My Faith, My Love, My Focus: Psalm 119:1-8
March 13, 2016

My Faith, My Love, My Focus: Psalm 119:1-8 (Aleph)
- Focusing in the fog: aphoraō [G872] Hebrews 12:2
- Runners, field goal kickers, and other examples from life.
- Isaiah 45:22
- Zachariah 12:10
- Psalm 19 and Psalm 119: Proclamation, Prayer and Poetry
(Forcefulness, Flow and Facticity)- Exploring the Divine/Human Relationship in
Proclamation, Prayer and Poetry - Accepting and embracing paradox and enigma
- Putting ourselves in David’s sandals
- Exploring the Divine/Human Relationship in
- Reading Psalm 119:1-8: Each line matches the effect with the cause … including verse 8.
- The phenemenon of properly experienced shame:
- Adam and Eve: The change from Genesis 2:25 to Genesis
3:7. - Shame from lack of knowledge of God’s Word: 1
Corinthians 15:34 - Shame from substituting human wisdom for God’s Word: 1
Corinthians 6:5
- Adam and Eve: The change from Genesis 2:25 to Genesis
- Compare: Untrustworthy emotions connected with misplaced
shame- Misplaced shame from things out of our control (e.g.,
actions of others, accusations of others). - Misplaced shame about sin that has been confessed and
forgiven (Luke 7:48-50).
- Misplaced shame from things out of our control (e.g.,
- Compare: Genesis 3:21.
- Compare: No one who believes in the Lord will be put to shame (Romans 10:11; 9:33).
- Psalm 119:8: How do we stay focused God’s Word?
- John Owen: ” A constant view of the glory of Christ will
fix the soul unto that object which is suited to give it
delight, complacency, and satisfaction.”- The majority of our spiritual decay and barrenness
arises from an inordinate admission of other things into our
minds for these things weaken grace in all its operations. - Where we are engaged in this duty, it will stir up
every grace unto its due exercise; which is that wherein the
spiritual revival inquired after does consist. - This will assuredly put us on a vigilant watch and
constant conflict against all the deceitful workings of sin
(Hebrews 3:13), against every entrance of temptation
(Matthew 26:41), against all the ways and means of the state
of being surprised by foolish frames, by vain imaginations
which are the cause of our decay.” (1)
- The majority of our spiritual decay and barrenness
- Psalm 119:8 – David’s closing prayer.
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