Heard and Healed

Read:  Psalm 57 / Proverbs 26 / 2 Kings 17 / Acts 28

 

Psalm 57:6 ~ They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

Proverbs 26:27 ~ Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

2 Kings 17:12,14 ~ They served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing… Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

Acts 28:26,27 ~ Go unto this people, and say… Their eyes have they closed; lest they should see… and hear… and understand with their heart, and… be converted, and I should heal them.

 

The net was set where I could stumble;

The pit was dug where I could fall. 

But God delights to save the humble

And rescues those who on Him call.

 

The Lord exposed the dark seduction

Of idols which had been concealed.

I heard the truth of God’s instruction, 

I trusted Christ, and I was healed!

 

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Victorious Vows

Read:  Psalm 56 / Proverbs 25 / 2 Kings 16 / Acts 27

 

Psalm 56:12,13 ~ Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death.

Proverbs 25:12 ~ As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

2 Kings 16:2,20 ~ Ahaz… did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD…and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

Acts 27:25,35 ~ Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me… And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God.

 

Let us be thankful every day

For vows God paid at such a cost

When Christ our Savior died to pay

The ransom needed by the lost.

 

We think upon the vows of Christ 

With grace and truth so glorious!

For us our Lord was sacrificed

And rose again victorious!

 

So may our worship be displayed

By godliness and grateful living,

Like Hezekiah who obeyed

And Paul who trusted with thanksgiving.

 

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Reproved vs. Rejection

Read:  Psalm 55 / Proverbs 24 / 2 Kings 15 / Acts 26

 

Psalm 55:22 ~ Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Proverbs 24:15,16 ~ Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: for a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again.

2 Kings 15:5,7 ~ The LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death… So Azariah [Uzziah] slept with his fathers; and they buried him” cf. Is. 6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw… the Lord sitting upon a throne.

Acts 26:28 ~ Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

 

We cast our burden on the Lord,

Assured that we shall not be moved.

Our rest shall also be restored

When we are by the Lord reproved.

 

When leprous king Uzziah died,

He was reproved by God’s correction.

When God’s reproof is brushed aside,

An “almost” answer is rejection. 

 

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Concrete Confidence

Read:  Psalm 54 / Proverbs 23 / 2 Kings 14 / Acts 25

 

Psalm 54:4,7 ~ Behold, God is mine helper… and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

Proverbs 23:18 ~ For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

2 Kings 13:17 ~ Elisha said… Shoot… The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance… for thou shalt smite the Syrians.

Acts 23:12; 25:12 ~ The Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome… Then Festus… answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.

 

My eyes have seen the Lord’s desire;

My ears delight in what I’ve heard.

My certainty could not be higher;

I trust in God’s prophetic Word.

 

Though enemies around me stand,

My Savior stands in my defense.

They cannot thwart what God has planned;

This is my concrete confidence.

 

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Reasoning in Righteousness

Read:  Psalm 53 / Proverbs 22 / 2 Kings 13 / Acts 24

 

Psalm 53:2 ~ God looked down from heaven… to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

Proverbs 22:3 ~ A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

2 Kings 13:23 ~ The LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them… and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.

Acts 24:25 ~ As he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled… Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

 

The Lord looked down from heaven’s throne,

Beholding all humanity.

They neither sought Him on their own,

Nor turned from their insanity. 

 

Yet God was gracious, nonetheless,

Who sent His Gospel through His Spirit

With reasoning in righteousness

To rescue those who choose to hear it.

 

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Resting on His Reputation

Read:  Psalm 52 / Proverbs 21 / 2 Kings 12 / Acts 23 

 

Psalm 52:9 ~ I will praise thee forever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

Proverbs 21:1 ~ The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

2 Kings 12:2 ~ Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada… instructed him.

Acts 23:11 ~ And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

 

As we behold what God has done,

We’re resting on His reputation.

He promised He would send His Son;

He did so, bringing us salvation. 

 

We rest assured that Christ is near,

Though every other friend has fled.

How good and pleasant is His cheer

As we are daily by Him led! 

 

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Cleansed by Christ

Read:  Psalm 51 / Proverbs 20 / 2 Kings 11 / Acts 22 

 

Psalm 51:7,13 ~ Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow… Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted.

Proverbs 20:9 ~ Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

2 Kings 11:13,14 ~ Athaliah… when she looked… the king stood by a pillar… and all the people of the land rejoiced… and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.

Acts 22:21,22 ~ And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles… And they… lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth.

 

The blood-soaked hyssop from the Lamb

Has saved me and shall make me clean,

As God examines all I am

And my most inward part has seen.

 

So let the world call it treason

When from its folly I depart,

Yet if they ask me for a reason,

I’ll show them Christ who cleansed my heart.

 

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