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
If you have a COMPLAINT for God s30e130 Psalm102
If you have a complaint for God, what exactly should you do with it. Ps 102 does not sugar coat the circumstances that some face: when you are eating ashes; when you are drinking your own tears and when it is a day of loud groaning.
These are the days of particular opportunity. The Lord has pity on those in the dust if we let Him. In the surety of Him is the security of me. I invite you to think for 6 minutes with me about what to do in very difficult times.
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If you have a COMPLAINT for God s30e130 Psalm102
Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress
What if today is such a day
If so, Lord, please have pity on my dust
It is a cry from one afflicted, faint, on his last nerve, last breath
POUR out his complaint before the Lord.
#1Teaching point to emphasize: :If you have a complaint, POUR it out
These are significant grievances: I am eating ashes, heart struck down, sleepless, drinking my own tears, the day of loud groaning
Not pour it out on the ground. Not spill it in denial, or in futility
Pour it out before HIM
#2 THE DUST It will brings opportunity Are not the attitudes of the afflicted most contusive to Access to the Lord? and have pity on her dust. **************The DUST will require a declaration. Pour it out or bring it as a complaint, and accusation, a rebellion against His character
#3 the Lord hears
17 he regards the prayer of the destitute
and does not despise their prayer
18 Let this be recorded for a generation to come,
so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord: #4Write this down.
God has been faithful. He is of good character. He does NOT despisethe prayer of the destitute. He pities those in the dust.
I.I want ME to know it now. I want generations to know it then. Write this down for a people not yet created!
I want documentation to stand as evidence for what happened here, now, for me. Why?
So you can know it for there, for then , for you.
This is at least one reason to share a spiritual life in fellowship witht the living. Also reason to avail yourself of the experiences of those who have passed before.
#4 this is important for me clearly, it is my life. But I write this for you.I leave this podcast for you. When it is your turn to shine on the stage of sainthood, that is life, be bold. Turn to Him.v21 that they may declare in Zion the name of the Lord. Write this down. Leave a record. !
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earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
26 They will perish, but you will remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
27 but you are the same, and your years have no end.
28 The children of your servants shall dwell secure;
their offspring shall be established before you.
The earth is crumbling, perishing wearing out and passing away
But you are here now and forever. You are the same.
In the surety of you is the security of me. You are the same.
In the surety of you is the security of me.
If a spiritual record was left for a people not yet created, what would you want it to say?
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These are significant grievances: I am eating ashes, heart struck down, sleepless, drinking my own tears, the day of loud groaning
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#1Teaching point to emphasize: :If you have a complaint, POUR it out
When you are eating ashes, when your heart is struck down, when you are drinking your own tears POUR IT OUT TO THE LORD
#2 THE DUST It will brings opportunity Are not the attitudes of the afflicted most contusive to Access to the Lord? and have pity on her dust. **************The DUST will require a declaration. Pour it out or bring it as a complaint, and accusation, a rebellion against His character
#3 Remember that the Lord hears
17 he regards the prayer of the destitute
and does not despise their prayer
#4 Write this down. Know that you are leaving a record of the above. What you are doing with your complaints, did you excell in the dust. Did you act like the Lord hears in such situations.
When you are in the dust, pour it out to YOU, so you can have pity.
#5 In the surety of you is the security of me.
If you have a COMPLAINT for God, POUR IT OUT.