He Leaned Toward Me

October 9, 2017

He Leaned Toward Me

As always I want to tell all of you how precious you are to Betty and I. Our prayers for you go up daily to the Lord. Speaking favor and blessings over your lives, and our community.

Please be in prayer for our country. The division and anger has been consistently troubling over the past months. Please pray that God will cover us with His presence and His peace.

It seems like my weeks go by so fast. Getting everything done that needs to be done is a challenge.

In just about 2 months we will be having our Christmas Banquet. The years go by faster and faster.

Moving forward is what we do. Looking back, except to learn, has never been an option with me. You can not measure our results by normal standards. “We ain’t normal.”

I come today in His name to share some thoughts titled, “He Leaned Toward Me”

Psalms 40 was attributed to David and it has an awesome story to tell.

The NASB Bible titles chapters and passages in the chapters, with a relevant synopsis of the chapter or the passages .

Psalms 40 Is titled, “God Sustains His Servant”

The word sustain has several meanings to day. Here is a couple of ones relevant to this Psalm. (to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of. To keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction.)

Here is what David said.

Psalms 40:1-3

1 I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry.

The first verse tells of the three portions of answered prayer.

1^st-Waited Patiently. 2^Nd-God inclined to me, literally means, He bent towards me. 3^Rd-He heard my cry, literally means, He answered it.

He begins the testimony of his deliverance, and His praise for God

2 He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.
3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in the Lord.

Psalms 40:4-5

4 How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust, And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
5 Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count.

Psalms 40:6-8

6 Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;
My ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

(Nothing David did brought about this deliverance. It was God. Same is true for us today. He does good things because He loves us. He answer prayers, not because we are worthy, but because we prayed.)

7 Then I said, “Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart.”

Psalms 40:9-12

9 I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will not restrain my lips,
O Lord, You know.

(David has declared the greatness of God in every public place he could. In the midst of all the people.)

10 I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.

11 You, O Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.
12 For evils beyond number have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me.

(Have you ever just felt like you just can’t stay out of trouble.) Some life event, jobs, family, kids, finances. Something swirling all the time. “God, I am surrounded.”

Here is the answer!!

Psalms 40:13-17

13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; Make haste, O Lord, to help me.
14 Let those be ashamed and humiliated together Who seek my life to destroy it; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in my hurt.
15 Let those be appalled because of their shame Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
16 Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say continually, “The Lord be magnified!”
17 Since I am afflicted and needy, Let the Lord be mindful of me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God.

I love verse 17. He is praying for everybody, but don’t forget me. Don’t forget me!!

“Lean Toward Me”

(Somebody needs Him to lean toward you today. To hear and to answer.)

#inHisname #hopelives