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July 28, 2023 - Treasures In Christ - Psalm 63 JEHOVAH-YAMIN TAMAK Our Lord God Who Upholds Us With His Right Hand Psalm 63:8 My whole being follows hard after You and clings closely to You; Your right hand upholds me. https://biblehub.com/lexicon/psalms/63-8.htm Scriptures: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+63%2C+Acts+5%3A29-39&version=AMPC Going Deeper: https://www.openbible.info/topics/right_hand
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July 28, 2023 - Treasures In Christ - Psalm 63 JEHOVAH-YAMIN TAMAK Our Lord God Who Upholds Us With His Right Hand Psalm 63:8 My whole being follows hard after You and clings closely to You; Your right hand upholds me. https://biblehub.com/lexicon/psalms/63-8.htm Scriptures: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+63%2C+Acts+5%3A29-39&version=AMPC Going Deeper: https://www.openbible.info/topics/right_hand
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The speaker is expressing gratitude for God's presence and guidance. They discuss the importance of seeking God's lordship and understanding his right hand as a symbol of power. They explore Psalm 63 and highlight David's sacrificial worship and reliance on God in difficult times. They emphasize the need to reflect on God's goodness and grace, which leads to praise and surrender. The speaker finds satisfaction and contentment in the secret place of God's presence, and they express joy and gratitude. July 28th, 2023. Treasures in Christ. Psalm 63. Jehovah, Yamin, Temach. Our Lord God who upholds us with his right hand. Oh Heavenly Father we're just so grateful this morning of this truth that you have in Psalm 63. You say my whole being follows hard after you and clings closely to you. Your right hand that holds me. And that's such a glorious truth this morning Father God. We're just grateful that you kept us through the night and woke us up into this new day. We seek your lordship today. We seek your kingship today and to come under your powerful hand Father God. That powerful right hand. And we seek to understand more what this means as you uphold us today. Thank you for the saving grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who in fact does sit at your very right hand right now interceding on our behalf. For giving us access to your throne of grace of mercy today. Give us interpretation of this Holy Spirit today Father God of this truth and what it means in the body of Christ and how we can operate in it to be pleasing to you. We thank you for the transforming power of your word Father God and the interpretation of the spirit. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. I'm encouraged this morning as we go into this Psalm 63 you know I saw this this right hand of God coming in to uphold David. You know I had it I wanted to go a little bit deeper and so I just I'm going deeper right hand is the topic and I have so many passages. We think of a lot of things when we think of the right hand you know some of the things that when I initially thought of it I thought well if we put it in the north south east west never eat soggy wheaties. The right hand is on the east and we know that east is very symbolic of the risen Christ and then we know and so he led me to Acts to show us where he was the symbolism was made you know tangible when Jesus was elevated to the right hand of the Father. So we know there's going to be some stuff going on here we know obviously that we think of power when we know because we're on the rock when we're on the rock we're on all power impenetrable rock unmovable rock and grace and mercy is there. What an amazing truth. I'm excited to see what it has to say today. So we're going to go to Psalm 63 and this is a Psalm of David it says when he was in the wilderness of Judah you know when we find ourselves in those tough spots you know those those spots where it seems like there's a drought where it seems like there's just no way out where there's no clear path and there's no you know wilderness we think of wilderness. When we're in that wilderness you know this is a good, it's going to be a good passage on how to have this feeling for this type of time in our life. And he starts out in verse one and it's no surprise that he doesn't start he starts it out the way he always starts it out he says oh God you are my God earnestly I will seek you. We know when he starts out when he uses the word God we know that he's talking about the overall will of the kingdom or the overall commanding you know ordinations and the very will of God and it's interesting how David always starts off in sacrificial worship he just has to and so he comes underneath the powerful hand of God and he says earnestly I will seek you. Notice there's no perfection there doesn't say anything perfectly but earnestly has to be a matter of the heart. I got ahead of the scriptures says my inner self thirsts for you he says oh God you are my God earnestly I will seek you. My inner self thirsts for you. My flesh longs and is faint for you. See now he's given us both sides of the coin. You know we have to have that inner drive to come after God. We have to have that inner part of us, the soul of the man and the woman as they say. And the outcome of our wilderness time is the flesh and we saw the other day where the heart even grows faint and everything just keeps piling up it seems. Well where does David wait? He says he's waiting in the secret place. My inner self thirsts for you that's the heart of his heart. My flesh longs and is faint for you even to the out expression of his physical body. He goes on to say in a dry and weary land where there is no water. See we've got to be the only source. He's got to be the only source. So I've looked upon you in the sanctuary to see your power and your glory. Now sanctuary that's an inner place that place where man and God are together. There's that union there. So that's where he's looking. He's looking at that place of intimacy. He's looking at that place of relationship and in that he sees the power and the glory of God because it's operated in his life and we're going to see an outward expression of it here. You know he's very poetic in what the way he says, writes the Psalms but we have to look for the spirit and truth here. So David's in the secret place of the Most High and he sees even in his flesh everything is weary everything is a yearning for him everything desires him because outside of him there's no satisfaction there's no water there's no resource outside of him. So he goes to that intimate place in the sanctuary where God has come and met him and operated in his life and his glory has shown through and David is reminding himself of that place. In verse 3 we see it. We know that when God works in our life we are filled with when his promises are fulfilled we're filled with the joy of the Lord and that fills us forth in praise and gratitude and we see that in verse 3. Because your loving kindness is better than life that's his grace because your grace is better than life God gives us what we don't deserve and then he goes on to say how does it come out of him my lips shall praise you. Remember in that bunker down he's keeping his eye on God in the midst of this wilderness. He recognizes all the lacking outside of God but his eyes and his heart is focused and because they're focused on God and he's reminded of all the goodness of God in his life it pours forth his praise that's a natural response. So if you're not operating in sacrificial worship when God is and you're reflecting on all the power and glory of God as you've had encounters with him and he's worked in your life you're not going to have any grounds for praise. Praise is not something you can time or stimulate just because it's that right time of day. Praise comes forth when you start to reflect on the goodness of God and his grace that has been given to you. And praise can pour forth from his mercy as well. Any of his fulfilled promises in our lives which are a reflection of his grace and mercy. And so David goes on to say so will I bless you while I live and I will lift up my hands in your name. You see that lift up that surrender that surrender and it's the name it's the name of the kingdom. You know this is why God said Jesus's name has been elevated above all names because when we think about naming things as we do in the human realm we give them status and place and position. And he's saying just saying David's just staying in that sacrificial worship right here. So I will bless you while I live. He's not waiting until he dies. He's just going to continue to stay in the secret place. And that blesses brings the blessing to God because he's given his whole life as a living sacrifice. The holy and pleasing God and this is his living act of worship. And then we see he goes from there to the lifting of his hand which is a surrender. It's a sign an outward sign that the inner man is surrendered under the powerful name of God. I love David's sacrificial worship. It's just so amazing. He shows us the process. We've got to seek God. We've got to long for God from the heart, mind, body and soul. We've got to reflect on all the goodness of God and what God's already done in our life and how he's already operated in our life and poured forth from his grace. And in this doing as we're offering this life to him it is the blessing. So I will bless you while I live. And this is what the blessing is. Because obviously, you know, we think about in terms of blessing, you know, we can't give God anything. So all we can do is offer our lives as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to the Lord. And this is reflected in the lifting of his hand. And this is the outcome of it. And this is a beautiful. David is so poetic. But it's so brass tacked to the body of Christ. Verse 5 says, My whole being shall be satisfied. See, that contentment we have in the secret place of the Most High. You would think he would have enough place to be discontent, not satisfied, because he's in the wilderness. And there's no water. There's no satisfaction. There's no sustenance around him. But in the secret place there's satisfaction. He said, My whole being, that's the inner man, the outer man, that all of his whole life is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, which is symbolic of the opposite of what we just saw. With the wilderness being, let's say, weary, a dry and weary land where no water is. That's the world around him without God. The world with God is a place of contentment and satisfaction as if we were getting a fattened calf, as if we were getting the very marrow. Which is, if you think about the marrow, that's like when me and Naby make bone broth. After we cook a chicken or whatever it is, we'll leave the bones in there for a couple of days in the crock pot and get that marrow out of it, because it's superfood, really. It's so good for the human body, but it's just shown us, even in the secret place, we get the depth of the goodness as well as the abundance. So we have the depth and the abundance of God's goodness, and we're satisfied. And because of the goodness of God that fulfilled these promises in our life, he goes on to say, And my mouth shall praise you with joyfulness, because it's the joy of the Lord that is what stimulates the praise. Well, it's our response to the joy of the Lord. In verse 6, When I remember you upon my bed and meditate on you in the night, watch as this is not just some token thing we do at a certain time on a certain day of the week. He's shown the intimacy of it, even at night when it's time to rest and turn the consciousness off. That he brings to remembrance the goodness of God. Verse 7, And what is he bringing to remembrance? For you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice. You see, it's God's promise for protection, God's promise for provision, correction, correction, and all of these things. He had the help that he needed. And David's just reflecting on this. And then it pours forth this rejoicing and praise, of course. My whole being follows hard after you and clings closely to you. This is an important factor. Because we're following, we have taken up our cross and following Jesus, right? We're following the Lord. We've got to be committed. We have to be sold out that we're going to come after him. Of course, this is going to... We're still going to have mistakes and we're going to fall, we're going to go our own way. But we have to determine inside of ourselves that this is a determined following that we're going to do. And clinging closely to you. I love that. Clinging closely to you. We think about that lint dryer sheet, you know, that just sticks to the floor. So we're just going to cling to God. And when we do this, the right hand of God upholds us, it says in verse 8. My whole being follows hard after you and clings closely to you. Your right hand upholds me. What is it upholding him from? It's upholding him from the mistakes that he's going to make. It's upholding him from those times where he feels weak. And the times he is weak. And this is why I thought the symbolism here of the right hand is so beautiful as it relates to Christ, the actual Savior. Because really none of this does he have access to without salvation. Without access into the kingdom. Well, God gave him access into the kingdom and gave him the Holy Spirit so that he could write these oracles and live this life. To help show us the standing operating procedures. What a beautiful thing. And we're going to go a little more deeply into this right hand upholds me. Just to get some of the practical, because that's a very spiritual thing, you know. Because Jesus is in the heaven and the ground. So he's not actually reaching down with his actual hand and holding this up. Upholding this. And here's some of the things that can come against us in this place. That are out in the wilderness trying to do this. And it says, but those who seek and demand my life to ruin and destroy it shall themselves be destroyed and go into the lower parts of the earth, into the underworld of the dead. They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be afraid for foxes and jackals. Yeah, remember that, that scavenging kind of a thing going on there. They're going to follow their own device. And I love that. Wow, they shall be given over to the power of the sword. And we can get all excited about some military attack coming against them. But we know that the sword is the word of God. And it's the power of the word of God. This is why the right hand upholds us. Because the righteousness of Christ covers us and gives us the grace and mercy we need for every day. And there is no rock, nothing stronger than that rock. That is impenetrable, unmovable. That's why I thought it was such beautiful symbolism today as we were looking at this right hand aspect. And how it practically operates in the body of Christ. Well, we see what we have to be doing. We have to be in the secret place at the most time. It's super easy. I'm so grateful God gave us that in-depth on sacrificial worship. Because we can see it playing as day right here with David. And in sacrificial worship, we're focusing on the things that are pleasing to the Lord. And this reminds us of his goodness which pours forth his praise. And then our life is a blessing in the fact that his glory can now shine through. And those things that come against us, the word of God will put to sunder them. He'll put them, he'll let them fall by their own devices. So God's upholding us. And the attack is still coming. You see? We don't want to ever get it twisted. And thinking that because God upholds us with his right hand that no attack comes against us. That is just not the case. Because then where would he have a chance to operate? Where would we have to get the joy of the Lord? Where could we ever give him praise for all of what he's done in power and might in our lives? Where would the rejoicing come from? If he just took all the attacks away. Verse 11. But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him, that is, who binds himself by God's authority, acknowledging his supremacy and devoting himself to his glory and service alone, every such one shall glory. You see? That's sacrificial worship in a nutshell. We come under the powerful hand of God because he is the king of kings and lord of lords. He is the ultimate power. We have a reverent fear and awe of God as we operate in this place. And it's the working of God in our life. See, we're devoting ourselves to his glory. And how do we do that? We devote ourselves in service alone. So we serve God. And as he transforms us, we submit to God. And as he transforms us so we can serve him better, his glory shines through us. And for the mouth of those who speak lies shall we stop. And again, it's just a reminder that there's no whatever people are saying or doing around us, they're going to fall by their own device. We stay bunkered down in the secret place because that is the immovable, impenetrable rock. And God will uphold us with his right hand. And he does that through his grace and his mercy. We do the righteousness of Christ. This is why Christ's symbolism of being at the right hand of the Father was given to us. And we're going to see that as we go through the Acts reading today. It's just a brief reading here today in Acts. But I thought it was beautiful because it really shows us this in action. We see this in action. And we'll see how God doesn't take away the attack. He simply upholds them in the attack. And this is a view. Upholds them in sacrificial worship that they can be transformed and operate in service to God in this place in the kingdom. It's not just so we can be the frozen chosen. He's just upholding us to pull us away and isolate us and keep us from any of this stuff. He's upholding us so that his glory can come through and men can be transformed and drawn to him because he wants none to perish but all to come to repentance. It's a good news gospel after all, right? So we have Acts 5. We're going to jump to Acts 5. What a beautiful passage. Can I tell you what? The Psalms are so poetic. And yet the brass tacks, the doctrine that they contain is just amazing. So we have Acts 5 and we're just going to read 29 through 39. And it says, Then Peter and the apostles replied, We must obey God rather than men. See, they're having some conflict as the kingdom goes forth. They're obviously getting these attacks, right? And now Jesus is ascending at the right hand and he's given the Holy Spirit and all of this, the kingdom of God is in operation because the firstborn is already descended to the right hand. From that right hand comes that righteousness and grace and mercy and all of that. Well, we're going to see that here. I don't want to get ahead of the scripture. And it says, Then Peter and the apostles replied, We must obey God rather than men. This was at the accusation of the religious council, the Hebrew council that was coming against them and telling them not to be out witnessing for Jesus Christ. And so Peter is just giving them a blanket statement. We must obey God rather than men. What can man do to us? We know this. What can man do? Well, we must be in the secret place of Mosiah because it's outside of there. It's a wilderness and it's a dry land with no water. He goes on to say in verse 30, The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. So now he's getting to the brass tacks. I'm going to go close the door. I'm not sure who's in the parking lot, but they're all out. I think it may be mama and daddy came home or something. They've been gone for a few days, so they're excited to see them again. So let's just start from the top. We have Acts 5, 29. Then Peter and the apostles replied, We must obey God rather than men. The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree, the cross. They're just giving them all the gospel in a nutshell, from all of the scriptures and the prophecies that these guys knew and understood. They knew that the Messiah was coming. They were just looking for something different. It's interesting because you killed him by hanging him on a tree or a cross. You know it was considered a curse to be hung on a tree in the Hebrew culture. This is a really deep cut right here. Because they're really just letting them know all those prophecies, all those scriptures, and you went right along with it. Which, of course, we know that was God's intention. God set it up that way. You know what I mean? It's not like, oops, they accidentally killed Jesus. No, this was the plan before time began. But I like the fact that it's in this place of salvation. It's in this place because on the cross all victory came because all sin was killed. And that's a beautiful place of strength, you see. And it's not that Peter and the apostles were not going to make any more mistakes, because they were. We know they were. There are none perfect. No, not one. We know that. But Jesus was the only one. And I just love the way that they have sold out. Their heart is locked down on doing what God has told them to do. We must obey God rather than men. It's an obedience to the king of the kingdom that we operate in. The God of our forefathers, and he's bringing it back into an intimacy that they should be recognizing here. And that's what raised up Jesus. See, I love it because the whole gospel is right here. So we got Jesus raised up by the mighty will of God, which gives us the keys to the kingdom, right? Which is where Peter and the apostles are committing to stay. See, how do we know we're in the kingdom? We operate in a way that's pleasing to the Lord. We are in obedience to God. That's how we know we're operating in the kingdom. Not because we raised our hand one day. It's an obedience. God desires obedience rather than sacrifice. Verse 31, it says, God exalted him to his right hand to be prince and leader and savior and deliverer and preserver. Let's unpack this real quick. So God took Jesus, exalted him. You know, this is symbolism. We got to see the symbolism. God exalted Jesus. Put his name above every name. That puts him at the right hand, which is reflective of power, which is reflective of the risen son, which is reflective of the support and help. Well, let's see what it represents. The prince, okay, to be prince and leader. So that gives him the power, the authority and savior. That gives him the purpose, the deliverer. That gives him his ability to bring us grace and mercy in the process and makes him the preserver to keep us in the process. It's beautiful. It's all right there. Every title that is listed here for Jesus is exactly what we're talking about. This is the action at the right hand of God. It's not just a hammer. Yes, to those that come against God's children, it can be a hammer. And to us, it can be a hammer as well if he's bringing discipline, right? See, that's the prince. That's that sovereignty. That leader is the one who led the way, who leads us and shows us. The savior is the one who saves us and then delivers. And in that deliverance and salvation and leading and sovereignty, we find preservation. But why does he do it? And this is why I think it's so beautiful. In order to grant repentance to Israel. He wants none to perish. The gospel is good news. And to bestow forgiveness and release from sin. Repentance, forgiveness and release from sins. What is he talking about here? The right hand of God should be moving us into repentance because he wants to forgive us and release us from the sins. But it's an unrepentant heart God can't operate with. This is why David operated in the sacrificial worship. Because outside of this place, none of this action can happen. None of this can take place. God just doesn't hit us with the forgiveness stick no matter what we do. We have to have a repentance heart. God wants none to perish but all to come into repentance. It's critical. And we know Israel is the fulfilled promise. In order to grant repentance to the fulfilled promise. That is Jesus came out of the grave. Established the keys to the kingdom. So he can be sovereign, lead, save, deliver and preserve. In order that this is the purpose of God. That repentance will come. So that his forgiveness can release us from the power of sin and death. It's a beautiful thing. It's a beautiful thing. And it's a walk that we walk on earth. And it's an eternal we're talking about here. This kingdom is not a temporal kingdom. God's kingdom is eternal. And what we bound and loose and set up as treasures in the kingdom today. This is what we get eternally. These are eternally speaking things. But they operate in the temporal right now as well. So we have the sovereignty of God in the kingdom right now while we're alive. We have his leadership as he's shown us the way to go. We have the salvation that comes from God. And the deliverance that comes from God. And the preservation that comes from God. So that we can operate in repentance. As the fulfilled promise to bestow forgiveness and relief from sins. What a beautiful summary of the gospel. So we see what it's the gospel that's at the right hand of God. And we know Jesus is the good news. He is the gospel. This is the gospel. To give us sovereignty, leadership, salvation, deliverance, preservation, and forgiveness and relief from sins. This is what happens at the right hand of the father. This is why David is so determined to stay in the secret place. And they go on to say in verse 32, And we are witnesses to these things, and the Holy Spirit is also. See, so they just gave the truth. These were things they could go all throughout the Old Testament and get. But now we have to have the spirit and truth. Because those who worship God must worship him in spirit and in truth. We can't just do the truth. We can't just do the spirit. We have to do them both. And so verse 32 says, And, and, and. So we got the truth. And we are witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit is also. Whom God has bestowed on those who raised their hand that day. No. That's not what it says. That's not what it says. And we are witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit is also. Whom God has bestowed on those who obey him. And it's an amazing truth, because this is not something, See, Peter's not trying to work salvation in these people and convict them. He's giving place for the Holy Spirit right here to do what he does. All they, all Peter is is a witness. And the Holy Spirit is the convictor. Whom God has bestowed on those who obey him. You want the Holy Spirit not operating in your life? How obedient are you to the direction God gives you? And I don't mean how perfect are you. I mean how obedient are you? Because we wouldn't need any of this stuff up here, Saving, delivering, preserving, forgiveness and release from sins, And repentance, access to repentance, To come back to God, if we didn't ever need to do that. He wouldn't have went all through that effort in 31 to give us the gospel, Which includes salvation, deliverance, well, sovereignty, leadership, Salvation, deliverance, preservation, And grants us the right to repent. That's the fulfilled promise to receive forgiveness and release from sins when we do. If we would never need to do that. He wouldn't have went through all this effort. But see, that's the place where we're in sacrificial worship, Because we recognize our need for him. When we're in this place. We recognize our need for his grace and his mercy. It's not how good we are, it's how awesome he is. Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart. So I think the Holy Spirit just did some work right there. And so the Spirit was bringing conviction, But because they weren't operating in the Spirit and in truth, The Spirit was just bringing conviction through the truth, That it infuriated them and they wanted to kill the disciples. I mean, the disciples are doing what God has commanded them to do. They're being obedient to God. And these guys want to kill them? I mean, couldn't we have a Pollyanna doctrine that everybody just said, Yes, right, you're right, let's go. Let's go off to the island of Pollyanna Christian. But that's not what happened. They were obedient to God and what they did, but still the attack comes. But, here's how God works. See, because the Spirit had been working and reaching into this group of Sanhedrin, Sanhedrin, they call it. It was a council. Pharisees, Sadducees would have made up this council. Teachers. Kind of like the puppy ones back in... They are amazing. But a certain Pharisee. So these guys are... This council of these religious leaders who know the truth, But the Spirit only touches them enough to get them infuriated at what they're hearing because they're not obedient to it. But a certain Pharisee in the council, in the Sanhedrin, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law. You know, Pharisees were with the ideas we were learning the other day. I mean, Pharisees, they knew the law, baby. They knew the scriptures. They studied them. And this guy was highly esteemed by all the people. Standing up, ordered that the apostles be taken outside for a little while. Isn't this beautiful? Remember how Jesus sent the guy away? He had healed. Sent him out of the group. What happens when we... And remember when Peter was allowing the evil one, the adversary, to get him to try to encourage Jesus not to fulfill the destiny? Jesus turned and went the other way. His vision looked away from the adversary. And what is happening here is... This is a beautiful illustration. When the Pharisee Gamaliel sent out the apostles, the council now no longer could see the human that was causing the irritation. Now it was mano a mano with the Creator. And let's see what happens in this situation when God is fighting for us, when we're in this wilderness place. And they're being obedient to God and they're in this wilderness place. They're standing there and these guys are infuriated and wanting to kill them. That's pretty wilderness-y. And God, working in this Gamaliel, tells them to send the apostles outside. Now they can get their mind off of that fleshly attack and it can go mano a mano with God. And let's see what happens. Then he addressed them, the council, saying, Men of Israel, that's men of the fulfilled promise, take care in regard to what you propose to do concerning these men. So now he's going to get them to think. Isn't that how God always operates? He's going to let God set the table here. For before our time there arose Thaddeus, asserting himself to be a person of importance, with whom a number of men allied themselves about four hundred. But he was killed, and all who listened to and adhered to him were scattered and brought to nothing. He's bringing to recollection another situation where somebody had come up and falsely proclaimed to be this, that, or the other thing. And he said this. Remember what happened with them? When he died, it all went away. And he said after this one rose up Judas, the Galilean, who led an uprising during the time of the census and drew away a popular following after him, he also perished and all his adherents were scattered. Now he gives another example of when somebody falsely rose into this position of influence and when they died, everything went away. Now in the present case, let me say to you, stand off withdrawal from these men and let them alone. For if this doctrine or purpose or undertaking or movement is of human origin, it will fail and be overthrown and come to nothing. How interesting how when they get mono or mono with the creator, he lets them lean on their own pretense and their own strength of knowledge and what they've seen in the past and their pride in operating in this place wins the day for the kingdom. Because they fall to their own device, right? And we know, obviously, the kingdom of God is only growing and growing. You know, going into the Acts, thousands and thousands come into the body of Christ and the body of Christ continues to grow this day. Verse 38, Now in the present case, let me say to you, stand off withdrawal from these men and let them alone. For if this doctrine or purpose or undertaking or movement is of human origin, it will fail and be overthrown and come to nothing. But if it is of God, that's the ultimate will of the kingdom, the ultimate overriding authority and sovereignty. You will not be able to stop or overthrow or destroy them. You might even be found fighting against God. Oh, I love the way the spirit sets this table right there. So they have the reverent awe of God to the degree that they understand his power. They recount all of the deliverance from Egypt, all of the things God did throughout their history we see in the scriptures, right? So the same thing we read in the Old Testament scriptures, they read in the Old Testament scriptures. These mighty stories of God's deliverance and mighty hand of power working in his creation. And I love it the way they set this table. But if it is of God, you will not be able to stop or overthrow or destroy them. They were just wanting to kill him. And now this Gamaliel comes through and allows God to set the table. And what in the world can you say after this? You might even be found fighting against God. Wow. So not only can you not stop or overthrow, because the rock on which is impenetrable, which is unmovable, his high tower is higher and stronger than any tower. And then he said, even to go even deeper, you might even be found fighting against God. Oof. And the thought of that would have just turned their stomachs. It turns my stomach to think that I'm in a place where what I'm doing is coming against what God wants. And that should bring immediate repentance. But this is an amazing passage to show us how God upholds us with his right hand. See? And how did it start? Did it start with the hammer? No, it didn't start with the hammer. The message was a message of redemption and gospel. It was the good news gospel. And God allowed them in their own devices, their own pretension and pride, to come to this place. At the end of the day, it was like, wow, we'll even be fighting against God. And if it is of God, we won't be able to stop it, overthrow it, or destroy it. What an amazing passage. I just thought it was so beautiful. I see now the beauty in it and how it ties so much into Psalm 63. In this place where God's right hand upholds us. And that right hand represents a lot of things. It's the whole gospel. It's the sovereignty, the leadership, the salvation, the deliverance, the preservation, the access to the throne of grace and mercy where repentance can operate and the forgiveness and the release of sins. How beautiful. What a beautiful right hand of God. And a reminder that Psalm 63 truly is a treasure in Christ. And God is Jehovah Yamin Tamak. Our Lord God who upholds us with his right hand. Oh, heavenly Father, we're grateful for this truth today. We're so thankful today, Father God, that it's your mighty right hand that brings all of these wonderful blessings to us. At the end of the day, it's to increase our intimacy with you. So I pray for the body of Christ today that they will seek that right hand of yours, Father God. They'll seek that sovereignty and that leadership and that salvation. They'll seek that deliverance. They'll seek that preservation. And they'll come in repentance, Father God. They'll all come in repentance in those moments where we go off course. We'll come in repentance just so that we can stay in the secret place. So that from that, your glory can pour forth and bring the very conviction and set the very tables you need set today. So that your kingdom can grow. That others can come into the saving grace, Father God. Into that relationship with you as you're lifted up. As your glory comes through us and your honor and you're lifted up. That others will be drawn to you. So we thank you for this kingdom work that you're doing in us today, Father God. I pray it will be transformative as it goes forward. In Jesus' precious name. Amen. Amen.
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