Psalm 131/138-139/143-145

Psalm 139 happens to be one of my favorites......we used it last night as one of our "worry" scriptures in our book study of the Christian Athiest.

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts,
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting....

And here is what our New Jersey friend Patricia posted last year about these Psalms:

Ps 131/138-139/143-145

Posted May 26, 2010 by Patricia in Psalms. 6 Comments

Psalm 131:  This Psalm to me  is about not being prideful and finding the balance of humility when we are trusting in the Lord.
Psalm 138: verse 6…but the proud He knows from afar.  Pride is brought up so much in the bible.  When I read this,  I read it as a ‘separator’.  The definition in my Bible for Pride is an excessively high opinion of oneself.    When we are prideful we are pretty far from God.
Psalm 139:Very Popular Psalm…especially in the Veggie Tale World (I am a mom of 3).   This Psalm actually made me think a little different this time.  God knows me so well that He knows what is going to be my next thought.  How does He know that, because He knows my heart.  Yikes! The last verses hit me,

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
       test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me,
       and lead me in the way everlasting.

When I starting praying “Lord, if  it does not please you, change it in me, make that language, that drink, that thought, that action…make it displeasing to me too”
Psalm 143:  We know from these Psalms the real life David led.  But I read it this morning and it talked to me pretty loudly.  We all have that “thing” in our life that we fight.  Business, pride, depression, over eating, loneliness, addiction, loss, failure…It pursues us.  Satan wants nothing less than for us to be in the slimy pit.

• Close your eyes.
• Think of the one thing the enemy whispers you that you hate.
• It pursues you.  It controls you.
• Now read this Psalm. Click here.  Change the version if you need.
• If you lean into this God,He can crush whatever it is that has a hold of us.

Psalm 144.  SO what part was your favorite

• The song in your head when you read the first  2 verses….Rock, Fortress, Stronghold, Deliverer, Shield, Refuge….
• The humbling next verse that in God’s time our life is just a breath….
• The Battle cry of How God actually fights our wars for us
• The person plead for the Battle within us
• Or the prayer for prosperity for the next generation

Psalm 145.    I felt like the psalmist was speaking of what he wished for the next generation…They will Praise your name and then it was like there was this Ah Ha moment where He thought…No, it will start right Here…I WILL Praise your name.  When we vision the life we wish for our kids to have with the Lord, why do we not wish that hard for us?