Blessing in a Time of Wrath

I lovse getting to share what the LORD shares with me that is instructional, especially when it is encouraging!  In my quiet time yesterday, the LORD spoke to my heart, and as I thought about these things, I was thinking of being a blessing to Israel (Gen. 12:3):

A Psalm of David.  The Yhwh is my shepherd, there is nothing I lack" (HCSB).

The widow gave all she had to live on, in faith, not knowing how she was going to go forward, or be provided for, but she sought first the kingdom of God, and God promises that "all these things will be added to you as well (Mt. 6:33)

"You prepare a table before me, in the presence of my enemies."  You anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows!"

"Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life."  (Ps. 23:5,6)

"The earth, and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the Yhwh, for H laid the foundations on the seas and established it on the rivers."  (Ps. 24:1,2)

*So based on yesterdays' (9-2-13) word and prayer, the Yhwh is the Good Shepherd, and He is faithful to care for us and supply our lack!  But like the widow, we are called to give our ALL to the kingdom of God, and then He will give us all these things as well (Mt. 6:33), for everything on earth belongs to the Father (Ps. 24:1)!

Zabur 22

For the Muslim, the Zabur represent the Psalms of the Hebrew Old Testament.  The Psalms are beautiful songs that were composed in praise of God, the King.  The Psalms are very poetic and majestic in nature, and they also reveal much about God's plans in working out of redemption (salvation).


1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?

Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning .

2 O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer;

And by night, but I have no rest.

3 Yet You are holy,

O You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel.

4 In You our fathers trusted;

They trusted and You delivered them.

5 To You they cried out and were delivered;

In You they trusted and were not disappointed .



6 But I am a worm and not a man,

A reproach of men and despised by the people.

7 All who see me sneer at me;

They separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying,

8 "Commit yourself to the LORD; let Him deliver him;

Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him."



9 Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb;

You made me trust when upon my mother's breasts.

10 Upon You I was cast from birth ;

You have been my God from my mother's womb.



11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near;

For there is none to help.

12 Many bulls have surrounded me;

Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

13 They open wide their mouth at me,

As a ravening and a roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water,

And all my bones are out of joint;

My heart is like wax;

It is melted within me .

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,

And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;

And You lay me in the dust of death.

16 For dogs have surrounded me;

A band of evildoers has encompassed me;

They pierced my hands and my feet.

17 I can count all my bones.

They look, they stare at me;

18 They divide my garments among them,

And for my clothing they cast lots.



19 But You, O LORD, be not far off;

O You my help, hasten to my assistance.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword,

My only life from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the lion's mouth;

From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.



22 I will tell of Your name to my brethren;

In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

23 You who fear the LORD, praise Him;

All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,

And stand in awe of Him, all you descendants of Israel.

24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;

Nor has He hidden His face from him;

But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.



25 From You comes my praise in the great assembly;

I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.

26 The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;

Those who seek Him will praise the LORD.

Let your heart live forever!

27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD,

And all the families of the nations will worship before You .

28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S

And He rules over the nations.

29 All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,

All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him,

Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

30 Posterity will serve Him;

It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.

31 They will come and will declare His righteousness

To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.

Psalms 22:1-31 (NASB95)

What does the Zabur say of Zionists?

What the Zabur says of Zionists

Islam, like many other religions, claim to stem from the Bible, and from the faith of Abraham, to claim their legitimacy. Islam, much like Mormonism, claims that the Bible has been corrupted by Christians and Jews, but it does regard as holy three parts of the Bible, the Torat (Torah ~first five books), the Zabur (Psalms), and the Injil (Gospel ~ though Islam denies the very tenets of the Gospel).

This morning in my devotion time, I was reading in the Psalms, and struck by the beautiful poetry used to describe the place which Yhwh chose for His name to dwell, where king Solomon built a great and beautiful temple to worship this King of heaven and earth. But its funny, today reading the headlines of our current day media, they vilify the place and the people of the Lord’s choosing! Should that be a surprise?

Muslims vilify all those who love Jerusalem, Israel and the Jews, and support them as God’s chosen people, and wish their success, happiness and fulfillment (shalom), as Zioinists. Since the Qur’an “originates” from the Bible, if indeed it does… let’s see what the Bible, in particular, the Zabur, says about those Zionists.

A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song.

1 His foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion
More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of you,
O city of God. Selah . 4 "I shall mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me;
Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia :
'This one was born there.' " 5 But of Zion it shall be said, "This one and that one were born in her";
And the Most High Himself will establish her. 6 The LORD will count when He registers the peoples,
"This one was born there." Selah. 7 Then those who sing as well as those who play the flutes shall say,
"All my springs of joy are in you."
Psalms 87:1-7 (NASB95)

5 How blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
In whose heart are the highways to Zion! 6 Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring ;
The early rain also covers it with blessings. 7 They go from strength to strength,
Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
Psalms 84:5-7 (NASB95)

It seems the Zabur portrays Zion and those who love the place of God’s “holy habitation,” in a positive light. How then are those who love the Lord and the place of His choosing cast in a negative light, unless the religion is not truly of the God of Abraham. 
So according to God's word, being a Zionist (a lover of Zion, and one who desires good for the people of Israel), is a good, desireable, and godly trait!