Putting The Year In Proper Perspective

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Psalm 65:11 ESV
11 You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with abundance.

Introduction- If We Could Only See From God's Perspective

 A man was walking along a railroad track on a very dark night when he came to a bridge.  He had gotten halfway across when he heard a train whistle up ahead.  He quickened his pace, but soon could see the light of the oncoming locomotive approaching.  
With nowhere else to turn, he got down and lowered himself over the side, hanging onto the trestle as the train thundered past above him.  However, after the train had passed, he found that he hadn’t the strength to pull himself back up.  He called out for help, but there was no answer.  He hung there all night, terrified that he might slip and fall into the yawning abyss below.  
As day broke, he looked down to see a drop of only six inches. 
Our Perspective Can Make All The Difference

Transition To Body- Putting The Year In Proper Perspective Like The Psalmist

The occasion of it has been variously identified:

an autumn festival which looks ahead to a coming year of plenty, and perhaps includes rituals that call down the expected blessing;

or, in view of the lush pastures it describes, it could be a spring celebration such as the offering of first fruits at Passover;

or again, a national deliverance after famine.

Perhaps, to judge from the way the psalm ends, his displeasure had been shown by drought and shortage; but their first joy is that they are now reconciled, and welcome at his house.

Body- Praise God’s

Graciousness For Salvation (Ps 65:1-4)

Relationship Between Praise & Vows Performed To God

Psalm 65:1 ESV
1 Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion, and to you shall vows be performed.
Performing Our Vows Of Praise Day After Day
Psalm 61:8 ESV
8 So will I ever sing praises to your name, as I perform my vows day after day.
Render Thank Offerings To God
Psalm 56:12 ESV
12 I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.
Sacrificial Vows Uttered When You Were In Trouble
Psalm 66:13–14 ESV
13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will perform my vows to you, 14 that which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.
God Hears Prayer
Psalm 65:2 ESV
2 O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come.
When Iniquities Prevail Against Us
Psalm 65:3 (ESV) 3 When iniquities prevail against me, you atone for our transgressions.
Here, however, distress is the result of sin (65:3a), and praise is a response to God’s forgiveness (65:3b). Since
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If We Confess Our Sins…
1 John 1:8–9 ESV
8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Blessed Is The One God Chooses
Psalm 65:4 ESV
4 Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple!
State Of Joyful Mind

blessedness, happiness, good fortune, i.e., a state of joyful mind

Concerning Being Chosen By God
Deuteronomy 7:7 ESV
7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
Regarding Dwelling In The Courts Of The LORD
Psalm 84:2 ESV
2 My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
Psalm 84:10 ESV
10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Psalm 100:4 ESV
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
Safety Of The Sanctuary
Psalm 27:5 ESV
5 For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.
Surely Goodness & Mercy Shall Follow…
Psalm 23:6 ESV
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

{ Praise God’s

Graciousness For Salvation (Ps 65:1-4)

}

Governance Over Creation (Ps 65:5-8)

Governance- the act or process of governing or overseeing the control and direction of something (such as a country or an organization) : GOVERNMENT
God Answers Our Prayers With Righteousness
Psalm 65:5 ESV
5 By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas;
The LORD Is Our Righteousness
Jeremiah 23:5–6 ESV
5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’
The One Who Establishes
Psalm 65:6 ESV
6 the one who by his strength established the mountains, being girded with might;
Psalm 24:1–2 ESV
1 The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, 2 for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
The One Who Stills (Soothes) The Peoples
Psalm 65:7 ESV
7 who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples,
Psalm 2:1 ESV
1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Psalm 8:2 ESV
2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
Now The Scene Moves To Those Who Dwell Outside God’s Courts Who May Appear To Be Out Of God’s Reach (Geeral Revelation)
Psalm 65:8 ESV
8 so that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs. You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.

{ Praise God’s

Graciousness For Salvation (Ps 65:1-4)

Governance Over Creation (Ps 65:5-8)

}

Generosity In Provision (Ps 65:9-13)

Source: Loren Cunningham, Daring to Live on the Edge
“Often we only notice God’s daily provision when it stops.”
God’s Care & Concern For Creation Overflows With Abundance
Psalm 65:9–11 ESV
9 You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it. 10 You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth. 11 You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with abundance.
Visit

care for, come to aid, watch over, i.e., help someone in a manner that shows concern and help in a difficult circumstance

examine, i.e., to evaluate and judge a situation or person based on detailed information

The Vitality Of Creation Is Personified As Shouting & Singing Together For Joy
Psalm 65:12–13 ESV
12 The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy, 13 the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.
May God Be Gracious…
Psalm 67:1–7 ESV
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah 2 that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations. 3 Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! 4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah 5 Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! 6 The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless us. 7 God shall bless us; let all the ends of the earth fear him!

{Praise God’s

Graciousness For Salvation (Ps 65:1-4)

Governance Over Creation (Ps 65:5-8)

Generosity In Provision (Ps 65:9-13)

}

Transition To Close- WE SHOULD PRAISE GOD

I read someone recently that if the only thing God has done in our lives is to save us – we should praise God from the rising of the sun through the darkness of the night. But He has done so much more for us than that. He has given you the sense of taste – so that you can enjoy your favorite food. Praise God. He has given you the sense of smell so you can enjoy flowers or bread baking in the oven – praise God. He has given you a sense of humor so you can enjoy laughter – praise God.
On one occasion an orchestra presented Handel’s “Messiah” so beautifully that the applause was thunderous, and everyone turned toward the composer. Handel stood up and with his finger pointing upward, silently indicated that the glory should be given to God rather than to himself.
Philippians 4:10–13 ESV
10 I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. 11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. 13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:15–20 ESV
15 And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. 16 Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. 17 Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. 18 I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. 19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 20 To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Close- I Got Reasons To Praise Jesus

John 10:10–11 ESV
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Salvation Is God’s Gracious Gift To Those Of The Faith

Ephesians 2:8–10 ESV
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

According To HIs Great Mercy we Are Saved!

1 Peter 1:3–4 ESV
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
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