Was this connected with something or should I do something or just pass it off as a random thought?
Time will tell.... When you get an impression first you should consider it - then think on it but act only if you get a clear direct directive...
I prayed about this - Then:
It then it appeared to be about Psalm 88:1
A song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
Psalm 88:1
1 Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
Which translates : - LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
*** I now have my answer in Paslm 88....
A song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
Psalm 88:1
1 Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
3 I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
Footnotes:
- Psalm 88:1 In Hebrew texts 88:1-18 is numbered 88:2-19.
- Psalm 88:1 Title: Possibly a tune, “The Suffering of Affliction”
- Psalm 88:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Which translates : - LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
*** I now have my answer in Paslm 88....
Note on Psalms 88:1
There was a Heman who was a contemporary of Asaph’s, the chief psalmist of David. He is the one who wrote this Psalm. Heman was one of the singers who brought up the Ark into Jerusalem for David (1 Chronicles 15:15-19). 1Ch 15:15
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And the Levites carried the ark of God with the poles on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.
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| 1Ch 15:16
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David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their fellow Levites as musicians to make a joyful sound with musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.
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| 1Ch 15:17
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So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his relatives, Asaph son of Berekiah; and from their relatives the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
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| 1Ch 15:18
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The musicians Heman, Asaph and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals;
1Ch 15:19
*** As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Michal
(David's Wife) daughter of King Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David dancing in the street and celebrating, she despised him in her heart.
** { Notice how she saw David dancing before the Lord and she despised him in her heart! This is what evil does when someone is turned against the works of God!}
There was also a Heman who was so smart that Solomon’s wisdom was compared to his (1 Kings 4:31).
Note on Psalms 88:2
Praise God we don’t have to plead with the Lord to hear us in this New Covenant. We have the guarantee that whatsoever we ask in faith, believing, we receive (Matthew 21:22).22 And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
Note on Psalms 88:3
As New Testament believers, it is only our souls that get full of troubles.Our born-again spirits are perfect (see note). 2 Corinthians 5:17
Note on 2 Corinthians 5:17
As Jesus said in John 6:63, “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” It’s the spirit world and the spiritual man that is really important, not the flesh.Prior to salvation, a lost man has a dead spirit. It doesn’t matter if he attains great wealth or influence in the flesh, his spirit is dead and separated from God. As Jesus said, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36) Upon salvation, there is a total change that takes place–not in the flesh or soul, but in the spirit. They become totally new. By observation you can see this is not speaking of the body or the soul. If you were fat before you get saved, you will still be fat after you get saved. You don’t instantly change and all things become new. It’s obvious too that this is not speaking about your soul. If you were stupid before you got saved, you will be stupid after you get saved until you renew your mind. But at salvation, our spirits get “born again.” They become totally new and identical to Christ because it is the Spirit of Christ that has been shed abroad in our hearts (Galatians 4:6, Romans 8:9).
Life For Today Study Bible Notes
Note 7 at 2 Corinthians 5:17: One of the greatest differences between the saints in the Old Testament and those in the New Testament is the indwelling presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. Victorious N.T. believers are not living for the Lord, but it is actually the risen Christ living through them. Paul described this beautifully in Galatians 2:20 when he said, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”There are over a hundred scriptural references to the indwelling presence of the Lord in the life of the believer. The following is a list of just a few of these: “And I will put my spirit within you” (Ezekiel 36:27, emphasis mine). “Even the Spirit of truth...he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you” (John 14:17, emphasis mine). “And ye in me, and I in you” (John 14:20, emphasis mine). “I in them” (John 17:23, emphasis mine). “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his” (Romans 8:9, emphasis mine). “And if Christ be in you” (Romans 8:10, emphasis mine). “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16, emphasis mine). “But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:17, emphasis mine). “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” (1 Corinthians 6:19, emphasis mine). “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me” (Galatians 2:20, emphasis mine). “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith” (Ephesians 3:17, emphasis mine). “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27, emphasis mine). “That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us” (2 Timothy 1:14, emphasis mine). “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you” (1 John 2:27, emphasis mine). “And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us” (1 John 3:24, emphasis mine). “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20, emphasis mine). Note 8 at 2 Corinthians 5:17: The New International Version translates this passage as “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” The new creation that Paul was speaking about is described in Scripture in the following ways: the new birth (John 1:13 and 3:3), the new creation (Galatians 6:15), His workmanship created in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:10), newness of life (Romans 6:4), a spiritual quickening (Ephesians 2:1 and 5), a spiritual resurrection (Colossians 2:12 and 3:1), a new heart and spirit (Ezekiel 36:26 and Romans 7:6), the putting on of the new man (Ephesians 4:24), the inward man (Romans 7:22), the circumcised heart (Romans 2:29), the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4), regeneration (Titus 3:5), etc. The fruit of the new creation is righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4:24 and 1 John 2:29), being conformed to the image of God’s Son (Romans 8:29), a heart that knows God (Jeremiah 24:7 and Hebrews 8:11), God’s law written within the heart (Hebrews 8:10), a hatred of sin and a love for righteousness (1 John 3:7-10), works of faith (i.e., works produced as the byproduct of faith, James 2:18), good fruit borne unto God (Romans 7:4), brotherly love (1 John 4:7), an active faith in Christ (1 John 5:1), etc. Note 9 at 2 Corinthians 5:17: This is a key passage of Scripture that explains many other passages of Scripture. The Bible presents salvation as a life-transforming experience. Change is one of the distinguishing characteristics of true believers. Yet failure to understand that this change takes place in the spirit first and is then reflected in the outward thoughts and actions proportional to the way the mind is renewed (see note 9 at Romans 12:2) has caused much confusion. This verse makes it very clear where this change takes place. It describes this change as total and complete (all things are become new, not just some things). Therefore this change has to take place in your born-again spirit (see note 2 at John 3:3). Why is that? If you were fat before you were saved, you will be fat after you become saved, unless you go on a weight-loss program. Your body doesn’t instantly change. Also, your soulish or mental realm doesn’t instantly change. If you were stupid before you were saved, you will be stupid after you become saved, until you start renewing your mind. The only part of you that is left is your spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:23). It is your spirit that is instantly changed at salvation. It is perfect (Hebrews 12:23). It cannot sin (1 John 3:9). Everything that is true of Jesus is true of your born-again spirit (1 Corinthians 6:17; Ephesians 1:3, 15-23; Colossians 2:9-10; and 1 John 4:17). Your spiritual salvation is complete. At salvation, you receive the same spirit that you will have throughout all eternity. It will not have to be changed again or cleansed again. It has been sealed with the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13) and is therefore sanctified and perfected forever (Hebrews 10:10, 14; and 12:23). The rest of the Christian life is not trying to obtain faith, joy, love, etc., from God, but rather a release of what we already have in our spirits (Galatians 5:22-23) into our souls and bodies. Failure to understand this has caused some people to despair when they don’t see sufficient change in their lives after coming to the Lord for salvation. It must be understood that the change is internal in our spirits, and the outward change will take place as we renew our minds through God’s Word. Andrew Wommack's Living Commentary. Our souls are the mental and emotional part of us, but in our spirits is only love, joy, peace, etc. As outlined in (Galatians 5:22-23). 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Praise the Lord. We need to walk in the fruit of the Holy Spirit at all times.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Andrew Wommack's Living Commentary. *** Does this help guide your pathway today? Maybe now you can see the hand of God in our lives - I did! Paslm 88:1 1 Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you. 2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
3 I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
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| May you also be Blessed by the knowledge of God in your life! | ||
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