How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?

Psalm 89:38-52

But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one. You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust. You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins. All who pass by have plundered him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.

How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire? Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity! 

Who can live and not see death, or who can escape the power of the grave? Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David? Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations, the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.

Praise be to the Lord forever!

The tone in verse 38 changes dramatically. God is accused of breaking faith with his king. Where now are the promises of old? Where are the proofs of former love? How long...?

Verse 52 is not related to what has gone before. It is the 'doxology' added to mark the end of this third book of psalms.

Why?

The mood is changed from praised to the Lord but asked how long, Lord will you hide forever?

For the psalmist are under suffering, God's servant has been mocked. 

Remember how fleeting is my life. Actually, no one can live and not see death, or escape the power of the grave. For all of us, life is short and troubled. But God is my shield, my way, and my truth.

How?

God is faithful, maybe does not meet our needs but it is always good to us if we walk in the way of God's word. God is worthy to worship and praise forever. 

南聖20220108禱告會

禱告不是我在這裏，請神來幫助我。而是神在那裏，我要去神那裏。

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

太初有道，道與神同在，道就是神。這道太初與神同在。萬物是藉著他造的；凡被造的，沒有一樣不是藉著他造的。生命在他裡頭，這生命就是人的光。光照在黑暗裡，黑暗卻不接受光。

詩33：8-18

以耶和華為神的，那國是有福的！

• 願全地都敬畏耶和華！願世上的居民都懼怕他！
• 因為他說有，就有，命立，就立. 
• 列國的籌算，人的思念
• 以耶和華為神的，那國是有福的！他所揀選為自己產業的，那民是有福的！
• 耶和華的籌算永遠立定；他心中的思念萬代常存。

9. 那光是真光，照亮一切生在世上的人。

10. 他在世界，世界也是藉著他造的，世界卻不認識他。

11. 他到自己的地方來，自己的人倒不接待他。

12. 凡接待他的，就是信他名的人，他就賜他們權柄，作神的兒女。

耶和華從天上觀看，他看見一切的世人

君王不能……?勇士不能...?

耶和華的看顧敬畏他的人，和仰望他慈愛的人。

基督在我們裏面活著

優雅：質感、談吐   說話慢慢說，不要動怒！

喜樂：安全、信賴   喜樂因為裏面有安全感

精準：有！立！  說有就有，命立就立！說話不落空！

精準

世界的精準：看得見的證明文件。95--> 97 , 利益合理的回饋

我們的精準：願意順服信靠的(好的配搭)，60~80互補，顯出互相的幫補（從來沒有要求回饋）