Psalm 86:11 Four Desires of King David

Greetings,

It is almost two o'clock here in sunny Southern California. For those of you who are living is the colder regions of the USA or around the world, my prayers go out to you. 

"Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. This verse is Psalm 86:11.

Verses 11 has four desires. First,"Teach me your way, LORD." Second,"That I rely on your faithfulness." Third, "Give me an undivided heart." Finally, "That I may fear your name." As we read each desire, we are able to gain insight into David's heart. David desires to be taught the LORD's way. How are we taught by the LORD? Through the Bible. 

Next, David desires to be able to rely on the LORD's faithfulness. I am not a child. I must rely on my LORD's faithfulness to accomplish what HE asks of me. I believe David is desiring the same faithfulness to complete his call from the LORD.

What does "an undivided heart" do? What this reminds me of is that I cannot love this world and love the LORD! We all must chose because we are not able to be worldly and godly at the same time!

"That I may fear your name." The word fear has different connotations attached to it. One connotation is reverence. Some synonyms for reverence are great respect, acclaim, or admiration.   
The opposite meaning for fear is to be afraid or danger or excessive worry. In this case, David is desiring to reverence the name of his LORD! 

Let us desire what King David desires from this day forward!

I am HIS,
David Walter Wiseman

LET US DESIRE THIS!

Psalm 86:8-10. Praise God!

A good afternoon to you!

As we continue through Psalm 86 today and tomorrow, I do want to write about the upcoming events in our christian faith; Good Friday and Easter. Thank you for reading my blogs! I hope and pray that what I share with you is blessing you.

Psalm 86: 8-10, David writes, "Among the gods there is none like you, Lord; no deeds can compare with yours. All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord; they will bring glory to your name. For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God." In these three verses, David is praising God!

In the last blog, we noticed how David cries out to God. David exhibited praise to God too. However, in these three verses, it is all about David praising his Lord! I want to know more about David and what he is experiencing in his life when he is writing to God. I am astonished how David's psalms touch my heart and spirit so deeply!

What I am learning and experiencing from the psalms of David is that when I have an intimate relationship with the Trinity, (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), I am free to cry out to them and free to praise them! I encourage you to follow David's example of his connection with the Trinity! Feel free to cry out and praise them and you will find your intimacy with the Trinity grow much deeper than any earthly relationship!  The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are able to handle all your cries and they love to hear you praise them! 

I am HIS,

David Walter Wiseman

SING PRAISE TO GOD!

Psalm 86, thank the LORD!

Good afternoon,

As we continue with Psalm 86, I recognize a pattern of David's writing. He cries out to the Lord, then praises the Lord. Verses 6-7 fall into the category of crying out to the Lord. David cries, "Hear my prayer, LORD; listen to my cry for mercy. When I am in distress, I call to you, because you answer me."

I have cried out to the LORD too many times to count over the last fifteen years. Actually, for most of my life I have cried out to the LORD! I would imagine that as long as I live in this world, I will cry out to Him. Do you cry out to the LORD?

David says that the LORD answers him. I believe the LORD answers our cries. Chris Tomlin has a song called, "Good, Good Father." The LORD is a good Father. He hears our cries and knows what we need when we are in distress.

I am so thankful for the LORD'S mercy. Without mercy, all of us would never know the LORD, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit! The Father's mercy led to Jesus coming to earth to save the world, (John 3:16).

If you do not know Jesus, then pray this simple prayer, "Jesus, I know I am a sinner. Please come into my heart now. I want to go to Heaven when I die. I want to change my life. I know that I cannot change my life without your help. Thank you Jesus for loving me! Amen!

Now, go tell a christian or go to a bible teaching church and tell the pastor! God Bless YOU!

I am His,
David Walter Wiseman

SO VERY TRUE!

Psalm 86:4-5. Joy, Forgiveness, and Love

Hi there! I hope and pray your day is going well.

For last three days, I have been sleeping more than usually. I know my immune system is not 100%. Maybe, I am fighting off a cold of flu.

In Psalm 86: 4-5, David requests, "Bring joy to your servant, Lord, for I put my trust in you. You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you."

I know that I do not ask the Lord to, "Bring joy" to me often enough. I realize that I am a servant of the Lord and need to trust him more everyday. What about you? Do you ask for joy? Do you trust in the Lord?

I admire the way David writes! In one line David asks the Lord and in the next, he is praising the Lord! Yes, praise the Lord that he is, "Forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call on you." I cannot imagine my life without the Lord! 

Let us remind ourselves of who we are each day! We are the sons and daughters of the One True King. If we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, then we are able to ask for joy, forgiveness, and love from our Heavenly Father! Amen!

I am HIS,
David Walter Wiseman

No matter how we feel, Jesus loves us!

Psalm 86. David's Prayer

Good afternoon wherever you may be, 

Today in Southern California it is cool and breezy with big clouds floating by!

I am still having pain in my knees. I tried acupuncture on them on Monday. OUCH😣! They still hurt today! Well, let us move on in this blog.

Recently, I have discovered Psalm 86. This psalm is a prayer of David. My next few blogs will focus on this psalm. David starts the psalm asking, "Hear me, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you.You are my 
God; have mercy on me, LORD, for I call to you all day long." These are verses one through three.

If you have been reading my blogs, then you know how much physical pain I have been through in the last ten years. If you are new to my blogs, then I welcome you! I am nine years cancer free! Praise the LORD! I have been through two divorces, cancer treatments, and the effects of playing high school and college football. Let us add in many years of coaching high school football. I know pain.

I love David's Psalms! Here he is, God's anointed one, pleading to the LORD to answer him and guard his life. Do you ever feel like this? In the last fifteen years I have felt like this! Do you call on Him throughout the day and night? I do! 

There is only One who knows you better than you know yourself. The LORD who created you! Why not call on Him? Give Him all your worries! Cry out to Him when you are in distress! 

I encourage you to start reading the Psalms! I know for me, David, whether he was a shepherd or a King, expresses his feelings to the LORD exactly how I feel!

I am HIS,
David Walter Wiseman

And let God's light help you too!

Forgiveness

Hello from sunny Southern California, 

I want to share another excerpt from my book, "Courage and Comfort." As I was scanning my book, I enquired of the Lord, "What do you want me to write in this blog?" The answer is from pages 37-38. 

I read a book called, "The Fourth Dimension" by Dr. Paul Yonggi Cho. Dr. Cho deals with four aspects of our lives the hinder God's power and the are hatred, fear, inferiority, and guilt. Hatred, Fear, Inferiority, and Guilt. If any of these emotions are ruling our lives, then God's power is hindered  and cannot flow from us. In each emotions, Dr. Cho tells a true story of people who were healed from illness when they let go of those negative emotions and blessed the people who caused those emotions to rule their lives and caused those illnesses.

The word that keeps popping up in my mind is forgiveness. Did you feel that word as you read Dr. Cho four aspects of our lives? There are people in my life, with or without knowing, have caused one or more of the four aspects in my life. I am sure that you could think of some people who have done or is doing one or more of the four aspects in your life.

Forgiveness is not a one time act. For me, forgiveness is a daily act of asking Jesus to help me forgive! I encourage you to forgive others, even if it from the past! We all carry the scars from the past. Do not let satan pick at those scars and remind you of your past! Instead, let Jesus heal those scars so that His power and blessings will flow through us to others!

I am HIS,
David Walter Wiseman

AMEN!

Are you able to...

Greetings,

Do you ever feel that you do not belong in your own family? I am the fourth of five children in my family. My Dad passed away four years ago. My Mom is still going strong at 83 years old. I am the only one who believes in Jesus!

King David knew this feeling as he wrote in Psalm 69:8. He wrote, "I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother's children."  I have felt like I did not belong in my family since I was eight years old. My siblings were acting in ways I knew were wrong. I could not understand why.

Jesus states in Matthew 19:29, "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters of father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life."   I now understand that anything on earth is not as important as my eternal life. No matter what I have to forsake on earth, my forever home with Jesus is more precious to me!

It is getting more difficult to be a Christ Follower in this world today. However, let us remember all that Jesus did to save us from our sinful life! He is my Savior and my Best Friend! I hope and pray that whatever Jesus asks of me, I will be obedient, even forsaking my family or friends! 

I am HIS,

David Walter Wiseman

Amen!