Misc. - "An Oldie but a Goodie" - Psalm 90
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“An Oldie but a Goodie”
“An Oldie but a Goodie”
Thank you Jeremy, and praise team for leading us into God’s presence. Wow!
If you have your copy of God’s Word, I want to invite you to join me in Psalm 90.
We have been going through a sermon series entitled, “Summer in the Psalms” over the last few months. Pastor Chad has done a phenomenal job at unpacking and teaching on some of Scriptures most well known psalms.
Like the psalms we’ve taught on, this particular song hold significance to our Bible and our daily lives.
You see, Psalm 90 was written by Moses and it makes it not only the OLDEST psalm in the Bible, but one of the oldest passages of Scripture period.
that leads me to the title of my sermon this morning: “An Oldie but a Goodie”
Moses wrote two other songs (one in Exodus 15 and another in Deut 32), but this one
When did Moses write this psalm?
If you are a student of the Word, you know the story of Numbers 13. God told the Israelites to go into the Promised Land and take it.
He had already given them victory. It was theirs for the taking.
But what happened? The Israelites sent 12 spies into the land of Canaan, and after 40 days of spying out the land they came back with a report:
It’s far more beautiful than anything we’ve ever seen.
It’s flowing with milk and honey, and even has lush grapevines.
BUT 10 of the 12 spies told the people, “the people there are huge. We will certainly lose in battle if we go in.”
I believe he wrote it sometime during the 40 wandering years in the wilderness.
Moses wrote two other songs: (Exodus 15, after the Red Sea crossing, and in Deuteronomy 32, right before the Israelites would go into the promised land). So, why is this psalm so significant?
Moses and the Israelites failed and sinned. And after Failure Moses was able to do three things, outlined in this song:
Moses and the Israelites failed and sinned. And after Failure Moses was able to do three things, outlined in this song:
1. Perspective was Revived
1. Perspective was Revived
2. Posture was Repentant
3. Prayer was Relevant
The key to moving past failure is looking to God first.
The key to moving past failure is looking to God first.
Moses models for us what it looks like to move past failure. You ready for it? Fix your eyes on God.
Moses models for us what it looks like to move past failure. You ready for it? Fix your eyes on God.
Read Psalm 90
A Prayer of Moses the man of God.
1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction; And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
4 For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
7 For we are consumed by thine anger, And by thy wrath are we troubled.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We spend our years as a tale that is told.
10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? Even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
12 So teach us to number our days, That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
13 Return, O Lord, how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, And the years wherein we have seen evil.
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory unto their children.
17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
What happened when Moses fixed his eyes back on God after he failed?
1. Moses had a Revived Perspective
1. Moses had a Revived Perspective
Moses
In this refreshed view of God, Moses gets a refreshed view of:
a. His Name/Position
a. His Name/Position
“Lord” - Adonai.
the sovereign Lord, Proprietor and Owner of all things.
How many times have I started a prayer with “Lord” after failing, and just that word is all I need to say.
“Lord” - how quickly we move past His name.
b. His Nature/Provision (v. 2)
b. His Nature/Provision (v. 2)
He is a place of refuge. (v. 1)
“Dwelling place” is another way to say, “Den” or cozy and warm place.
How in the world is Moses feeling that way? They’ve been wandering around for years in the wilderness!
Moses understood that better is being in the presence of the Lord than a palaces of luxury.
Moses understood that better is being in the presence of the Lord than a palaces of luxury.
4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.
c. His Permanence (v. 2)
c. His Permanence (v. 2)
He is a permanent and eternal God. (v. 2)
He is timeless!
Even look at verse 4 - He is outside of time itself!
He has always been!
He has always been. Some people wonder, how could God be before anything else?
d. His Right/ Authority/Power (v. 3)
d. His Right/ Authority/Power (v. 3)
3 Thou turnest man to destruction; And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
“Man” = Enosh meaning, man in his frality.
“men” = ADAM, man of the ground. First among creatures.
“Is it not this, that whateer view of man is accepted, whether man in his frality or man in his superiority in creation, all men are mere mortals, alike destined to return to the dust from whcih man was created?” JM Flanigan
But might I suggest to you that the same God that says, “return to dust” is the same God that allows it not to end that way?
How could that be?
some years after Moses wrote this, a jewish carpenter was died on a Friday afternoon.
The people responsible for His death certainly thought that He would soon return to dust.
The One that designed dust rose again defeating death!
Wow! but then watch this… It’s almost as if Moses says, “what were we thinking???” Ever been there?
my life is like grass.
-it’s a tale that’s already been told.
It lasts but for a moment...
How could we go against such a good God?
The proper view of God will lead to the proper response to God.
The proper view of God will lead to the proper response to God.
2. Moses had a Repentant Posture
2. Moses had a Repentant Posture
What is repentance?
Godly sorrow.
Change of heart.
Change of actions.
True repentance leads to certain things:
a. Accepts the Effect of Sin (v. 7, 9-10)
a. Accepts the Effect of Sin (v. 7, 9-10)
“We are in the desert because of our own sin.”
603,000 men of war iwhen they decided to choose fear at Kadesh-Barnea.
They died by the time they were 60, 70, or 80.
The wilderness became a graveyard.
b. Acknowledges the Exposition of Sin
b. Acknowledges the Exposition of Sin
There is no such thing as secret sin. God sees what we do, hears what we say, and puts what we fondly imagine to be our secret sins right out in the open.
He will reveal them
3. Moses had a Relevant Prayer
3. Moses had a Relevant Prayer
a. Prayer for Foresight
a. Prayer for Foresight
Teach us to number our days.
Don’t let me waste this!
I’ve got a fresh view of who You are, Oh God. I may be in the wilderness the rest of my life, but God I pray that You will help me to make every day count!
b. Prayer for Family Children/Whippersnappers
b. Prayer for Family Children/Whippersnappers
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory unto their children.
“The future of Israel after Kadesh-barnea lay with the children. It always does. The children are the ones who have to step into our shoes and carry on the purposes of God. God is intensely interested in our children. We need to see God’s mighty arm made bare in their lives. We need to pray that He will do His work in them. They need to see His glory for themselves. As they look at us they see failure. Our failures have brought us where we are, but God can overrule even our failures and show His glory through them. Let us plead for a fresh expression of the might of God, for a work pointed by God directly into the hearts of our children and young people.
In Israel every child up to the age of nineteen was destined for the promised land in the sovereign purpose of God. Let us lay hold of something like that for our children.”
You may have made serious mistakes. THings that have impacted your children, but it doesn’t have to stay that way.
c. Prayer for Favor
c. Prayer for Favor
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory unto their children.
17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
It wasn’t always pretty, but when the Lord shows up, it’ll be worth it.
Think about:
Jocobed.
Rahab
Ruth