Finding Complete Security

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Asian women mistaken her future mother-in-law as a maid.

Introduction:

The book Psalms is the longest collection of biblical poetry in the Bible. It consists of prayers, hymns, laments, and songs covering a broad range of human experience and often used in worship in the Old Testament

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. They give us the words to lament with. They give us the words to celibrate wih.

The longest collection of biblical poetry in the Bible. Consists of prayers, hymns, laments, and songs covering a broad range of human experience and often used in worship in the Old Testament

The longest collection of biblical poetry in the Bible. Consists of prayers, hymns, laments, and songs covering a broad range of human experience and often used in worship in the Old Testament

We are meant to live as people that praise our creator. Yet our experiences some times makes this difficult. We hurt. We hurt others. The world is a big giant mess. The psalms offer answers for all the circumstances. They give us the words to lament with. They give us the words to celebrate with. They help as when we are together and when we are alone. But the focus of the Psalms always is upon God himself. The Psalms are always directed toward God. Their view point is that all view points should look to God and praise him. And when you can’t praise cry out to Him in honesty. Yell at God if you have to, but just keep talking and keep listening. Le the conversation go on.

The longest collection of biblical poetry in the Bible. Consists of prayers, hymns, laments, and songs covering a broad range of human experience and often used in worship in the Old TestamentWe are meant to live as people that praise our creator. Yet our experiences some times makes this difficult. We hurt. We hurt others. The world is a big giant mess. The psalms offer answers for all the circumstances. They give us the words to lament with. They give us the words to celebrate with. They help as when we are together and when we are alone. But the focus of the Pslms always is pon God himself. The Psalms are always direected toward God. Their view point is that all view points should look to God and praise him. And when you can’t praise cry out to Him in honesty. Yell at God if you have to, but just keep talking nd keep listening. Le the conversation go on.

Poetry — (OT and NT) Literary compositions characterized by figurative language, wordplay, rhythm, balance, and emotional expression that are crafted in order to produce an emotional response in the reader.mstances. They give us the words to lament with. They give us the words to celibrate wih.

Preaching points

Fret not yourself, or don’t get excited or don’t get heated about evil doer,s wrong doers, the wicked and don’t be envious of them that is don’t feel of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.

Look Ahead

Nothing comes up on God’s blind side. He sees it and He will take care of the wicked

Illustration of the women who was parking and a man cut her off and slide into the parking space and h=gave

Look up

v3-7. Our obsession with our enemies and rivals and wrong doers in life cannot be simply switched off. So how do we not fret about the wicked. We refocus our attention. So the psalmist redirect our attention to be preoccupied with the LORD himself.

Trust in the Lord

We can trust the Lord, because he has shown himself trust worthy and faithful. Here mercies toward us are new every mourning. His faithfulness is great.

He keeps his promises. So we can trust.

We put our trust in far less reliable things .

Commit your ways to the Lord

Commit is literal “roll” as though you are getting rid of a burden. Give it all to the Lord

Delight in him

that is, seek and find in him the source of happiness and joy, and not in material possessions

He promises to give you the desires of your heart: what you want the most. But it is important to note that as we delight in Him our desires will line up with his.

Illustration: Paul and Silas in prison, singing as well as praying

.Paul and Silas in prison, singing as well as praying

Rest in the Lord/ Be still in the Lord

Be still is basically be silent. It is the stillness of waiting, not of resting. Waiting to hear from God and waiting on Him to move.

This includes a deliberate redirection of one’s emotion and entrusting our daily walk (school, work, social, physical, mental) and reputation to Him.

This is liberation

Be Constructive

This is put positively in v 3 .. do good and negatively in verse 8’s warning against anger and its bitter fruit. When follow God, we follow God’s own way which is to overcome evil with good. Our anger does not work the righteousness of od (James1:20; Roman 12:21)

Enjoy security, cultivate faithfulness . The Lord has created us and He has saved us to do good works. But he has saved us to do good works.

Closing

So we find complete security when we look up , look ahead, be constructive It all about living out our life being faithful to God in our living. Be faithful to God developing us and not being caught up in everyone’s life on social meeting while missing out on your own.

We we are busy living out our life in relationship with God, we won’t have time to deal with the disappointments s from social meeting. Such as seing our sel