I'd love to say that the presence of God always feels joyful, intimate and enjoyable. Sometimes, though, it feels like a HEAVY HAND. Yikes.

This heavy hand is directionally moving us towards something: forgiveness. It is the most important of life skills. Without the skill of repentance, your life will be an ongoing testimony to one wrecked relationship after another--including with the Almighty.

Watch and admire with me what David does when he feels this heavy hand of God.

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Not every story ends with rainbows. Similarly, some psalms stop in the middle of hardship. They are called laments.

Today will be about how to live when there is not a rainbow at the end of the day. With what insight does this psalm leave for us when the day does not end with rainbows.

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David wonders in Ps51 why God might be so good to him. He asks for mercy first, then more than mercy. He asks for a fully restored, even thriving relationship. Why?

So he can be educational

So he can be evangelical

So he can be worshipful

So he can intercede for the house of God.

Don't let this great sin go to waste.

Happy Thanksgiving. I'll hope I can give you something to be thankful for in these 7 minutes.

David starts with murder. Not only does he ask for MERCY, he asks for MORE THAN mercy. Sure, he wants forgiveness and for the almost-impossible process that sin becomes UN-SEEN forever. But wait, he wants MORE:

David wants the BIG ASK: PROXIMITY to God; PRESENCE of the HS; and the PLEASURE of a restored relationship.

Ps.51 starts with murder and ends with MORE THAN mercy. He asks for God Himself. Listen.

Shouldn’t David be "the Jeffery Dahlmer" of the Bible? Isn’t David “as bad as Hitler?” Yes, except that Psalm 51 happened.

David has committed Lust, adultery, and murder.

You cannot sugar coat this. He has misused the power that was supposed to be used to care for a nation, to kill and covet parts of that kingdom.

He has betrayed this family; he has been disloyal to his office; he has offended the Lord.

How is David going to get out of this mess? You gotta go to Psalm 51. Join me!

My prayer for you is that you become a blessed, prosperous, known, fruitful man/woman.

How can this happen? Ps1 tells us:

Don’t do some stuff: with your words, your ways, and stay away from wicked.

Do do some stuff: be planted, be powered, be producing, be principled under law of Lord and be pleased by the Person of God.

This is how you get to be a powerhouse, a spiritual powerhouse.

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So why can we rest, be quiet, be still, and wait quietly? Because the Lord has got this.

He is not still. He is busy being steadfast. He is busy keeping us.

We can be still because He is not still.

We can be still because He is being steadfast.

Stillness is our SUPERPOWER

The meek shall inherit the earth.

Stillness is our strength, because it is rooted in His strength.

Stillness is our superpower. Your superpower is subscribing to this channel on Youtube. https://youtu.be/8cPTXCa42pQ

Jesus was so excited about Psalm 37 He based the Sermon on the Mount on it. Perhaps we might pay close attention.

The meek shall inherit the earth. It means the bowed; the bent.

The bent can get a whole kingdom. It just depends on what you do with your bend. Join me in Psalm 37 and let's do the right thing with our bent.

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