Psalm 119:121-128. It’s High Time!
126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law
1. The Daring in Prayer - ”It is time for thee, Lord, to work.”
His understanding of The Word Of God,The Will Of God, The Way Of God.
2. The Discerning in Prayer - ”For they have made void thy law”
God's Lordship Dismissed, God's Love Despised, God's Law Discarded.
3. The Duty in Prayer - ”It is time for thee, Lord, to work.”
Ps 24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psalm 32:5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. 7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.
1. The Power of Pardon - For this v5 shall everyone that is godly pray
2. of Prayer - “pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found:"
3. of Protection - “Thou shalt preserve me from trouble”
4. of Praise - Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance
Paul and Silas in prison - The salvation of the jailer!
4. The Diligence in Prayer - ”It is time for thee, Lord, to work.”
Respect For:-
God's Person - 1Kings 18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant,
and that I have done all these things at thy word.
Ps 86:10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
Ps 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth
and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Acts 4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
God's Power - for thee, - God can do what we can never do.
God's Place - for they have made void thy law.
God's Plan - 127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.