Samuel D. High
sdhigh@aristotle.net
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From: Lynn Smith <lynn824@cebridge.net>
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Subject: Morning Manna June 20: BP: Ps. 40; RBTTY: Acts 5:1-21; Esther
June 20
“I waited patiently for the Lord and He inclined unto me and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock and established my goings. And, He has put a new song in my mouth, even a song of praise unto our God. Many shall see it and fear and shall trust in the Lord.”
Only those who’ve experienced this can sing about it.
Can you remember when you were lost? Can you remember the spiritual darkness that resided in your heart and mind and the load of guilt that weighed so heavily upon your conscience?
Can you remember those long nights when you shot a prayer toward Heaven like an arrow, only to have it fall back to the earth with a thud? Can you remember those days when “your tears have been your food day and night, while they continually say unto you, ‘Where is your God’?” (Ps. 42:3)?
If so, this Manna’s for you.
It’s quite clear David, the shepherd-king and giant-killer, was going through a difficult time. You don’t talk about being bogged down in a “horrible (Heb. ‘sha ‘own’‘uproar, rushing, destruction, tumultuous, desolate, a waste, etc.’) pit and miry clay” without there being something distressing, discouraging, depressing, etc., going on in your life.
Even so, David knew what to do. He cried out to the Lord, confident that He would “incline (Heb. ‘natah’‘to stretch out, stoop, bend toward, etc.’) unto him and hear his cry.” What a beautiful picture of trust and condescending love!
That’s why David was able to “wait patiently.” He knew his was a dire situation; however, he also knew his was a “Divine Savior.” Hallelujah!! Thus, when the Lord “plucked him up out of the horrible pit and miry clay. . .set his feet upon a solid rock and established his goings”i.e., “gave him direction and assurance”he was able to sing “the new song of praise” the Lord gave him on that day.
What was this new song? “Rock of Ages, cleft for me?” “I’ve Found a Friend”? Or, could it have been “From sinking sand, He lifted me. With tender hands, He lifted me. From shades of night, to plains of light. Oh praise His name He lifted me”?
Too often we’re inhibited in our worship, worrying more about what others think than we are what the Lord thinks. Don’t worry about it, Pilgrim! Even if you feel you can’t “carry a tune in a bucket,” still “make a joyful noise unto the Lord” (Ps. 100:1). Do not hold back; do not proceed with hesitation or reservation.
Instead, “go out with joy and be led forth with peace. Like the mountains and the hills, break out in song. And, like the trees of the field, clap your hands” (Is. 55:12). Why? Because you’ve been redeemed! In so doing others will “see/hear it and fear, leading them to trust in the Lord.” Glory! Praise the Lord!!
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