Sermon Tone Analysis

!!! “God’s Call of the Righteous”

*(Part 3)*

*TRUST IN THE LORD*

*PSALM 37:3-4, 5-6, 39-40*

 

*As we shared previously Psalm literally means “plucking the strings of a harp.”

They convey in words the inner most feelings of our hearts expression.

It is our heart “playing” to the Lord our prayers, our concerns, our faith, and our praise.*

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*We began our serious with Psalm 37 is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

(Aleph, Bet, Gimmel, etc.)*

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*We stated it is:  **The ABC’s of God’s promise to the righteous.*

There are six elements that are found if followed give peace to the believer regarding God’s promises and they are;

 

Do not FRET.

TRUST in the LORD.

DELIGHT yourself in the LORD.

COMMIT our WAY to the LORD.

REST in the LORD.

And WAIT on the LORD.

We can have God’s promise of peace if we “Trust in the Lord.”

*Psalm 37:3, 5, 40 (NKJV) * 

 

*/Beth /*(Bet) (Vet)

3*Trust* in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.

4Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.

*/Ghimel /*(Gimmel)

5Commit your way to the Lord, *trust* also in Him, and He shall bring /it/ to pass.

6He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

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*/Tau/* (Tav)

39But the salvation of the righteous /is/ from the Lord; /He is/ their strength in the time of trouble.

40And the Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they *trust* in Him.

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40And the Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in Him.

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*Psalm 37:3, 5-6, 39-40 (Amplified) * 

    3Trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed.

5Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass.

6And He will make your uprightness and right standing with God go forth as the light, and your justice and right as [the shining sun of] the noonday.

39But the salvation of the [consistently] righteous is of the Lord; He is their Refuge and secure Stronghold in the time of trouble.

40And the Lord helps them and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they trust and take refuge in Him.

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The Hebrew words for TRUST in this passage are FRET is “charah” pronounced “Hawrah” it literally means:

to /glow/ or grow warm; to /blaze/ up, of anger, zeal, jealousy :- be angry, burn, be displeased, × earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, × very, be wroth.

Webster defines FRET – a verb

To devour, to eat or gnaw into, to corrode, chafe, rub, to make by wearing away a substance, to cause to suffer emotional strain, to agitate, to become vexed or worried.

Worry – to strangle, to constrict, to harass by tearing, biting, or snapping, to torment, to subject to persistent or nagging attention or effort, to afflict with mental distress or agitation, to make anxious, to feel or experience concern or anxiety, to fret.

Synonyms include, annoy, harass, plague, pester.

worry implies an incessant goading or attacking that drives one to desperation.

harass implies petty persecutions or burdensome demands that exhaust one’s nervous or mental power.

plague implies a painful and persistent affliction.

Mental distress or agitation resulting from concern usu.

for something impending or anticipated.

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#. *Fret** quite literally means “the more you think about it the madder you get!”*

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Fretting is like building a fire, the more fuel you add to it the more intense and hotter it becomes.

The Hebrew word “hawrah” has been translated into the English with the words: kindled, burned, anger, hot, as well as fret.

So what God is calling us to be are firefighters.

Jesus said,

*Matthew 5:9 (NKJV) * 

Blessed /are/ the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

 

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*When we fret we doubt God is in control.*

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*Examples of those who FRET:*

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*Cain & Abel*

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*Genesis 4:5-7 (NKJV) * 

but He did not respect Cain and his offering.

And Cain was very *angry*, and his countenance fell.

6So the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry?

And why has your countenance fallen?

7If you do well, will you not be accepted?

And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door.

And its desire /is/ for you, but you should rule over it."

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What did Cain end up doing?

He killed his brother.

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#. *Fretting will cause you to do things you’ll later regret.*

*Jonah*

*Jonah 4:1-4, 9 (NKJV) * 

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became *angry*.

2So he prayed to the Lord, and said, "Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country?

Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You /are/ a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.

3Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for /it is/ better for me to die than to live!" 4Then the Lord said, "/Is it/ right for you to be *angry*?"

9Then God said to Jonah, "/Is it/ right for you to be *angry* about the plant?"

And he said, "/It is/ right for me to be *angry*, even to death!"

 

Fretting deceives someone into believing suicide would be better than life.

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*Joseph & Potipher*

*Genesis 39:19-21 (NKJV) * 

So it was, when his master heard the words which his wife spoke to him, saying, "Your servant did to me after this manner," that his anger was aroused.

20Then Joseph's master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners /were/ confined.

And he was there in the prison.

21But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

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#. *In making decisions fretting will cloud our judgment.*

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We have so little understanding of how completely God is in control He is working all things for His purpose and plans.

Fretting undermines what God is attempting to do.

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*Examples of those who did not Fret:*

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*David & Abigail*

*1 Samuel 25:2-39 (NKJV) * 

Now /there was/ a man in Maon whose business /was/ in Carmel, and the man /was/ very rich.

He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats.

And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

3The name of the man /was/ Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail.

And /she was/ a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance; but the man /was/ harsh and evil in /his/ doings.

And he /was of the house of/ Caleb.

4When David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep, 5David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

6And thus you shall say to him who lives /in prosperity:/ 'Peace /be/ to you, peace to your house, and peace to all that you have!" 9So when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and waited.

10Then Nabal answered David's servants, and said, "Who /is/ David, and who /is/ the son of Jesse?

14Now one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master; and he reviled them.

15But the men /were/ very good to us, and we were not hurt, nor did we miss anything as long as we accompanied them, when we were in the fields.

16They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the time we were with them keeping the sheep.