277 Sunday, October 4, 2009

277 Psalms 120 – 126; Matthew 8.18 – 8.34

What floats your boat? What gets you cranked up? What moves you? Here is what moved David,

Psalms 122:1 (MSG) 1 A pilgrim song of David When they said, "Let's go to the house of God," my heart leaped for joy.

For Israel the Temple represented the presence of God. It is different today, however the truth is the same and that is worship is good for the soul. David was excited about the "house of God" because that is where he went to worship. What gets you pumped up? Hopefully you can relate to some degree with David's view of worship. If you cannot relate with David then ask yourself, "why?" Perhaps you have allowed yourself to become narrow in definition of worship. Maybe you need to do a different routine. There is another thing that could be going on and that is you have really never tried it. Try it you'll like it. David tells us in another Psalm to, "taste and see that the Lord is good." Please taste and see that it is good to worship God?
Do you ever feel insecure? Do you ever feel inadequate? Here is a question to sum up the other questions, "do you ever feel human?" Most of us are in touch with this vulnerable side of life. What is an answer to that feeling. Let us look to Scripture,

Psalms 125:1 (MSG) 1 A pilgrim song Those who trust in God are like Zion Mountain: Nothing can move it, a rock-solid mountain you can always depend on.

We must trust God in our lives from moment to moment. We must practice this trust in the good times and the tough times. When we say we trust the Lord what does that look like? In our N.T. reading we find the disciples in a tough spot.

Matthew 8:23-25 (MSG)
23 Then he got in the boat, his disciples with him. 24 The next thing they knew, they were in a severe storm. Waves were crashing into the boat—and he was sound asleep! 25 They roused him, pleading, "Master, save us! We're going down!"

Jesus was not pleased with their reaction. Christ says to them,

Matthew 8:26 (MSG) 26 Jesus reprimanded them. "Why are you such cowards, such faint-hearts?" Then he stood up and told the wind to be silent, the sea to quiet down: "Silence!" The sea became smooth as glass.

Perhaps job number one today is to trust the Lord. What does that look life for you?