Heavy Revie

As I'm wrestling with God through all of this stuff I'm learning it's somewhat overwhelming and I'm trying to figure out what this looks like and how to apply it in my life. I have a problem of over complicating things. It's not hard; I just need to take things at face value. God said to me..."Go back through the Psalms, reread them with your new light, your new mentality, and be open to the spirit, and then tell me you don't know how to act." The last couple of weeks we've been through God being our healer, restorer, friend, and yet I say characteristics of God as just words. I've experienced a little taste of who he is and how good he is but my time in the Psalms so far have wrecked me. I started at chapter one, as any normal person would, reading with expectancy. These are some things that spoke to me and came alive.

"But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night, He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields fruit in its season." -Psalm 1:3

• I am rooted in Him and he will provide everything I need when I live in complete submission to Him. He doesn't promise lack of trials, but eternal victory.

"Worship the Lord with reverance and rejoice with trembling." -Psalm 2:11

"But as for me, by your abundent lovingkindness I will enter your house, at your holy temple I will bow in reverance for You." -Psalm 5:7

• When I come into prayer and worship, I often times just talk at God; he's our -friend- right? No, we are approaching the LORDS THRONE and should have an awe and fear of who He is.

"You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and new wine abound. In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety." -Psalm 4:7-8

• The joy of the Lord is a supernatural thing that is stronger than any other happiness from another circumstance. Even though I'm stressed and restless, I can sleep because I know the Lord will give me peace and safety.

"In the morning, O Lord, you will hear my voice; in the morning I will order my prayer to you and eagerly watch." -Psalm 5:3

• I'm choosing to begin my day with thoughts of You and operate in it all day long. You never disappoint so I will watch for your hand at work throughout the day.

I got to Psalm 8, read it, read it again, and one more time and I closed my Bible and could do nothing but worship. This is an ultimate example of God and His vastness, his glory, and his majesty. I always knew these things in my head but it was a matter of transferring the head knowledge to heart knowledge.

"O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who have displayed your splendor above the heavens! From the mouth of infants to nursing babes you have established strength because of your adversaries, to make the enemy and the revengeful cease. When I consider your heavens the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained; what is man that you take thought of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than God and you crown him with glory and majesty! You make him rule over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, whatever passes through the paths of the seas, O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!" -Psalm 8

I had to sit and let this sink in for a long time but I am now sort of understanding the reality of this. I look out into the ocean in Hawaii and see how huge, how vast, and powerful it is and yet it's the "work of his fingers". Not only does he do all of these things with such accuracy and precision, this guy DELIGHTS IN MY SOUL! The maker of heaven and earth, who breathed all of life into existence, made the sun, moon, and galaxies, and He loves me beyond comprehension. I'm a filthy human, my best is dirty rags to him yet he chooses to love me!! He knew the plans he had for me before I was even spoken into existence. Whoa!! How can I not trust that He has my best interest at heart, after all, He did create me. This was a "heavy revie" to me and it's been rocking me ever since I read it. There are so many awesome facets to God and as I'm learning more it just excites me so much all over again! He's sooo good and so much more :)