Title: What is the Condition of Your Heart?
Text:
Psalm 90:1-4 (ESV)
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 You return man to dust and say, "Return, O children of man!"
4 For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
Observation:
As I sat down to write this morning I prayed this prayer, "What is Your will regarding a text and topic for today?"
I looked to the bible on my desk, and it was opened to Psalm 90. This was a paper version of one of my study bibles, and the commentary made a reference to Numbers 13 and 14. I read those chapters, and wondered if this is what Moses had on his heart as he wrote this Psalm.
Notice the condition of the heart, and what was coming out of the mouths of God's children.
Numbers 14:1-4 (ESV)
1 Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.
2 And all the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!
3 Why is the LORD bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?"
4 And they said to one another, "Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt."
O, how soon we forget the blessings of God when we go through a season of adversity.
The prayer Moses prayed in Psalm 90 is a prayer we need to pray for our family and friends in these days of trials and testing.
Psalm 90:12-15 (ESV)
12 So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
13 Return, O LORD! How long? Have pity on your servants!
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, and for as many years as we have seen evil.
Prayer:
Father, hallowed be Your name. Father, help us to never forget that You are a good, good Father, and that You know us, and that You love us.
Father, help us to find that happy balance between adversity and blessings. Father, help us to learn to forsake complaining, and embrace gratitude; giving praise and thanksgiving to our forever and faithful Father in heaven. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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