Ps 102 ‘Hear my Cry!’
Preached at Jubilee Church by
Prophetic
preaching builds peoples hopes up.
It is vital how we see things- a sunset or a sunrise?
Photography on the patio story…….
How do we see things?
Psalms are multifaceted in application. A
prayer of a man in a cerain situation that speaks for
all people .
Apply it prophetically to us today as individuals, a
church and the church in this land.
Ps 102
Do Not Hide
Your Face from Me
A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint
before the Lord.
Something pathetic but rather
understandable about this.
Victim mentality rife today. People DO
attack one another.
The church is run down and opposed- it always has
been.
My rights have been wronged, and I am in an
intolerable situation or God is working it all out for my good
Don't be surprised when things go wrong, and don't
let it drain you so you are weakened.
But we so often do, it is our false expectations of
everything being fine that makes us despair or complain. WE say “nothing bad
will happen to me” this just simply isn't true.
What do we believe God has promised us?
:He always keeps
his promises In this world you will have troubles.
If we could work on our expectations we would be less
likely to get to the point the psalmist is at .
It isn't destroying faith to be realistic about
things and still trust god But God is gracious to us, his answer to this
predicament is for us to cry out to him.
This prayer of a weary moaner is recorded as an example for us
102:1Hear my
prayer, O Lord;
let my cry come to you!
2 Do
not hide your face from me
in the day of my distress!
Incline your
ear to me;
answer me speedily in the day when I call!
The plea
-
a help me prayer CRYING to God- much easier sometimes to pray when
things going badly. We can get
complacent when things are going wrong- I went through a phase of this
recently, when all was going well with my life
But
all is NOT well with the
world and with others- if we cant feel the distress of others, if it doesn’t
disturb us that the church is not as it should be something is seriously wrong.
Come quickly lord- my favourite kind of prayer! ‘God
help, o God help, help O God….’
V3-11
The
predicament
-God feels distant- why? Can be when in trouble, although I believe he
is close to the suffering if they will have him.
Often when things are well. Has been the case for me.
But whether we are distressed or not we need God and
should cry out for him. Acually it is right to be distressed. World and church are in a state.
-needing to hear from God
-life rushing by
-strength and structure threatened
-discouraged.
Our hearts can fail us. Being with
some people will drain us. Others strengthen us.
- bread not just food but nourishment from others and
most imp the word. Do we substitute ashes for spiritual bread? Matthew
4.4. But he answered, “It is written,
“‘Man shall not live by breadalone, but by every word
that comes from the mouth of God.’”
We live in a time of famine of the word
-unable to rest
- full of sorrow
But he doesn't wallow instead he prays and gets a
clear vision of God
When we get to the end of ourselves we can begin Gods
resources
Revival in
BUT God
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The promise
He will do it
and soon
What promises are over your life?
Check them out with Tope/Stuart and go for it if they
confirm them
May take time, but at the right time it will come
quickly
V23- 28
The new
position of the pay-er weakened – not relying on his own strength
but leaning on a vision of the dependable God who keeps his promises