Exuberant Faith – Psalm 27

I didn’t say it, GOD DID! Exuberant Faith helps us WAIT ON GOD! 

God said it, well at least it is said by God through the Living Word that our Lord IS, said through David’s heart, through David’s trials and troubles ,and then through song through Psalms writings, through renditions, through translations, through versioning, through WITNESS!

The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? …

The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? …

Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!

The version I like to read of the bible is the New King James – it gives me wording and authority of my youth but makes some of the hard words easier to read – not the “old” archaic words but readable for this modern audience. However the word EXUBERANT has shown up in this  translation which I did not find in NIV or KJV – but I will take it – EXUBERANT FAITH – that is what we need to pull us through…

Honestly, we are seeing so many people who struggle with health issues, financial issues, finding their place in life issues, family issues, you name it issues, we have to know that they have faith to some degree – we can not judge where and how much their faith comes from – we simply know where our faith comes from – and my faith comes from the Lord. 

We have to ask ourselves – do we know that God is a GREAT God? Do we know that God is BIGGER than all or any of our problems? Do we TRUST God enough to show us the way – even if it is only ONE DAY at a time? WILL WE WAIT ON THE LORD? Do we have EXUBERANT FAITH?

David, in Psalm 27, sang to wait on the Lord – David was in a tough spot – people after him – tough already for sure in having to hide out – tough we must think in the amenities that David did not have – tough in the “who do I trust” catagory too. War raging… TOUGH!

Perhaps our tough is David-level of tough – and perhaps it is not – perhaps it is personal war tough – perhaps it is emotional war tough – perhaps it is tiredness tough…  We must watch for the Lord – watch while waiting… Ask and look for the Lord’s Face.

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.” Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the Lord will take care of me.

And we need to believe – we must encourage too – our exuberant faith will fuel faith in others – as other’s exuberant faith fuels it in us. I just recently was helping at a church table at a local event – and my first interaction was with a young boy whom had done a vacation bible school this past summer which was the same theme that my t-shirt Rainforest Falls was. It was a great opening conversation and the faith of this little boy was SO STRONG that I saw it in his face – his firm amens and piercing seriousness of the bible message was so strong that I thought God Himself was looking at me – yeah – we teach so that we can be taught – I saw how God instills this faith into belief…  No question that we must BELIEVE – and it makes all the difference in the world!

I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.

So we continue on in our daily life – one day at time – one step at a time as needed. 

Teach me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a smooth path… I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.

And God DOES have a good track record – unbeatable really. God DOES and HAS sustained us this far – we must believe this and not lose heart – we must go back to that EXUBERANT FAITH – A FAITH WHICH ALLOWS US TO WAIT UPON THE LORD…

Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!

AMEN AMEN AMEN

THANK YOU LORD FOR STRENGTHENING ME – FOR STRENGTHENING DAVID – FOR STRENGTHENING ALL OF US.

EXUBERANT FAITH HAS A PLACE.

AMEN

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Psalm 27 NKJV

An Exuberant Declaration of Faith

A Psalm of David.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell. Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war may rise against me, In this I will be confident.

One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple. For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.

And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.” Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the Lord will take care of me.

Teach me Your way, O Lord, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies. Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence. I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.

Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!