We started our study of the Hebrew letter Hey this week; which means Behold. Each day, the Lord reveals His awesomeness and glory through the things around us. He has revealed answers to questions we have had and even revealed a part of His plan for our lives each day at a time. What has the Lord revealed to you today?
-Raquel
Hebrew Word Pictures
by Dr. Frank T. Seekins
The letter Hey is used in the Hebrew words for: The, Feminine, Shout of Joy, Tabernacle, Behold.
Psalm 119:33-40
Teach me, O LORD,
the way of Thy statutes,
and I shall observe it to the end.
Give me understanding, that I may observe
Thy law, and keep it with all my heart.
Make me walk in the path of Thy
commandments, for I delight in it.
Incline my heart to Thy testimonies,
and not to dishonest gain.
Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity,
and revive me in Thy ways.
Establish Thy word to Thy servant,
as that which produces reverence for Thee.
Turn away my reproach which I dread,
for Thine ordinances are good.
Behold I long for Thy precepts;
revive me through Thy righteousness.
Each of the verses in the fifth stanza of Psalm 119 starts with the letter Hey. The letter Hey means behold. The concept of behold, is that you are shown something that is distinct and clear, what you behold may even answer your question. These eight verses tell how God's teaching can give us understanding of His statutes. When His word is established in our lives, we revere Him.
Seek Your Scars
by Olga Savitsky
I rest in You: my All in All.
I seek Your scars.
I seek Your scars.
I seek Your scars.
I gaze into Your wounded side;
Source and flow of the blood-bought bride.
I seek Your scars.
I seek Your scars.
I gaze upon Your nail-scarred feet;
Gracing me forever to walk free
from failure and defeat.
I seek Your scars.
I seek Your scars.
Gazing upon Your nail-scarred hands;
Giving me blood-bought power to be free in
myself,
In my family line
And for the people of many lands.
Prince of Peace who bears the scars
of the crown of thorns.
You were crowned
with thorns and blood
That I might be crowned
with the Helmet of Salvation.
I stare deep at Your temple when
The punishment of my peace was upon You.
You paid the price.
You were the perfect sacrifice.
I bless and glorify Your Holy Name.
I gaze into Your heavily scarred
and deeply marred back
I am aghast
I have never seen the intensity of mutilation
Done to the loving one, deep inner wounds
No mere paper cuts--no mercy for Your back
That I might have multiplied mercy
millionfold mercy
And no lack.
I thank You again and stare in awe
of Your will and ways.
I stand in awe of Your resolute commitment
To me and for me.
Your blood spilled--
How can I say no to You?
My All in All--You gave Your All in All.
You ask for all my heart--
All my will and all my emotions.
I surrender to Your scars.
I surrender to Your scars.
I surrender to Your surrender.
Lord, I surrender to the healing You paid for.
Lord, I surrender to the peace You paid for.
Lord, I surrender to the beauty of Your
surrender.
I surrender to Your surrender.
Lord, I choose healing.
I choose by Your beatings, I am healed.
I am healed. I am healed.
I choose to seek Your scars.
The wonder of the price You paid.
You are mine, I am Yours.
Make my ways Your in-Your-face ways.
Make my ways Your seek-Your-scars ways.
I seek Your scars.
I seek Your scars.
I seek Your scars.
I praise You, for one day
You will wipe away every tear,
Yet choose not to wipe away
Your every Holy Scar.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
The Door (Part 2)
In the Dalet stanza, verse 30 reminds us that in order for us to walk the way of truth in our lives, we must first choose to walk that path. Walking that path won't always be easy, but the greatest thing about the way of truth is that we will never be lost. In Christ Jesus, we are found and never will be seperated from the Father. He is the way, the truth, and the life!
-Raquel
The Utterances of the 119 Psalm
by John Stephen
Psalm 119:25-32
25 My soul clings to the dust;
Revive me according to Your word.
26 I have declared my ways, and You answered me;
Teach me Your statutes.
27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts;
So shall I meditate on Your wonderful works.
28 My soul melts from heaviness;
Strengthen me according to Your word.
29 Remove from me the way of lying,
And grant me Your law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of truth;
Your judgments I have laid before me.
31 I cling to Your testimonies;
O LORD, do not put me to shame!
32 I will run the course of Your commandments,
For You shall enlarge my heart.
I have chosen the way of truth. Here you have the working of a gracious soul. This is more than sitting and hearing the word -- having no objection to what you hear. Such hearing is all that can be affirmed of the generality of gospel hearers, except we add, that none are more ready to be caught by false and easy ways of salvation, for they assent to all they hear. The man of God strikes a higher and more spiritual note -- he goes into the choice of the thing; he chooses the way of truth; and he cannot but choose it; it is the bent of his renewed nature, the effect indeed of all he has been pleading. How act we? The way of truth is all that God has revealed concerning his Son Jesus. The willing heart chooses this way, and all of it; the bitterness of it, the self denial of it, as well as the comfort of it; a Saviour from sin as well as a Saviour from hell; a Saviour whose Spirit can lead from prayerlessness to godliness, from idleness upon the Sabbath day to a holy keeping of that day, from self seeking to the seeking of Christ, from slack, inconsistent conduct to a careful observance of all the Lord's will. Where God's people meet, there such will delight to be. O for such to abound among us!
-Raquel
The Utterances of the 119 Psalm
by John Stephen
Psalm 119:25-32
25 My soul clings to the dust;
Revive me according to Your word.
26 I have declared my ways, and You answered me;
Teach me Your statutes.
27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts;
So shall I meditate on Your wonderful works.
28 My soul melts from heaviness;
Strengthen me according to Your word.
29 Remove from me the way of lying,
And grant me Your law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of truth;
Your judgments I have laid before me.
31 I cling to Your testimonies;
O LORD, do not put me to shame!
32 I will run the course of Your commandments,
For You shall enlarge my heart.
I have chosen the way of truth. Here you have the working of a gracious soul. This is more than sitting and hearing the word -- having no objection to what you hear. Such hearing is all that can be affirmed of the generality of gospel hearers, except we add, that none are more ready to be caught by false and easy ways of salvation, for they assent to all they hear. The man of God strikes a higher and more spiritual note -- he goes into the choice of the thing; he chooses the way of truth; and he cannot but choose it; it is the bent of his renewed nature, the effect indeed of all he has been pleading. How act we? The way of truth is all that God has revealed concerning his Son Jesus. The willing heart chooses this way, and all of it; the bitterness of it, the self denial of it, as well as the comfort of it; a Saviour from sin as well as a Saviour from hell; a Saviour whose Spirit can lead from prayerlessness to godliness, from idleness upon the Sabbath day to a holy keeping of that day, from self seeking to the seeking of Christ, from slack, inconsistent conduct to a careful observance of all the Lord's will. Where God's people meet, there such will delight to be. O for such to abound among us!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
The Door
We started our study of the Hebrew letter Dalet this week; which means The Door. Life has so many doors to open. Which path are we taking? Which door are we opening? Which way are we choosing?
-Raquel
Hebrew Word Pictures
by Dr. Frank T. Seekins
The letter Dalet is used in the Hebrew words for: Judge, Knowledge, To Weep, Religion, Way/Path.
Psalm 119:25-32
My soul cleaves to the dust;
Revive me according to Your word.
I have declared of my ways,
and You answered me;
Teach me Your statutes.
Make me understand
the way of Your precepts,
So shall I meditate on Your wonderful works.
My soul melts from heaviness;
Strengthen me according to Your word.
Remove from me the way of lying,
And grant me Your law graciously.
I have chosen the way of truth;
Your judgements I have laid before me.
I cling to Your testimonies;
O LORD, do not put me to shame!
I will run the course of Your commandments,
For You shall enlarge my heart.
Each of the verses in the fourth stanza of Psalm 119 starts with the letter Dalet. Because the letter Dalet means the door, these eight verses tell us that we must choose between the way of lying and the way of truth. God's way may seem beyond our capabilities, but God can even change the size of our heart.
God of The Will and To Do
by Olga Savitsky
For it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure. -Phil. 2:13
God of the will and to do...
God of the will and to do...of Your good pleasure
I am an earthen vessel, filled with Your liquid
gold treasure
Come to ask, what is Your will?...what are You
doing?
What is Your expectation?
God Who is sovereign beyond measure.
What is Your will?...what are You doing?
Majestic Messiah...I see more clearly
When You fill my eyes with our tears.
Truly, Lord...I am tired of crying my own tears.
Flood me with our heartstream that cares and
hears.
Your continuous compassion...washes away my
false passion...
And continues to heal my mind, my will, and my
emotions...
Which are so full of all kinds of commotions...and
efforts...
Of, "Oh look at me," devotions.
I feel I have been going upstream...
Help me enter Your heartstream...
what are You praying for?
Help me enter Your bloodstream...
what are You cleansing now?
Help me enter Your airstream...
who are You bringing closer?
You have put Your treasure in earthen vessels...
I put this salt tear treasure by grace
into Your heavenly vessels.
Oh, Jesus, You Who store my tears, I see You
more clearly...
When You fill my eyes with Your tears...
As I ask for Your will...for Your to do.
God of the will and to do...what are You doing,
Father?
...what are You doing, Lord?
What, where...what, where...Are You leading me,
Spirit?
God Who will one day wipe away every tear...
for now fill my eyes with Your tears.
-Raquel
Hebrew Word Pictures
by Dr. Frank T. Seekins
The letter Dalet is used in the Hebrew words for: Judge, Knowledge, To Weep, Religion, Way/Path.
Psalm 119:25-32
My soul cleaves to the dust;
Revive me according to Your word.
I have declared of my ways,
and You answered me;
Teach me Your statutes.
Make me understand
the way of Your precepts,
So shall I meditate on Your wonderful works.
My soul melts from heaviness;
Strengthen me according to Your word.
Remove from me the way of lying,
And grant me Your law graciously.
I have chosen the way of truth;
Your judgements I have laid before me.
I cling to Your testimonies;
O LORD, do not put me to shame!
I will run the course of Your commandments,
For You shall enlarge my heart.
Each of the verses in the fourth stanza of Psalm 119 starts with the letter Dalet. Because the letter Dalet means the door, these eight verses tell us that we must choose between the way of lying and the way of truth. God's way may seem beyond our capabilities, but God can even change the size of our heart.
God of The Will and To Do
by Olga Savitsky
For it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure. -Phil. 2:13
God of the will and to do...
God of the will and to do...of Your good pleasure
I am an earthen vessel, filled with Your liquid
gold treasure
Come to ask, what is Your will?...what are You
doing?
What is Your expectation?
God Who is sovereign beyond measure.
What is Your will?...what are You doing?
Majestic Messiah...I see more clearly
When You fill my eyes with our tears.
Truly, Lord...I am tired of crying my own tears.
Flood me with our heartstream that cares and
hears.
Your continuous compassion...washes away my
false passion...
And continues to heal my mind, my will, and my
emotions...
Which are so full of all kinds of commotions...and
efforts...
Of, "Oh look at me," devotions.
I feel I have been going upstream...
Help me enter Your heartstream...
what are You praying for?
Help me enter Your bloodstream...
what are You cleansing now?
Help me enter Your airstream...
who are You bringing closer?
You have put Your treasure in earthen vessels...
I put this salt tear treasure by grace
into Your heavenly vessels.
Oh, Jesus, You Who store my tears, I see You
more clearly...
When You fill my eyes with Your tears...
As I ask for Your will...for Your to do.
God of the will and to do...what are You doing,
Father?
...what are You doing, Lord?
What, where...what, where...Are You leading me,
Spirit?
God Who will one day wipe away every tear...
for now fill my eyes with Your tears.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
The Camel (Part 2)
In the Gimel stanza, verse 18 reminds us just how much we need the Lord to open our eyes so we may see. What hinders our eyes from the beauty of God's order is our rising pride that we are able to see without His help. We must daily remind ourselves that we were born blind people and will continue without the Lord's revelation in our hearts.
-Raquel
The Golden Alphabet
Exposition of Psalm 119:17-24
by Charles Spurgeon
Psalm 119:17-24
Deal bountifully with thy servant,
that I may live, and keep thy word.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of thy law.
I am a stranger in the earth:
hide not thy commandments from me.
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath
unto thy judgements at all times.
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed,
which do err from thy commandments.
Remove from me reproach and contempt;
for I have kept thy testimonies.
Princes also did sit and speak against me:
but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
Thy testimonies also are my delight
and my counselors.
18. “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.”
“Open thou mine eyes.” This is a part of the bountiful dealing which he
has asked for; no bounty is greater than that which benefits our person, our
soul, our mind, and benefits it in so important an organ as the eye. It is far
better to have the eyes opened than to be placed in the midst of the noblest
prospects and remain blind to their beauty. “That I may behold wondrous
things out of thy law.” Some men can perceive no wonders in the gospel,
but David felt sure that there were glorious things in the law: he had not
half the Bible, but he prized it more than some men prize the whole. He
felt that God had laid up great beauties and bounties in his word, and he
begs for power to perceive, appreciate, and enjoy the same. We need not
so much that God should give us more benefits, as the ability to see what
he has given.
The prayer implies a conscious darkness, a dimness of spiritual vision, a
powerlessness to remove that defect, and a full assurance that God can
remove it. It shows also that the writer knew that there were vast treasures
in the word which he had not yet fully seen, marvels which he had not yet
beheld, mysteries which he had scarcely believed. The Scriptures teem with
marvels; the Bible is wonder-land; it not only relates miracles, but it is itself
a world of wonders. Yet what are these to closed eyes? And what man can
open his own eyes, since he is born blind? God himself must reveal
revelation to each heart. Scripture needs opening, but not one half so much
as our eyes do; the veil is not on the book, but on our hearts. What perfect
precepts, what precious promises, what priceless privileges are neglected
by us, because we wander among them like blind men among the beauties
of nature, and they are to us as a landscape shrouded in darkness!
The Psalmist had a measure of spiritual perception, or he would never have
known that there were wondrous things to be seen, nor would he have
prayed, “Open thou mine eyes”; but what he had seen made him long for
a clearer and wider sight. This longing proved the genuineness of what he
possessed, for it is a test mark of the true knowledge of God that it causes
its possessor to thirst for deeper knowledge.
David’s prayer in this verse is a good sequel to verse 10, which
corresponds to it in position in its octave: there he said, “O let me not
wander”; and who so apt to wander as a blind man? and there, too, he
declared, “With my whole heart have I sought thee”; and hence the desire
to see the object of his search. Very singular are the interlacings of the
toughs of the huge tree of this psalm, which has many wonders even within
itself if we have opened eyes to mark them.
-Raquel
The Golden Alphabet
Exposition of Psalm 119:17-24
by Charles Spurgeon
Psalm 119:17-24
Deal bountifully with thy servant,
that I may live, and keep thy word.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of thy law.
I am a stranger in the earth:
hide not thy commandments from me.
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath
unto thy judgements at all times.
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed,
which do err from thy commandments.
Remove from me reproach and contempt;
for I have kept thy testimonies.
Princes also did sit and speak against me:
but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
Thy testimonies also are my delight
and my counselors.
18. “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.”
“Open thou mine eyes.” This is a part of the bountiful dealing which he
has asked for; no bounty is greater than that which benefits our person, our
soul, our mind, and benefits it in so important an organ as the eye. It is far
better to have the eyes opened than to be placed in the midst of the noblest
prospects and remain blind to their beauty. “That I may behold wondrous
things out of thy law.” Some men can perceive no wonders in the gospel,
but David felt sure that there were glorious things in the law: he had not
half the Bible, but he prized it more than some men prize the whole. He
felt that God had laid up great beauties and bounties in his word, and he
begs for power to perceive, appreciate, and enjoy the same. We need not
so much that God should give us more benefits, as the ability to see what
he has given.
The prayer implies a conscious darkness, a dimness of spiritual vision, a
powerlessness to remove that defect, and a full assurance that God can
remove it. It shows also that the writer knew that there were vast treasures
in the word which he had not yet fully seen, marvels which he had not yet
beheld, mysteries which he had scarcely believed. The Scriptures teem with
marvels; the Bible is wonder-land; it not only relates miracles, but it is itself
a world of wonders. Yet what are these to closed eyes? And what man can
open his own eyes, since he is born blind? God himself must reveal
revelation to each heart. Scripture needs opening, but not one half so much
as our eyes do; the veil is not on the book, but on our hearts. What perfect
precepts, what precious promises, what priceless privileges are neglected
by us, because we wander among them like blind men among the beauties
of nature, and they are to us as a landscape shrouded in darkness!
The Psalmist had a measure of spiritual perception, or he would never have
known that there were wondrous things to be seen, nor would he have
prayed, “Open thou mine eyes”; but what he had seen made him long for
a clearer and wider sight. This longing proved the genuineness of what he
possessed, for it is a test mark of the true knowledge of God that it causes
its possessor to thirst for deeper knowledge.
David’s prayer in this verse is a good sequel to verse 10, which
corresponds to it in position in its octave: there he said, “O let me not
wander”; and who so apt to wander as a blind man? and there, too, he
declared, “With my whole heart have I sought thee”; and hence the desire
to see the object of his search. Very singular are the interlacings of the
toughs of the huge tree of this psalm, which has many wonders even within
itself if we have opened eyes to mark them.
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