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SO, WHAT SHOULD WE DO? ONLY ONE THING TO DO IF YOU HAVE PERFECT AND STRAIGHT DIRECTIONS FROM GOD TO THE TRUE AND ONLY GOAL OF LIFE!! FOLLOW THEM!
- internalize His Directions Psalm 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. (KJV)
- love His Directions Psalm 119:97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. (KJV), Psalm 119:113 SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. (KJV), Psalm 119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness. (KJV), Psalm 119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. (KJV)
- taste His Directions Psalm 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! (KJV)
- follow His Directions Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. (KJV) Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: (KJV)
- obey His Directions Matthew 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: (KJV), Luke 11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. (KJV); James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. (KJV)
- believe His Directions John 2:22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. (KJV)
- study His Directions John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. (KJV);
- search His Directions Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. (KJV)
- trust His Directions 1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. (KJV)
- protect His Directions 2 Corinthians 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. (KJV)
- know His Directions 2 Timothy 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (KJV)
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So how is it with you? The Word of God is designed to be our Divine instructor. As our Divine Teacher, we sit in His classroom as He asks us:
- Is my Word at work ADMONISHING YOU? Psalm 19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. (KJV); 1 Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition (nous = mind + tithemi = lay upon), upon whom the ends of the world are come. (KJV)
- Is my Word at work QUICKENING YOU? Psalm 119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction, For Your word has given me life. (NKJV)
- Is my Word at work COMFORTING YOU? Psalm 119:82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? (KJV)
- Is my Word at work REJOICING YOUR HEART? Psalm 119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. (KJV)
- Is my Word at work ILLUMINATING YOUR PATH? Psalm 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. (KJV)
- Is my Word at work SANCTIFYING YOUR LIFE? John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. (KJV)
- Is my Word at work PRODUCING FAITH IN YOU? John 20:31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. (KJV)
- Is my Word at work PRODUCING HOPE IN YOU? Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. (KJV)
- Is my Word at work CLEANING YOUR HEART? Ephesians 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, (KJV)
Is my Word at work PROMOTING SPIRITUAL GROWTH? 1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: (KJV) (Congo).
So how do we adopt Ezra’s strategy? Here are so elements to practice getting alone with God.
- START WITH HIM: Try to spend at least 12 minutes each day in reading God’s Word and seeking to find one truth to hold on to all day long.
- SPEAK WITH HIM: From that time alone with God, think through your entire day. Ask HIM what would be the best use of your life for this day.
- STOP WITH HIM: Try to also get in the habit of a weekly time of evaluation. Just a half hour reflecting on where you are, and where you are headed in life and ministry.
- STAY WITH HIM: Finally, try one time of strategic planning each month, to truly reflect on life for a couple of hours. Take a spiritual retreat. Sit with a pad of paper, your calendar, and an open Bible. List your priorities for the next month. Pray over them, change them, decide upon them and then do them.
Psalm 119 is a Psalm or song written by God to summarize the power and purpose of His Word. Longer than all but three of Paul’s epistles – we have a book within a book, by the Author of the Book about the Book of Books!
Psalm 119 is a call by the Lord to each of us – to unleash His Word into our lives today.
As we open to the 119th Psalm this morning, we open to the greatest commentary ever written on the Bible.
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These final three are not agreed upon by all Old Testament scholars but by various ones in their explanations of the Synonyms of God’s Word. |
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Ezra Psalm 119: Maintaining a Word Filled Life
Hannah I Samuel 2: Living a Word Filled Life
Psalm 119 Divisions
- Psalm 119: Desperate Seeking God’s Heart, The Psalmist’s Desire, The Psalmist’s Dilemma, The Psalmist’s Decision-29;
- Psalm 119: How Can I Ever Be Clean? Focus the Heart, Feed the Heart-51;
- Psalm 119: Getting the Most Out Of Life, Learning from the Word, Longing for the Word, Leaning on the Word-69;
- Psalm 119: Burned Out, Burdened Down, and Built Up, Burned Out, Burdened Down, Built Up-89;
- Psalm 119: Prayer That Grips God’s Heart, Teach Me, Enlighten Me, Direct Me, Incline Me, Focus Me, Promise Me, Protect Me, Quicken Me-107;
- Psalm 119: How To Be Confident Without Being Cocky, Conscientious Requests, Committed Resolutions, Confident Results-131;
- Psalm 119.49-56 Remember to Remember, Remember the Word, Remember the Past, Remember the Song, Remember the Name-151;
- Psalm 119:57-64 My Piece of the Pie, My Portion, My Pattern, My Praise, My Partners, My Perspective-171;
- Psalm 119:65-72 The School of Affliction, The Truth Upon Which The School Is Based, The Transcript Required for Admission, The test Given To All Students, The Target of the Curriculum, the Transformation of Value System-189;
- Psalm 119:73-80 How To Be Stable In A Shaky World, You Must Have Specific Purpose, You Must Pray, Specific Petitions-205;
- Psalm 119:81-88 Almost Consumed, But Not Quite, David’s Desperate Plight, David’s Divine Picture, David’s Definite Pattern-223;
- Psalm 119:89-96 God’s Absolute Word, A Settled Word, A Saving Word-241;
- Psalm 119:97-104 Loving God; Listening to God; Living God; What he loved, lived, got Living The Word Of God, What He Was, What He Got, What He Did, What He Fed On, What He Lived-259;
- Psalm 119:105-112 Driving through the Smoke of Life: Ezra’s Struggles; Ezra’s Obstacles; Ezra’s Hope; A Light In The Fog, Instrumentality of God’s Word, Integrity of David’s Word, Illumination of life’s Path, Investment in Eternity’s Heritage, Inclination of David’s Heart-275;
- Psalm 119:113-120 You are my Hiding Place The Real Hiding Place, David’s Focus, David’s Fortress, David’s Faith, David’s Fear-293;
- Psalm 119:121-128 In A Position to Appraise The Word of God, In A Position of Obedience, In A Position of Submission-309;
- Psalm 119:129-136 How to live and Extraordinary Life How the Common Man Becomes Uncommon, Principles for Practical Living, Patterns for Powerful Praying, Product of Prayerful Living-325;
- Psalm 119:137-144 Balancing Life’s Demands What Is Righteousness?, A Righteous Word, An Everlasting Word-343;
- Psalm 119:145-152 Paying the Price for Power with God- wholehearted prayers; unscheduled visits The Price of Power With God, Cry Unto God With Both Heart & Soul, Seek for God Both Morning & Evening, Trust In God Whether Weak Or Strong, Watch For God Whether Near Or Far, Believe God’s Word Forever & Ever-361;
- Psalm 119:153-160 How to Deal With Problems Too Big To Handle-379,
- Psalm 119:161-168 Power of the Attorney, Plea of the Accused, Principles of Justice-379;
- Psalm 119:169-176 Great Peace, Choose Great Spoil, Receive Great Peace, Give Great Testimony-395;
- Psalm 119: Putting It All Together, Petition, Praise, Practice, Perspective-411.
Finally, mediation free Ezra to just ask the Lord for each area he needs to live fruitfully for the Lord. Remember Ezra faced a worldly congregation, soaked in all the worldly ways of Babylon and Persia. What was his plan to bring about lasting change in those he served? He started with his own life. He learned to point his heart frequently toward doing God’s Will.
So how do we adopt Ezra’s strategy? Here are so elements to practice getting alone with God.
- START WITH HIM: Try to spend at least 12 minutes each day in reading God’s Word and seeking to find one truth to hold on to all day long.
- SPEAK WITH HIM: From that time alone with God, think through your entire day. Ask HIM what would be the best use of your life for this day.
- STOP WITH HIM: Try to also get in the habit of a weekly time of evaluation. Just a half hour reflecting on where you are, and where you are headed in life and ministry.
- STAY WITH HIM: Finally, try one time of strategic planning each month, to truly reflect on life for a couple of hours. Take a spiritual retreat. Sit with a pad of paper, your calendar, and an open Bible. List your priorities for the next month. Pray over them, change them, decide upon them and then do them!
Meditation meant Ezra “prepared” Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had prepared (to establish, set up, accomplish, make firm; to direct toward (moral sense); to arrange, order) his heart to seek (to resort to, frequent (a place); to consult, to investigate, to ask for, require; to practice, study, follow) the Law of he Lord, and to do (to observe, celebrate, to acquire) it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
The result? Psalm 119 is Ezra’s testimony and also probably the content of his teaching and preaching to the exiles that came home to seek the Lord in Jerusalem!
How did Ezra do this on a consistent basis? By meditation. Remember Meditation is a soul that thirsts and drinks of God in His Word; that longs for the waters of life and drinks them of God in His Word; that drinks from an ever present oasis in the arid, sun baked, lifeless deserts of life through finding and communing with God in His Word.
Seven times Ezra confesses his secret, it is called meditation (after finding God’s Word and eating it – then we digest or meditate upon it). Here is his pathway:
- PURIFYING MEDITATION PURIFIES OUR LIVES, look at v.9. Psalm 119:15 I will meditate on Your precepts, And contemplate Your ways.
- ILLUMINATING MEDITATION ENCOURAGES OUR HEART – look at v. 18. Psalm 119:23 Princes also sit and speak against me, But Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
- REFRESHING MEDITATION FOCUSES OUR LIFE – look at v. 25. Psalm 119:27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts; So shall I meditate on Your wonderful works.
- TESTIFYING MEDITATION DRAWS US TO God’s Word – look at v. 46. Psalm 119:48 My hands also I will lift up to Your commandments, Which I love, And I will meditate on Your statutes.
- REFINING MEDITATION HELPS US THROUGH TRIALS – look at v.75. Psalm 119:78 Let the proud be ashamed, For they treated me wrongfully with falsehood; But I will meditate on Your precepts.
- focusING MEDITATION EDUCATES US IN TRUTH – look at v. 101. Psalm 119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation.
- INTERCEDING MEDITATION CAPTIVATES OUR MIND – look at v.147. Psalm 119:148 My eyes are awake through the night watches, That I may meditate on Your word.
Finally, mediation free Ezra to just ask the Lord for each area he needs to live fruitfully for the Lord. Remember Ezra faced a worldly congregation, soaked in all the worldly ways of Babylon and Persia. What was his plan to bring about lasting change in those he served? He started with his own life. He learned to point his heart frequently toward doing God’s Will.
So how do we adopt Ezra’s strategy? Here are so elements to practice getting alone with God.
- START WITH HIM: Try to spend at least 12 minutes each day in reading God’s Word and seeking to find one truth to hold on to all day long.
- SPEAK WITH HIM: From that time alone with God, think through your entire day. Ask HIM what would be the best use of your life for this day.
- STOP WITH HIM: Try to also get in the habit of a weekly time of evaluation. Just a half hour reflecting on where you are, and where you are headed in life and ministry.
- STAY WITH HIM: Finally, try one time of strategic planning each month, to truly reflect on life for a couple of hours. Take a spiritual retreat. Sit with a pad of paper, your calendar, and an open Bible. List your priorities for the next month. Pray over them, change them, decide upon them and then do them!
Ezra in Psalm 119 list of resolves “I have . . .”
Meditation is a soul that thirsts and drinks of God in His Word; that longs for the waters of life and drinks them of God in His Word; that drinks from an ever present oasis in the arid, sun baked, lifeless deserts of life through finding and communing with God in His Word.
So how did they do it? How were those with so little, able to live such godly lives in such a barren, inhospitable wilderness world? How did they live through so much trouble, hardship and adversity?
We must learn to discipline every part of our lives. Our time is one of the first that needs our attention as one gifted writer puts it:
If the[6] Christian is too busy to stop, take spiritual inventory, and receive his assignments from God, he becomes a slave to the tyranny of the urgent. He may work day and night to achieve much that seems significant to himself and others, but he will not finish the work God has for him to do.
One habit sets each of these apart from the rest of the world. They each practiced the Simple Discipline of Meditation. How did they do it? Were there keys books, seminars, tapes, study guides…no, they just grasped a truth from God and wouldn’t let go of it.
Meditation meant Enoch “walked “ Genesis 5:22, 24 After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. Who do you think was following whom? Do you really think that this means that a big glowing cloud of Shekinah glory tailed Enoch? I don’t think so. Actually it means that God was invited into every part of Enoch’s life. All day long at every meeting, every stop, every call, every situation – The Lord Himself was a part of it all. Has the Lord been invited into every part of your life?
Meditation meant Noah “did” Genesis 6:22 Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did. What God had said — Noah remembered. What God had said — Noah kept thinking about. What God had said — Noah obediently did! Have you remembered, thought about, and acted upon THE LAST TRUTH YOU LEARNED when God spoke to you (through the voices of His apostles and prophets in God’s Word)? Were you listening to God or just reading?
Meditation meant Job “feared” Job 1:8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns (turns away; puts aside; departs from) evil?” Job knew what God wanted and did it. Job knew what God hated and avoided it. Job knew God was watching and acted like it. Have you found and done that from God’s Word
Meditation meant Abraham ‘built” Genesis 12:7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built (established; constructed) an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. Abraham marked out reminders of what God had revealed to him. Abraham wanted to remember what God said. He made special time consuming efforts to never forget what God has done, what God had promised, what God expected. Altars marked the big events of his walk with the Lord. Do you listen and mark clearly God’s plans for you. Are you remembering or forgetting?
Meditation meant Moses “sought” Exodus 33:13 Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.” Moses knew the Lord because he sought the Lord. God told him ‘you will seek and find Me when you seek with (what) ALL your heart’. And Moses did seek with all his heart to know the Lord. And Moses did find and know the Lord like no one else. God sits day after day ready to speak to you and me as long as we will listen. Just pick up the receiver, open the cover, turn your eyes onto the pages of God’s Word and hear His voice. Are you seeking Him with ALL your heart?
Meditation meant Joshua “stayed” Exodus 33:11 So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle. Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Joshua 24:15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua stayed on with the Lord. He loved to hang around the Tent of Meeting with God. He loved God’s Word to stay on his mind and in his mouth. And he purposed that no matter what any other family did, his was staying faithful to the Lord. Now that resolve only was possible because of the first two. Are you lingering in God’s presence as He opens His Word to you? Are God’s Words stuck to your heart, your mind, your mouth? That is what the Lord wants!
Meditation meant Ruth “clung” Ruth 1:16-17 But Ruth said: “Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God. 17 Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me.” Ruth was going to hang on for dear life. She found the truth. She met the God of Heaven. Everything else – family, friends, future – everything else peeled away. One thing stayed – the revelation of God. That was what she clung to, sought for, and wouldn’t give up – for anything. Is there any doubt why God made her the great –grandmother of the Man after God’s own heart David? I guess we can say as the New Testament says Jesus is the son of David. And if so then Jesus is the great-great grandson of Ruth. Just think what unbelievable things God will do with you if you decide today to cling to Him.
Meditation meant Hannah “immersed” – in prayer :1 Samuel 1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish; and in the Word (she quotes 6 Old Testament passages in one prayer quoting from Job 36; Exodus 15; Deuteronomy 4, 8, and 32 twice) 1 Samuel 2:1-10 And Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the Lord; My horn is exalted in the Lord. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.
- 2 “No one is holy like the Lord, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God. Exodus 15:11 “Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? Deuteronomy 4:35 To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; there is none other besides Him. Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.
- 6 “The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up. Deuteronomy 32:39 ‘Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.
- 7 The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. Deuteronomy 8:17 then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’
- 8 He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory. “For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, And He has set the world upon them. Job 36:7 He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But they are on the throne with kings, For He has seated them forever, And they are exalted. Job 38:4-6 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. 5 Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? 6 To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
- 9 He will guard the feet of His saints, But the wicked shall be silent in darkness. “For by strength no man shall prevail.
- 10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken in pieces; From heaven He will thunder against them. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give strength to His king, And exalt the horn of His anointed.”
Here is a woman in a difficult home situation, far from spiritual help, missing out on the greatest joys of life because she was childless – and she channels all that potential grief and self-pity into seeking God. Here is a woman with limited resources, limited time, limited exposure to God’s Word who immerses herself in God. She seeks for and gets 7 verses and meditates on them so long that they spill out into her prayers. And beyong that, the truth she discovers by her meditation is captured by the Spirit of God and recorded in God’s Word. And this woman who immersed herself in God in the Old Testament become the role model, hero, and mentor of the greatest woman of the Bible – Mary mother of Jesus. In Luke it is Mary who quotes Hannah who quotes her meditations upon God in prayer. Are you immersing yourself in God’s Word? Are they spilling from your life?
Meditation meant David “seeks longingly” Psalm 63:1-2 O God, You are my God; Early will I seek (to seek early or earnestly, look early or diligently for) You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs (to long for, faint, faint with longing; The word[7] seems to mean “has gone blind”, or “gone dark”. How vivid Hebrew poetry is! Then seek is a most revealing verb. Basically it means longing for the first light of the dawn. ) for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. 2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.
Meditation meant Elijah “listened” 1 Kings 19:12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.
Meditation meant Daniel “purposed” Daniel 1:8 But Daniel purposed (to put in place, set, appoint, make; to direct toward; to establish, determine, fix, to bring to pass) in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Often however we don’t hear the voice of the Lord in His Word because our lives are too full and too complex. One of the best ways to experience the discipline of meditation – and the immense rewards that it will bring to our lives, is to practice a spiritual fast.
In front of an open Bible. A modern spiritual Goliath was George Mueller. His life may be distilled down to these words he wrote in a diary:
It has[8] pleased the Lord to teach me a truth, the benefit of which I have not lost for more than 14 years. The point is this: I saw more clearly than ever that the first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day was, to have my soul happy in the Lord. The first thing to be concerned about was not how much I might serve the Lord, or how I might glorify the Lord; but how I might get my soul into a happy state, and how my inner man might be nourished…Before this time my practice had been, at least for ten years previously, as a habitual thing, to give myself to prayer in the morning. Now I saw that the most important thing I had to do was to give myself to the reading of the Word of God, and to the meditation on it, that thus my heart might be comforted, encouraged, warned, reproved and instructed; and that thus, by means of the Word of God, while meditating on it, my heart might be brought into experimental communion with the Lord.
Getting alone with God can be at any time: Don’t let your schedule hold you back. Jesus doesn’t teach us about the times of prayer – because we are to pray at all times. In the Bible, people got alone with God at all different times:
ü God asked those who were His personal representatives, the priests, to get alone with Him every evening and every morning 1 Chronicles 23:30 to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening;
ü Daniel — one of the busiest administrators of the Old Testament, was also a towering giants among the Old Testament saints. The key to his life from just a teenager? He was in the habit of getting alone with God three times a day. Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.
ü The Psalmist says we should get alone with our Great God today. Psalm 95:6, 8 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. 7 For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice: 8 “Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,
ü Jeremiah confesses he had learned to get alone with God in his youthJeremiah 3:4 Will you not from this time cry to Me, ‘My Father, You are the guide of my youth?
ü Moses said a good time to remember to get alone with God is after enjoying the bounties of a good meal Deuteronomy 8:10 When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you.
don’t let your troubles hold you back from getting alone with god. Jesus doesn’t teach us about the circumstances of solitude – because any circumstance will do as a place to get alone with God. In the Bible, people are seen getting alone with God in all kinds of circumstances:
ü When Jesus was so burdened that He was loudly crying He got alone with God in Gethsemane. Hebrews 5:7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,
ü When Job was so incapacitated that he had to resort to sitting in ashes, and shaving his head for painful sores, he learned even there he could get alone with God (Job 1:20-21; 2:8). Job 1:20-21 Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord.”