Saturday, February 13, 2016

I Shall Not Be Moved

J.J. Stark
February 2016
Week 4
IGNITE Class 10
Inductive Bible Study (IBS)

I Shall Not Be Moved
“I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.” – Psalm 16:8 (NKJV)
Last night was so hard God…Why were we separated and categorized in that game?  I feel like it introduced barriers that shouldn’t be there.  I’m find with where I was at, but I felt like we were being compared to on another based on our actions. I can’t be comparing people, and I now feel like I’m watching people!  God!  Why?  Why am I setting this before you, as more of a focus?  David says in Psalm 16:8, “I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.”  Lord Jesus, I’m not only being moved right now, I’M BEING SHAKEN!! I’m sorry Lord for the thing I’ve made it, when it’s all about You, Jesus.  For the thing I’ve made it…IBS…God this is only between You and me, I realize that now.  I thought I understood Lord, but I am a fool.  My fleshly wisdom is nothing.  I’m sorry for making this so mechanical God – I don’t know why I did!  Jesus, I feel so much like David right now – He has said word for word what I’m feeling!
Psalm 27:7-9, 7Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice!  Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.  8When You said, ‘“Seek My face,”’ my heart said to You, ‘“Your face, Lord, I will seek.”’  9Do not hide Your face from me; do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.”
Psalm 25: 16-18, 16Turn Yourself to me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted.  17The troubles of my heart have enlarged; bring me out of my distresses!  18Look on my affliction and my pain, and forgive all my sins.”
Psalm 26:2, 2Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my mind and my heart.”
Psalm 25:4-5, 4Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths.  5Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day.”
Thank you Lord for who You are! You reveal Yourself mysteriously! 
This Is My Commitment
Psalm 31:1 & 5, 1IN You. O Lord, I put my trust; let me never be ashamed…5Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.”
Psalm 18:1-3,1I WILL love You, O Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.  3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worth to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.”
Psalm 27:1-3,1The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, my enemies and foes, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though an army may encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war may rise against me in this I will be confident.”
Hallelujah!! God is so good to me!  My heart shall praise Him in the words of David and Paul on a personal level…
(Psalm) “5Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me?  (Romans) “…in all these things ‘I’ am more than a conquerer through Him who loved ‘me.’  For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate ‘me’ from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus ‘my’ Lord.”  (Psalms) “Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance.” – Psalm 42:5, Romans 8:37-39)
The Lord is releasing me from my anxieties, worries, and self.  There has been a war – me against God – tearing me apart.  I surrender…I’m broken and tired…Here is what’s left of my life.  I am willing.  All I can say is Psalm 28:7, “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise Him.”  Let this be my life.
Psalm 16:8, “I have set the LORD always before me; because He is at my right hand
                                    I SHALL NOT BE MOVED.

Application: I am going to fast, starting today, Thursday, February 4, 2016, and devote my meal times to prayer and time with the Lord until Sunday, February 7, 2016.  The Lord will feed me, He is my strength.


God, You are my axis which I pivot on, the ultimate reward that I am running towards, you are the armor of my life, the very breathe that is life. 
In all honesty I am scared of these IBS’s, and I don’t know why am I afraid of failing, when there is nothing to fail?  I always seek the approval of my actions and work from men instead of working for the God?  I just realized how stupid I have been. Yeah I knew the Lord was there but I never let Him have control.  2013 shooting sports, I came into the competition quite literally thinking I was the best in the project, thinking I was the initial When the Lord is my central focus, nothing can separate me from Him.
I am being moved in everything in my life right now, which to means I don’t have Him as the very core of my being…God is moving…God take these away from me, I can’t do it anymore.
1 I WILL love You, O Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.  3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worth to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.” – Psalm 18:1-3 (NKJV)


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