Ascending Answer

Read:  Psalm 61 / Proverbs 30 / 2 Kings 21 / Romans 4

 

Psalm 61:2 ~ I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Proverbs 30:4 ~ Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name… if thou canst tell?

2 Kings 21:20,26 ~ And he [Amon] did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did… and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

Romans 4:17 ~ I have made thee a father of many nations, before him whom he believed… God who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were… according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

 

I cry to God to lead me higher,

Ascending upward to His rock.

My Savior answers my desire

As from His Word, I hear Him talk. 

 

He lifts my heart to heights above

To see His purpose and rejoice.

I hear my Savior’s words of love,

Like Abraham who heard His voice.

 

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Heroic Help

Read:  Psalm 60 / Proverbs 29 / 2 Kings 20 / Romans 3

 

Psalm 60:11 ~ Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

Proverbs 29:25 ~ The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

2 Kings 20:5,6 ~ Thus saith the LORD… I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

Romans 3:26 ~ Declare… his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

 

I know where help is coming from.

It’s not from man; that much is plain.

Heroic Help from Christ has come,

And every other hope is vain.

 

We praise our Hero and Defender

By whom we have been justified

With all who gratefully surrender

To Jesus Christ who for us died.

 

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Dying to Defend

Read:  Psalm 59 / Proverbs 28 / 2 Kings 19 / Romans 2

 

Psalm 59:17 ~ Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defense, and the God of my mercy.

Proverbs 28:13 ~ He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

2 Kings 19:34 ~ For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

Romans 2:4 ~ Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

 

The Lord my Strength is my Defense,

The God from whom my mercy came.

There is no other confidence

Or refuge that my soul can claim. 

 

The Lord was dying to defend

Our souls when He was sacrificed. 

How hopeless, therefore, is the end

Of those refusing Jesus Christ! 

 

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Sufficiently Suffered

Read:  Psalm 58 / Proverbs 27 / 2 Kings 18 / Romans 1

 

Psalm 58:11 ~ Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

Proverbs 27:12 ~ A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

2 Kings 18:5,7 ~ He [Hezekiah] trusted in the LORD… so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him… And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth.

Romans 1:17-20 ~ The righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith… The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness… so that they are without excuse.

 

Give thanks to God for righteousness

That Jesus purchased for the lost.

He gave His life, for nothing less

Sufficiently could pay that cost.

 

As Hezekiah knew so well,

He only prospered by God’s grace.

That grace has rescued us from hell,

For Jesus suffered in our place! 

 

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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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