He Has Heard

Read:  Psalm 85 / Proverbs 17 / Genesis 16 / Luke 19 

 

Psalm 85:8 ~ I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

Proverbs 17:17 ~ A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Genesis 16:11,13 ~ The LORD hath heard thy affliction… She said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

Luke 19:5 ~ And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for today I must abide at thy house.

 

I’ve heard what God the LORD has spoken;

I’ve seen the terms of peace He’s made. 

He sees the hearts that have been broken,

And He has heard their cry for aid. 

 

The Lord who looked on Hagar’s plight

And saw Zacchaeus in the tree,

Beheld me also on that night

On which He heard and rescued me! 

 

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He Saw His Seed

Read:  Psalm 84 / Proverbs 16 / Genesis 15 / Luke 18 

 

Psalm 84:11 ~ For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Proverbs 16:6 ~ By mercy and truth iniquity is purged.

Genesis 15:5,6 ~ Look now toward heaven, and tell [declare] the stars, if thou be able to number [declare] them: and he said unto him, So shall thy Seed be. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

Luke 18:43 ~ Immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.

 

Behold the majesty of God:

He named each star across the skies!

As Abram read their names abroad,

The Gospel was before his eyes! 

 

Like Abram watching in the night

Who saw with joy his promised Seed,

The blind man who received his sight

Beheld the Christ who met his need.

 

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Delight to Dine

Read:  Psalm 83 / Proverbs 15 / Genesis 14 / Luke 17

 

Psalm 83:18 ~ That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

Proverbs 15:11 ~ Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men?

Genesis 14:18 ~ And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

Luke 17:24,25 ~ For as the lightning… shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. But first must he suffer… and be rejected of this generation.

 

Let us exalt the great I Am,

Whose name, JEHOVAH, is most high,

Who has descended as the Lamb

To suffer for us and to die.

Melchizedek, God’s priest and king, 

Brought forth to Abram bread and wine. 

Let us delight to also bring 

Our worship as with Christ we dine.  

 

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Eternal Grace vs. Earthly Gain

Read:  Psalm 82 / Proverbs 14 / Genesis 13 / Luke 16

 

Psalm 82:5 ~ They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

Proverbs 14:12 ~ There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Genesis 13:12 ~ Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

Luke 16:31 ~ If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

 

The fool will neither choose to know,

Nor will he care to understand,

The way that God has said to go,

According to His wise command. 

 

There is a way that may seem right

To those like Lot in Sodom’s plain,

But viewed through God’s eternal light,

They forfeit grace for earthly gain. 

 

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Satisfied and Saved

Read:  Psalm 81 / Proverbs 13 / Genesis 12 / Luke 15

 

Psalm 81:16 ~ He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

Proverbs 13:25 ~ The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

Genesis 12:3 ~ And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Luke 15:17 ~ And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

 

Our Savior would have satisfied

And saved those who had closed their hearts. 

By choice, therefore, they are denied

The blessing Jesus Christ imparts.

 

The blessing came from Abram’s Seed:

Behold our Savior Jesus Christ!  

He satisfied our deepest need

When He, for all, was sacrificed. 

 

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Give Place to God's Plan

Read:  Psalm 80 / Proverbs 12 / Genesis 11 / Luke 14

 

Psalm 80:17 ~ Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

Proverbs 12:5 ~ The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Genesis 11:4 ~ Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Luke 14:9 ~ Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

 

The Lord became the Son of Man

That He might save us by His grace. 

There surely is no wiser plan

Than giving Christ the highest place!

 

The builders of the Babel tower

Who planned to make themselves a name

Did not consider heaven’s power,

But God reproved them, to their shame.

 

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Name of Nimrod

Read:  Psalm 79 / Proverbs 11 / Genesis 10 / Luke 13 

 

Psalm 79:9 ~ Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.

Proverbs 11:30 ~ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

Genesis 10:8,10 ~ Nimrod… began to be a mighty one in the earth… And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel.

Luke 13:3 ~ I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 

 

The name of Nimrod was renowned,

And yet it really didn’t matter. 

Though he, in Babel, would be crowned,

His legacy, like chaff, would scatter. 

 

Yet he is wise who wins a soul,

As an ambassador God sent. 

Let us be mindful of this goal

And plead with sinners to repent.

 

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