Shalom,
The introduction to Psalm 70 says this:
To the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David, to bring to remembrance or make memorial.
"To bring to remembrance" is the Hebrew word, "zakar", which means: to mark so as to be recognized, to remember, to recall, to bring to mind, to cause to remember, to make a memorial. This is a reminder! If we are being reminded of something, we had to have heard it before! We have! Psalm 40:13-17 is almost identical to this Psalm! If we are supposed to remember it, then it is doubly important! The psalmist is showing us by example to call out to God when we need deliverance! Verse 1 says to "make haste". We know that this means to "hurry up"! Then verse 2 says:
2Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek and demand my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion and dishonor who desire and delight in my hurt.
"Let them be ashamed" is the Hebrew word, "buwsh", which means: to be put to shame, but it also means: to be disappointed, to be disconcerted (embarrassed, upset, frustrated and confused). The prayer here is that the enemy be unable to succeed in his plan to hurt us! I like that prayer! Verse 3 continues the petition. Then verse 4 tells us OUR part:
4May all those who seek, inquire of and for You, and require You [as their vital need] rejoice and be glad in You; and may those who love Your salvation say continually, Let God be magnified!
Are YOU saying CONTINUALLY "Let God be magnified? If not, why not? This is the example we have been given for stopping the attack and turning it back on the enemy! It will NOT happen if we do not do our part! What's holding you back? Whatever it may be, it is NOT worth it! Amen! I believe that Nike stole "JUST DO IT!" from God! Now that's an order! AMEN!
Hebrews 4:12 (KJV):
12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than anytwoedgedsword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
"Quick" is the Hebrew word, "zao", which means: to live, alive, having vital power in itself and exerting the same upon the soul. This is the Word of God that we're speaking about now! It is also "powerful", the Hebrew word, "energees, which means: active, operative, effectual, powerful, to work. The Amplified Bible gives a little more accurate look at this verse:
12For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.
Now THAT is some powerful Word right there! Remember that "man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word" (Luke 4:4 & Matt. 4:4):
Isaiah 53:4-5 are two of the most vital Scriptures you can ever get inside of you!
3He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrows and pains, and acquainted with grief and sickness; and like One from Whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or have any esteem for Him. 4Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy].
THIS is what Jesus has done for you! Study it, know it, receive it, believe it Then SHARE IT! AMEN!
Shalom in Him!
