Hi ladies---Happy Mother's day!! Isn't it mother's day everyday anyway? We had a couple of weeks to look at Psalm 42 and 43 so this week let's begin the study under "Sorrowing" of Psalm 126.
I really enjoyed working through Psalm 126 this week. I realized that I do not trust God enough and depend upon my own "groanings" to to attempt to "convince" Him to do things my way. In my sorrows over unsaved loved ones or other life issues I must trust God and His timing and follow through with that trust in the way I pray. Once again I was reminded about the Lord's prayer and how to use it as a guide: Thy kingdom come, thy will be done... not my will be done. In the area of sorrow and its' lock on me I acknowledge that they are light and momentary but need to be reminded of that. Frankly, I do not experience too much heavy sorrow, but when I do I know that if I had just cried over them without any action "sowing" or Christ-centered praying I do not reap the joy promised after the drought. We all do have seasons of Negev and I am so thankful for them. Sorrow or dry periods just make the wet fruitful, joyful ones that follow all the more wonderful!!
I wanted to go back here because this psalm spoke to my heart and told of what God has done/ is doing there .I know he sees me, and that he sees me through and I can expect that to continue because he has shown me experientially.That would be the "coming home,with shouts of joy, bringing my sheaves with me" ! I have lived what this passage speaks of and when I see it (passage) and my life side by side ,it is very encouraging. He is the sheaves (harvest)! (As a kid we used to "stook" the sheaves in the summer!)This path God has placed me upon , even though I have gone "kicking and screaming " (or weeping and confused)at times, has brought me much closer to him. I have tasted him and "He is good" . This taste has birthed in me a strong desire for more . Truly, "blessed is the one who takes refuge in him !" Thanks be to God! Recently I was also able to use this psalm and our study of it to speak to a friend .While we were walking and talking it became apparent that she was living out this psalm right at present.She has seen God's hand restore like the streams in the Negeb , but longs for the startlingly different and painstakingly long term harvest of her fallen tears . The timing of this conversation had God's hand all over it . Don't you just love it when he reveals himself in his word and then brings it right into your everyday experience and shows you it in real life ?!It was so like the psalm that my mind was scrambling to "get it right " for the first bit , but then we were able to speak of " sewing her /their tears for a sure harvest . This is the kind of thing I expect we can miss out on when our time is too full. What an awesome God we serve !Let's make sure we spend times of solitude with Him !
Thanks Joyce for this comment. God's timing is always so perfect and I marvel at it every time!!I am really getting alot out of this study and am so glad that Shannon had recommended it even though it appears that just you and I are currently actively doing it. I so appreciate your insight and your word "pictures"---God has certainly brought you to a wonderful place.
Thanks Kathy. I will ditto your remarks re the study as I continue to get a lot out of it too. I am thinking that the Holy Spirit is involved here as well. Neat !
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I really enjoyed working through Psalm 126 this week. I realized that I do not trust God enough and depend upon my own "groanings" to to attempt to "convince" Him to do things my way. In my sorrows over unsaved loved ones or other life issues I must trust God and His timing and follow through with that trust in the way I pray. Once again I was reminded about the Lord's prayer and how to use it as a guide: Thy kingdom come, thy will be done... not my will be done. In the area of sorrow and its' lock on me I acknowledge that they are light and momentary but need to be reminded of that. Frankly, I do not experience too much heavy sorrow, but when I do I know that if I had just cried over them without any action "sowing" or Christ-centered praying I do not reap the joy promised after the drought. We all do have seasons of Negev and I am so thankful for them. Sorrow or dry periods just make the wet fruitful, joyful ones that follow all the more wonderful!!
I wanted to go back here because this psalm spoke to my heart and told of what God has done/ is doing there .I know he sees me, and that he sees me through and I can expect that to continue because he has shown me experientially.That would be the "coming home,with shouts of joy, bringing my sheaves with me" ! I have lived what this passage speaks of and when I see it (passage) and my life side by side ,it is very encouraging. He is the sheaves (harvest)! (As a kid we used to "stook" the sheaves in the summer!)This path God has placed me upon , even though I have gone "kicking and screaming " (or weeping and confused)at times, has brought me much closer to him. I have tasted him and "He is good" . This taste has birthed in me a strong desire for more . Truly, "blessed is the one who takes refuge in him !" Thanks be to God!
Recently I was also able to use this psalm and our study of it to speak to a friend .While we were walking and talking it became apparent that she was living out this psalm right at present.She has seen God's hand restore like the streams in the Negeb , but longs for the startlingly different and painstakingly long term harvest of her fallen tears . The timing of this conversation had God's hand all over it . Don't you just love it when he reveals himself in his word and then brings it right into your everyday experience and shows you it in real life ?!It was so like the psalm that my mind was scrambling to "get it right " for the first bit , but then we were able to speak of " sewing her /their tears for a sure harvest . This is the kind of thing I expect we can miss out on when our time is too full. What an awesome God we serve !Let's make sure we spend times of solitude with Him !
Thanks Joyce for this comment. God's timing is always so perfect and I marvel at it every time!!I am really getting alot out of this study and am so glad that Shannon had recommended it even though it appears that just you and I are currently actively doing it. I so appreciate your insight and your word "pictures"---God has certainly brought you to a wonderful place.
Thanks Kathy. I will ditto your remarks re the study as I continue to get a lot out of it too. I am thinking that the Holy Spirit is involved here as well. Neat !
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