Welcome to the "Little Psalm that Could", with a nod to the Little Engine That Could. It is a 50 SECOND psalm. Oh, but it packs a punch.

First, David has a few complaints: He feels forgotten, hidden, alone, and stomped on. This is the psalm when you feel like your are forgotten forever.

This is for the day when you find that you cannot find God…

It is worth 50 seconds of your time.

Babies get a lot of things right. They understand affection. They understand attention. They understand provision. They Understand relationship.

They understand who to kiss.

Kissing identifies relationship: you are important to me.

You have significance and weight in my life.

You are a wonder and surprise and delight to me.

Therefore,I identify this with a kiss.

We might have a lot to learn.

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A king and a kingdom is condemned for "setting itself against the Lord" in psalm 2. But aren't we all little kings and queens of our micro-kingdoms? We too might be "setting our kingdoms" against the Lord. If so, how would I know?

If you set yourself against fellowship, you have set yourself against the Lord.

If you set yourself against service, you have set yourself against the Lord.

If you set yourself against His Word, you have set yourself against the Lord.

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For every ROD OF IRON, there is a ruling end, and a receiving end. Psalm 2 makes an argument to consider being on the ruling end of it. It is actually more of a plea than an argument.

Fortunately, for a time, everybody gets to choose whether to rebel or join the Lord in His reign.

Those that oppose will be overruled. Fury will follow foolishness.

Which end of the rod of iron do you want to be on? Listen and decide.

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God is not opposed to feeling. He does ask that we cover them with the facts.

When we feel rocky, we should talk to the Rock.

We best pour out our souls to the Pillar of heaven

The Lord is not AFRAID of feelings. They just may be the footprints that help us return to Him.

Let's let these sentiments run smack dab into the sediment of the Rock of God

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I'm embarrassed to say this, but I didn't know that PRAISE can mean "TO THROW".

Ps42 is about what we "throw at God". It is about our PRAISE, but when? When tears are on the menu for breakfast. lunch and dinner. What do we throw at God when circumstances are not as we prefer?

We dictate the direction and the content of what we throw at God.

Are we throwing our best at God, when circumstances are at their worst?

When tears are on the menu, lets THROW our best, our praise to GOD. Watch it being done in 7 minutes:

The honesty of Ps42 is a little uncomfortable to hear. It is like reading someone's diary of longing and difficulty. If you want brutal honesty, read Psalm 42.

Things are not going well circumstantially as we step into this psalm. That's where the blues come from. Watch psalmist:

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Get the heart longing right

Get the head remembering right

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We may be strangers here, but we are guests of the Lord. Part of that is His call to be holy, which is the same thing as saying be corrected on a regular basis. I think this is true: to perceive His presence, is to perceive His correction. (tell me if you agree with me)

So if you are a believer, you probably should feel like a stranger and alien here. Even his ways are wild: the Lord is asks each of us to be HIS GUEST in this short life.

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