DCFC Online August 22nd - And That my soul knows very well - Ps Murray Tomlinson

AND THAT MY SOUL KNOWS VERY WELL

(Originally, TRUTHS THAT HOLD US STEADY No1)

Psalm 139:14, Says, (NKJV)
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. (and that MY SOUL KNOWS VERY WELL.

Our Soul Knows Certain things about God, and those things that we KNOW…… Hold Us Steady in LIFE.

The Stuff you know ……if you know how to drive a manual car you just simply do it, ….you’re not even fearful,

And the things that you KNOW, particularly that is embedded in your heart, they HOLD YOU as you journey through Life.

I HAVE A QUESTION, What does your Soul Know Very Well?

What are you totally, convinced of in your heart about God?

And His Love for You?

YEARS AGO WE SANG A SONG: - You make your face to shine on me, and that my soul knows very well.

 

MANY YEARS AGO I Watched a MOVIE, a  Moody Science Film was called “Signposts Aloft,” (NOW on UTube) which was about Errors that instrument rated pilots should never have made.. It told the story of A Liberator B-24 Bomber the “Lady Be Good” in 1943 flying a bombing Run out of Libya North Africa across the Mediterranean, to bomb Naples in Italy, and Unbeknowns to them as they came back across the ocean, they were unaware of an incredibly high tail wind that brought them back over their airfield in Libya in less than half of their time. LIKE flying East from Perth, the tail winds can CUT a HUGE amount of time Off their Flight.They assumed their instruments (ADF Auto Direction Finder) had malfunctioned and became disoriented and continued flying way out into the Libyan Desert Hundreds of miles beyond their true destination, until their Fuel ran out and they all perished.

FIFTEEN YEARS LATER, in 1958 a British Oil exploration team

flying over the Libyan Desert stumbled across the wreckage of the

plane and some of their bodies, and the truth began to unfold.

They had become disorientated , because they didn’t Trust their Instruments, BUT  were Listening to Their HEADS and their Reasoning, Instead of their Instruments that Could have Taken them to SAFTEY, and That Cost them their Lives.  

 

SO MY Thought TODAY is, SO WHAT DOES YOUR SOUL KNOW WELL???  What are you TOTALLY Convinced Of in your Heart About GOD and HIS LOVE FOR YOU??

You know…… IF THINGS GO BAD….. Do You Start Blaming GOD?  Do you start NOT TRUSTING GOD?

DO YOU Throw the Baby out with the Bathwater?

WHAT WE DO KNOW TO BE TRUE when We Are in Trouble IS, that God’s Instrument Panel is [HIS WORD --THE BIBLE] AND IT PROVIDES US A CERTAINTY, regardless of How We FEEL, about Life’s Situations.

The WORD of GOD, WILL Anchor US, When IF OUR HEART Fully KNOWS IT.

DAVID said these Words in

Psalm 119:11, (NKJV)  HE SAID…….
11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You!   THE WORD SIN……. IS TO GET OFF COURSE, OR TO….. MISS THE MARK.

AND I DON’T WANT TO Miss the Mark, So I have Been Putting GOD’S WORD in my Heart, to KEEP ME ON COURSE

JESUS Used THESE TRUTH ANCHORS when Satan Turned Up TO Have a go at Him in His Temptation in the Wilderness. [Matt 4 and Luke 4] He used the Word of God that He Knew, against His enemy, and Said  IT IS WRITTEN, IT IS WRITTEN, IT IS WRITTEN.

HE Had HIDDEN GOD’S WORD IN HIS HEART, HE could Quote Scripture, and a Fair amount of IT.

Because HE had put enough of it in HIS HEART, TO ANCHOR HIM WHEN A STORM WAS HITTING HIS LIFE, and HE JUST KEPT HIS HEADING, HE JUST KEPT HIS HEADING, Heading in that Direction, Regardless of the STORM……… and what Happens is that OUR HEART NEEDS TO KNOW THIS VERY WELL, because sometimes when you get into a LIFE STORM, (it may be an Illness, OR Family Tragedy, the Death of a Person or Friend, OR IT, could be SICKNESS or FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, . . . . . . . . . and ALL OF A SUDDEN…. We Lose Our Bearings, of Where WE ARE, and WE THINK. . . . . Where IS GOD. . . . HE’S NOT IN MY ROOM.

JESUS Said…… I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, ….Even to the END of the AGE. . . And So that NEEDS to BE IN OUR HEARTS.

What I’M Coming to today is…… That When WE COME to LIFES STORMS, then We Need to Understand that GOD IS JOURNEYING WITH US IN THEM. 

The KEY is simply Just Don’t Let Go of What You KNOW, whether it Has COME by Holy Spirit Revelation, or through the Reading and Study of the WORD.

 

JAMES 1:2-3 NLT  Says…..

2, Dear brothers and sisters, when trouble comes your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. 3, For you KNOW that when your faith is tested, your endurance (RESILIENCE) has a chance to grow. 4, SO let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete lacking nothing.

YOU Will HAVE MATURED, Because you Don’t get Maturity, You Don’t GET FIT, WITHOUT DOING SOME EXERCISE, ……And SO FITNESS ….. Spiritual FITNESS COMES from Doing Some EXERCISING your way through Opportunities, and TROUBLE, and STUFF like that, YOU KEEP GOING FORWARD.

 

SO JAMES is saying, that PAIN is a Process with a Purpose.  IT’S NOT JUST A DEAD END STREET, That was a Waste of TWO YEARS of MY LIFE, I Endured THAT PAIN, GOD’S Intention, IS that you Come Through THIS FAR MORE MATURE,  FAR MORE GROWN UP, and FAR MORE DEVELOPED IN YOUR FAITH, and that YOU”RE NOT EASILY Disoriented, when YOU Get Into LIFES STORMS.

 

I Want US to look Today at 3 TRUTH ANCHORS

There are Many THESE 3 TRUTH ANCHORS can Anchor us and Hold Us Steady in  Life Storms.

1 CORINTH 10:13, NKJV,
13 No temptation [trial or trouble] Gk Peirasmos] has overtaken you,  such as is 1, common to man; but God is faithful, 2,who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation 3, will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

Here in Verse 13, Paul is offering HOPE to all who find themselves in this situation of Trial, Trouble or Temptation, so that they don’t end up LIKE the Complaining Israelis in the first 11 verses of this 10th chapter of 1st Corinthians.

There is of course a CONDITION, to gaining the help of Heaven, when we find ourselves in these Less Than Pleasant Circumstances, and That Condition is found in the next Verse 14, which IS A PUNCHLINE, and IT says……
14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.  …….

Which simply means,

IF YOU WANT GOD TO BE WITH YOU; TO HELP YOU & EMPOWER TO STAND IN YOUR TRIALS, Then get Rid of Every IDOL, and ALL THE STUFF in your Life, that IS DEAR TO YOUR HEART, and LET the LORD BE YOUR PLEASURE, and YOUR HOPE, and YOUR GOD, and  SERVE HIM  JOYFULLY.     NOT HOLDING all The People and TOYS that WE Have to Prop Us Up Emotionally, as we GO THRU LIFE.

DEUTERONOMY 28:47-48. NKJV. Someone Read.
47 "Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything,
48 therefore you shall serve your enemies, [GOD LET the People who were their Enemies Constantly Harass them, BECAUSE they Were Just TAKING GOD FOR GRANTED.]  

 

LETS JUST TALK ABOUT THESE 3 TRUTH ANCHORS that will HOLD US Steady in the STORMS of LIFE.

1,  The First Reality is:-  God Says That Temptation is Not Unique to US as Individuals.  But Common to All Mankind.

1 CORIN 10, VERSE 13, The Temptation Or Trial that has Seized You is COMMON TO MAN.

It is the PRINCIPLE OF COMMONALITY.

Everyone gets Tempted, almost in every way.

Like testing and AEROPLANE to see IF it is SAFE, before they fill it with People.

And GOD Tests US, and allows Opportunities to disorient US to SEE what we will DO.

JESUS said to Peter LUKE 22:31, Satan has asked to sift you Like Wheat, . But I have Prayed for you.

I want you to Know This. IF you are being Tempted, JESUS is Praying for You, IF you are being Challenged, IF you are in a Trial, KNOW THIS, JESUS, (The Bible Says…. HE Ever Lives to Make Intercession for US) Hebrews 7:25

If YOU are facing a Trial Today,…… You Need to Know THIS, JESUS IS PRAYING FOR YOU, JESUS IS PRAYING FOR YOU, and the principle that Tells US that TEMPTATION IS COMMON TO ALL, Don’t Think that You’re the ONLY ONE, it’s Not Only Common to You…… But to everyone Else IN LIFE. LOOK AROUND YOU. . . . . .there’ll be Others,  . . . . . And See Those who Have TURNED TO GOD’s WORD, they GET INTO God’s Word, and NOURISH their SOULS, ( THIS IS GOD’S DIRECTION FINDER) and they KEEP THEIR DIRECTION, and they GET SOME STUFF from  the WORD OF GOD, and IT HOLDS THEM ON COURSE.

My 2nd POINT IS This, GOD WILL MAKE IT

BEARABLE.  GOD WILL MAKE IT BEARABLE.

It is the PRINCIPLE OF BEARABILITY. There is NOT NEED for this THING or CIRCUMSTANCE to “TAKE YOU OUT.”

1 CORIN 10, VERSE 13 also tells us, But GOD is Faithful, and will NOT let you be tempted beyond what you can BEAR. (or what you are Able to Handle)

IN Other Words, GOD guarantees that HE Never Gives Us Anything MORE than we can Bear.

NOW… SOME OF US… Have Had SOME HORRENDOUS STUFF Happen to Us,   BUT WE’VE GOT THROUGH IT.

I Have Friends that have LOST Several of their CHILDREN.

And I’ve asked….. HOW Did You Get Through IT.

BUT GOD Has Used That, PAIN for GAIN …AS They LAID HOLD of God’s Love, Healing and Grace in Their Hearts,

THEY TURNED THEIR PAIN INTO GAIN.

GOD Knows our Load Limit, and HE Limits the Load, that He Permits Us to Carry. It’s a bit like the Road Sign before a Bridge.   “LOAD LIMIT 5 TONS.”

If it is Right On Our LOAD LIMIT, HE will Give Us MORE Grace.

SATAN came to GOD in the BOOK OF JOB, and He wanted to Do This TEMPTING on JOB, …… and GOD said NO YOU’RE NOT. THAT’S THE LIMIT…..

I Set The Limits HERE.

Then He Came Back Again and wanted to DO Something Else, and GOD SAID….. This is MY LIMITS….. You WILL NOT Cross That LINE.

SO GOD SETS The LIMITS, ….. HE Will NOT Let You Be Tempted…. BEYOND what You Can BEAR.

 GOD HAS SET The LOAD LIMIT on YOUR Life and MINE.

So when you get into BED Tonight, I want you To THANK GOD, that Whatever COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU ….. Didn’t, Because HE Has Got ANGELS watching after You, AND HE is Looking After You, Because HE WILL NOT Let you Be TEMPTED, BEYOND What You CAN BEAR.

 

MY 3rd Third POINT is:- THAT GOD HAS GOT SUPERNATURAL OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR DELIVERING US FROM TROUBLE.  HE WILL MAKE A WAY OF ESCAPE, OR A WAY  OUT… That YOU MAY BE ABLE TO BEAR IT.

1 CORIN 10, Verse 13, says.. but with the Temptation he will also provide a way of escape, (a way out) so that  you may be able to bear it, (or stand up or endure, under it)

 

I love 2 Peter 2:9, which says, The Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials.

It Guarantees that when YOU and I Get into trouble, even though WE Feel LIKE We’re trapped in a room with FOUR Walls closing in on US, and With No Windows or Doors for Escape, (IT MAY BE AN ILLNESS, Or A FINANCIAL DISASTER, OR the FAMILY THAT IS FALLING APART, Or WHATEVER IT IS,  God Already Knows How HE is going to deliver me.  

[ Story of Peter in Prison Acts 12:5-19.

I was In WUHAN many years ago, and Not very Far from the Prison There, where (Brother YUN the famous Chinese Preacher Escaped from that Prison in Mainland China when the doors Opened and allowed him to Miraculously ESCAPE to Germany) God enable Him.

Israel fleeing from Pharaoh at the edge of the RED SEA.

IN Exodus 14.  ISRAEL were Trapped on the Edge of the Ocean, with NO WAY TO Escape. And GOD said to Moses ….LIFT UP YOUR ROD, and IT Opened Up The SEA, and GOD turned Seas Into Highways.

DAVID when fleeing from King Saul, ends up in a Cold Cave crying out to GOD for Help. His prayer is recorded in PSALM 13:1-2,  
1 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?  [He felt like That. But God Protected Him, GOD Got Him Out]
Sometimes we feel like God has forgotten us, and We HAVE TO try To Plan Our Own Escape. BUT HE HASN’T

HE Got Daniel OUT of the Lions DEN,

THE Three Hebrew Young MEN, OUT of the Fiery Furnace,

And Jonah, OUT of the Belly of the Whale.

GOD is Able to Exercise HIS Options of Deliverance and GET US OUT OF AMAZING PREDICAMENTS.

Let Me Finish

1, Your Trials ARE NOT Unique,

    They are common to ALL Men.

2, GOD WILL NOT Let you Be Tried

     Or Tempted Beyond What You Can     

     Bear. He sets the LIMITS.

3, GOD Has Supernatural Options.