Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder
Be With Me is a daily 7 minute chronological walk through the New Testament hosted by Michael Smith. It is for everyone who is curious about what Jesus actually said and did in the gospels. Most episodes will leave you with at least one good thought to chew on for the rest of the day. We start with the Bible and hopefully end with Awe. We are walking through the chronological events of Jesus' life and then thoughtfully considering them. It is meant to spur the devotional life of the Christian and the not-yet-Christian. We occasionally venture into the Old Testament when it helps our understanding of the New Testament events. Everybody has 7 minutes. Everybody needs to wonder. Be With Me is hosted by Michael Smith who has absolutely no special qualifications to do a podcast. He is not a pastor. He has not been to seminary. He does not lead a mega-church. He is not a professional and he has no more credentials than you do. He does, however, follow a great God with an observant eye and a curious heart. Each day, he starts with a study bible and aims for astonishment. ‘be with him’ for 7 minutes as he sets out daily to discover the God who invites us to ‘Be With Me.’
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder
This isn’t for sissies. This guy knows some trouble. S30e72 Ps119:153
If your life knows some trouble, perhaps you will find a partner in Ps119. The psalmist knows trouble. But it doesn't stop there.
He also knows his Bible.
He also knows the character and the actual Person of God.
So, don't just stop with the trouble. This hard work isn't for sissies.
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This isn’t for sissies. This guy knows trouble. S30e72 Ps119:153
Ps 119 isn’t for sissies. This guy knows his Bible.
This isn’t for sissies. This guy knows his God
We’ll admire these three points made in two stanza.
He’ll continue to come back to : I am in trouble, but I know and love the Word, and I trust in the character and Person of God.
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153 Look on my affliction and deliver me,
for I do not forget your law.
154 Plead my cause and redeem me;
give me life according to your promise!
155 Salvation is far from the wicked,
for they do not seek your statutes.
156 Great is your mercy, O Lord;
give me life according to your rules.
157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries,
but I do not swerve from your testimonies.
158 I look at the faithless with disgust,
because they do not keep your commands.
159 Consider how I love your precepts!
Give me life according to your steadfast love.
160 The sum of your word is truth,
and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.
Ps 119 is not for sissies. This guy knows trouble
I am in the midst of the wicked.
Deliver me from affliction; redeem me and plead my cause
Many are my persecutors and adversaries
I look at the faithless, they do not keep your commands
Ps 119 is not for sissies. This guy knows his Bible
I do not forget your law
I do not swerve from your testimonies
I love your precepts
The sum of your word is truth
Every one of your righteous rules endures forever.
Ps119 is not for sissies. This guy knows His God
Give me life according to your promise
Give me life according to your rules
Give me life according to your steadfast love
Lord: You are a rule maker and promise keeper. I ask for Life from you.
I ask for life with you in harmony with YOUR character of faithfulness.
I am relying not on my faithfulness but on YOUR faithfulness.
Great is your mercy
161 Princes persecute me without cause,
but my heart stands in awe of your words.
162 I rejoice at your word
like one who finds great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood,
but I love your law.
164 Seven times a day I praise you
for your righteous rules.
165 Great peace have those who love your law;
nothing can make them stumble.
166 I hope for your salvation, O Lord,
and I do your commandments.
167 My soul keeps your testimonies;
I love them exceedingly.
168 I keep your precepts and testimonies,
for all my ways are before you.
Ps 119 is not for sissies. This guy knows trouble
I am persecuted by Princes without cause
I abhor falsehood
Ps 119 is not for sissies. This guy knows his Bible
My heart stands in awe of your words
I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil
I love your law
I praise you 7 x a day for your righteous rules
Great peace have those who love your law
My sould keeps your testimonies, I love them exceedingly
Ps119 is not for sissies. This guy knows His God
I hope for your salvation O LORD—my ultimate hope is in You
I keep your precepts and testimonies—I am seen
FOR all my ways are before you.—I’m known by You
Ps 119 isn’t for sissies. The hardest of circumstances are described. The hard stance of faith is declared. And the hard trust in the Lord is recalled over and over. Almost as an antedote to each of the difficulties.
Perhaps you too can echo the circumstances: I am in trouble,
but do you know and love the Word,
and do you trust in the character and Person of God.
Remember: This spiritual walk is not for sissies.
It may even require some heroism today.