CGamer
Gnome Priest
I'll be posting any of the Bible Study notes I receive in this topic heading for those unable to attend.
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I. Introduction
Each day we make choices and decisions that will lead us down a particular path for something as short as a few minutes and some that may impact us for the rest of our lives. As we make our decisions we are all faced with one common decision each day. That decision is this; Will I serve God’s Will for my life today or Will I serve my own desires instead?
The automatic Christian response is Yes, I’ll abide by God’s will for my life, but the reality of it is though we often do not follow God’s Will. This is where we will pick up with our Scripture this morning and hopefully by the end of this message we can find Delight or Enjoyment in doing His Will. Let’s read…
II. Scripture
Psalms 40:1-8 says:
Psa 40:1 - 8 1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. 6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
III. Trouble And Sorrow
It’s easy to serve God when things are going good, our finances are good, the children are being good, the husband or wife is being loving and kind, and the job is going smoothly.
It would be easy to serve God in those conditions and do His Will or so it would seem.
Let’s Read Genesis 3:6-7 says:
Gen 3:6 - 7 6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Adam an Eve had everything, the best food, the best husband and wife, easy living and only one rule to follow but they couldn’t even do that. Sometimes we get impatient, edgy, we just don’t want to listen, if we would, we could save a lot of heartache.
Let’s see how our psalmist dealt with turmoil;
Psalms 40:1-4 says:
Psa 40:1 - 4 1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
What is the name of that song, He plants my feet on a solid rock all other ground is sinking sand.
David wrote “I waited patiently for the Lord, and He heard my cry.” David waited on God PATIENTLY, telling some of us to be patient would be the equivalent of telling some of us to grow wings and fly.
None of us will grow wings but we can all learn patience:
James 1:3 says:
James 1:3 3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
When our faith is tried it should work patience in us, if we’ll let it. When we let that patience develop God will bring us out of the miry clay and set us on a solid rock. That solid rock is none other then Jesus Christ Himself. When we trust God like that we can see the great and wonderful things God will do…
IV. Wonderful Works
We just finished reading in verse 4 that Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust. When we place our in God we can see what happens;
Psalms 40:5-6 says:
Psa 40:5 - 6 5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. 6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Then again let’s read Psalms 94:19 says:
Psa 94:19 19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
When we trust God with everything, He will bless us, and we can find comfort that delight’s our soul. God doesn’t want sacrifice or burnt offering, He wants our obedience and service to Him.
John 14:15 says:
John 14:15 15If ye love me, keep my commandments.
We say we love God, and we sing Oh How I Love Jesus but our actions show otherwise. I see it in my own life and my own actions, but Jesus said if we love Him we should keep His commandments, it goes on and says My command are not grievous, there not hard He says.
The great thing is we don’t keep His commandments on our own, in verse 16 of John 15 it says He will send the Holy Spirit, to empower, give us the strength we need to make the right choices and decisions so we can appreciate and enjoy those Wonderful Works. We’ve seen Trouble and Sorrow, but we found if we are patient, we can see His Wonderful Works. When we serve God as we should we can see and understand what it means, but what does it mean or how can we…
V. Delight In God’s Will
Psalms 40:8 says:
Psa 40:8 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
David said, I delight in Your will, O God.
To delight in God’s Will we must first have a personal relationship with God through His Son Jesus Christ, without that relationship it is impossible to please God.
Once we have that relationship we must and should serve God each day, in our personal life, our relationships, our jobs, every aspect of our lives, God must be first. When He’s first we have nothing to worry about, whether it be trouble and sorrow, or the wonderful works, we can take comfort and delight in knowing God is in control.
I want to close with these two verses.
Psalms 40:16-17 says:
Psa 40:16 - 17 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. 17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Do we rejoice daily in the salvation God has provided and magnify Him?
David said I am poor and needy, yet God looked upon me in mercy and love, and He will deliver us from harm. David was by no means financially poor or needy, but he knew the spiritual condition of himself compared to God, as being poor and needy.
If we would stop for a few minutes and just truly realize what God has done for us, We can truly Delight In Doing God’s Will.
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I. Introduction
Each day we make choices and decisions that will lead us down a particular path for something as short as a few minutes and some that may impact us for the rest of our lives. As we make our decisions we are all faced with one common decision each day. That decision is this; Will I serve God’s Will for my life today or Will I serve my own desires instead?
The automatic Christian response is Yes, I’ll abide by God’s will for my life, but the reality of it is though we often do not follow God’s Will. This is where we will pick up with our Scripture this morning and hopefully by the end of this message we can find Delight or Enjoyment in doing His Will. Let’s read…
II. Scripture
Psalms 40:1-8 says:
Psa 40:1 - 8 1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. 6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
III. Trouble And Sorrow
It’s easy to serve God when things are going good, our finances are good, the children are being good, the husband or wife is being loving and kind, and the job is going smoothly.
It would be easy to serve God in those conditions and do His Will or so it would seem.
Let’s Read Genesis 3:6-7 says:
Gen 3:6 - 7 6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Adam an Eve had everything, the best food, the best husband and wife, easy living and only one rule to follow but they couldn’t even do that. Sometimes we get impatient, edgy, we just don’t want to listen, if we would, we could save a lot of heartache.
Let’s see how our psalmist dealt with turmoil;
Psalms 40:1-4 says:
Psa 40:1 - 4 1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
What is the name of that song, He plants my feet on a solid rock all other ground is sinking sand.
David wrote “I waited patiently for the Lord, and He heard my cry.” David waited on God PATIENTLY, telling some of us to be patient would be the equivalent of telling some of us to grow wings and fly.
None of us will grow wings but we can all learn patience:
James 1:3 says:
James 1:3 3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
When our faith is tried it should work patience in us, if we’ll let it. When we let that patience develop God will bring us out of the miry clay and set us on a solid rock. That solid rock is none other then Jesus Christ Himself. When we trust God like that we can see the great and wonderful things God will do…
IV. Wonderful Works
We just finished reading in verse 4 that Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust. When we place our in God we can see what happens;
Psalms 40:5-6 says:
Psa 40:5 - 6 5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. 6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Then again let’s read Psalms 94:19 says:
Psa 94:19 19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
When we trust God with everything, He will bless us, and we can find comfort that delight’s our soul. God doesn’t want sacrifice or burnt offering, He wants our obedience and service to Him.
John 14:15 says:
John 14:15 15If ye love me, keep my commandments.
We say we love God, and we sing Oh How I Love Jesus but our actions show otherwise. I see it in my own life and my own actions, but Jesus said if we love Him we should keep His commandments, it goes on and says My command are not grievous, there not hard He says.
The great thing is we don’t keep His commandments on our own, in verse 16 of John 15 it says He will send the Holy Spirit, to empower, give us the strength we need to make the right choices and decisions so we can appreciate and enjoy those Wonderful Works. We’ve seen Trouble and Sorrow, but we found if we are patient, we can see His Wonderful Works. When we serve God as we should we can see and understand what it means, but what does it mean or how can we…
V. Delight In God’s Will
Psalms 40:8 says:
Psa 40:8 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
David said, I delight in Your will, O God.
To delight in God’s Will we must first have a personal relationship with God through His Son Jesus Christ, without that relationship it is impossible to please God.
Once we have that relationship we must and should serve God each day, in our personal life, our relationships, our jobs, every aspect of our lives, God must be first. When He’s first we have nothing to worry about, whether it be trouble and sorrow, or the wonderful works, we can take comfort and delight in knowing God is in control.
I want to close with these two verses.
Psalms 40:16-17 says:
Psa 40:16 - 17 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. 17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Do we rejoice daily in the salvation God has provided and magnify Him?
David said I am poor and needy, yet God looked upon me in mercy and love, and He will deliver us from harm. David was by no means financially poor or needy, but he knew the spiritual condition of himself compared to God, as being poor and needy.
If we would stop for a few minutes and just truly realize what God has done for us, We can truly Delight In Doing God’s Will.