July 17
Continuing in Psalm 57-
4 MY SOUL IS AMONG LIONS: AND I LIE EVEN AMONG THEM THAT ARE SET ON FIRE, EVEN THE SONS OF MEN, WHOSE TEETH ARE SPEARS AND ARROWS, AND THEIR TONGUE A SHARP SWORD.
Lord, my soul is among lions...The devil is after me, like I said yesterday. His teeth are like spears and arrows. He is shooting his darts at me, and his tongue is like a sharp sword. He whispers his lies into my ears, lies that I shall not get better and that I shall have this affliction for the rest of my short life. It's all lies, isn't it, Lord? Yes, I do feel that I'm in the midst of FIRE. Be thou pleased to DELIVER me for thy glory!
5 BE THOU EXALTED; O GOD, ABOVE THE HEAVENS; LET THY GLORY BE ABOVE ALL THE EARTH.
Yes, Lord, I praise You today for what You are going to do! Be thou exalted, O God! Let thy glory and praise shine forth! Please give me opportunity to spread Your fame and give testimony that You are my Jehovah-Rapha, my healer. Let thy glory be above all the earth!
6 THEY HAVE PREPARED A NET FOR MY STEPS; MY SOUL IS BOWED DOWN: THEY HAVE DIGGED A PIT BEFORE ME INTO THE MIDST WHEREOF THEY ARE FALLEN
THEMSELVES. SE-LAH.
Spurgeon says, "Evil is a stream which one day flows back to its source." Thank-You, Lord, that the devil is already defeated!
7 MY HEART IS FIXED, O GOD, MY HEART IS FIXED; I WILL SING AND GIVE PRAISE.
Lord, no matter what happens to me, by Your grace, my heart is FIXED. Though You shall slay me, I will trust in You, by Your grace.
I will sing; I will give praise! That's what I want to do for the next few days as I lie here in bed. By Your grace, I shall memorize more Psalms and sing and praise You in the process. Help me, Lord!
Lord, my heart is FIXED. From the moment my husband unconsciously laid his hand upon my head the other night in his sleep, I just KNEW that I wouldn't have to have to have a D& C! Thank-You, Lord! Well, I've sure had my "ups and downs". The devil has plagued me with
doubts. It has been a horrible spiritual battle, but this morning You have given me grace to once again HOPE in Your MERCY. Lord, may my heart stay FIXED on You! In Jesus' name. Amen!
"I shall not be afraid of evil tiding: my heart is FIXED, trusting in the LORD."(Ps. 112:7)
Spurgeon says, "...not fluttered, but calm, firm, happy."
8AWAKE UP, MY GLORY; AWAKE, PSALTERY AND HARP; I MYSELF WILL AWAKE EARLY.
Lord, I shall awake early, by thy grace, and sing psalms of praise to You FIRST THING!
9 I WILL PRAISE THEE, O LORD, AMONG THE PEOPLE: I WILL SING UNTO THEE AMONG THE NATIONS.
Yes, I will praise Thee with my "meditations"! I will sing unto Thee among the nations with my Psalm tapes, by Your grace. Amen.
10 FOR THY MERCY IS GREAT UNTO THE HEAVENS, AND THY TRUTH UNTO THE CLOUDS.
All through this Psalm and through this horrible experience these last few weeks, we go back and forth. Verses 1-3 are my cry for MERCY to come and pick me up and carry me to You. Verse 4 is my cry that the enemy is still after me. Then with verse 5, I lift my thoughts
toward You again in exaltation. But with verse 6, my faith has plummeted again. Verse 7 enables me again to FIX my heart on You. At last I am enabled to sing and praise no matter what the devil says. Fear no longer has hold of me, by thy grace, and I will praise
Thee!...
FOR MERCY and TRUTH have come to save me from him that would swallow me up!
They MERCY is great! It can and WILL take me to the heavens! Your TRUTH will come, too, and it will take me to the clouds--up to You-- in a safer place--not only in Your SHADOW, but in Your secret hiding place right there in Your presence. Thank-You, Lord!
11 BE YOU EXALTED, O GOD, ABOVE THE HEAVENS: LET THY GLORY BE ABOVE ALL THE EARTH.
May You be exalted, O Lord! May You truly be glorified as You deliver me from this terrible ordeal. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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