarters of their nation, just like they do three times a year for these feasts, because God has commanded them to keep these feasts as a means of remembering and celebrating all he has done for them.

Starting point is 00:00:58 The lyrics of the song recount God's rescue from Egypt, his provision in the wilderness, and his command to be faithful to him alone. Then it recounts their rebellion, and it ends with God imploring his people to repent. We see the words here and listen, repeated three times in this song. For all the noise God calls them

Starting point is 00:01:17 to make with their instruments in the beginning, he's more concerned with them hearing him and doing what he says. Psalm 88 was written by a man named Heman, and he was in a dark place. We've all been there, right? He's freely expressing his emotion to God. And what I learned from this song more than anything

Starting point is 00:01:35 is that God can handle our frustrations and questions without being threatened one bit. First, himan starts out by addressing Yahweh as the God of my salvation. So he's marking out that he does have a relationship with God, and he asks for God to be attentive to his prayer. It sounds like he's either actually close to death, or that he feels like he's dying emotionally.

Starting point is 00:01:57 We can't say for sure. In verses 6-8 and again in verses 16 and 18, he names God as the source of his troubles, even though he also makes it clear that God is also the only solution to his troubles. The Psalm doesn't get tied up with a bow, it's left open-ended. But as we've talked about before, these kinds of Psalms show us that our prayers don't have to be formulaic or perfect or polished, we can bring our hearts to the God who built our hearts, knowing that he will meet us in the mess. If you're afraid to pray, don't worry, there's very little chance you could say something

Starting point is 00:02:31 worse to God than him on did. The subtitle for Psalm 92 is a song for the Sabbath. We've seen songs for the feasts, so it shouldn't surprise us that there's a song for the Sabbath as well. But what does the Psalmist want us to remember on the Sabbath? He starts out with a call to worship, reminding the listener to book end their days with worship, in the morning and the evening. Then he contrasts the wicked in the foolish with the righteous and wise.

Starting point is 00:02:58 The wicked may seem to flourish in this life, but their blessings are temporary. And this kind of truth would likely serve as a timely reminder on the Sabbath, especially, when God's people might be tempted to go back to work on the day he called them to rest, just so they can be one step closer to keeping up with the cana knights. But the righteous are like trees planted in the house of God, and they flourish, always bearing fruit. Verse 14 says they are ever full of sap and green. But the original Hebrew renders it something more like, they are fat and luxuriant.

Starting point is 00:03:32 Do what that what you will. But regardless of how you translate it, it sounds pretty awesome. I want to be the righteous wise person. I don't want her retire when I'm old. I want to keep bearing fruit. I want to be empowered by his spirit to keep making disciples. I want to be empowered by his spirit

Starting point is 00:03:45 to keep making disciples and shaking hearts awake with the word of God until the day he puts me in the ground. Which is why Psalm 93 got me even more pumped up than I was after reading Psalm 92. And the whole thing is my God shot. Can I just read it to you so we can all hear it again? Here it is. The Lord reigns. He is robed in majesty. The Lord is robed.

Starting point is 00:04:08 He has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established. It shall never be moved. Your throne is established from a old. You are from everlasting. The floods have lifted up. O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their roaring. Mighty are the the thunder of many waters. Mighty are the waves of the sea. The Lord on high is mighty.

Starting point is 00:04:33 Your decrees are very trustworthy. Holiness befits your house, O Lord, forevermore. That's my God. And He's where the joy is. What do you like to call your time with God? Do you call it quiet time, Bible time, Jesus time? There are lots of great ways to refer to it, but I like to call it priority time because that's what helps me remember the place it holds in my schedule and my life. If you're new to this, or if you just want to add more tools to your toolkit,

Starting point is 00:05:05 I'd love to share more about what my priority time looks like. We've built out a PDF that we want to give you for free, and if you want to get access to our free Priority Time Toolkit, all you have to do is go to the BibleRecap.com forward slash time and submit your email address. At the end of the month, we'll send you the priority time resource through our monthly email called the newscap. Again, to sign up for the priority time toolkit, go to thebibelrycap.com-word-slash-time, like client time, but without the quiet. One of my favorite things to do is leave teaching tours of Israel, and it's about to get even better,

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The Bible Recap - Day 118 (Psalm 81, 88, 92-93) - Year 5

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