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JESUS THE HIGH TOWER,NAME ABOVE ALL

JESUS THE HIGH TOWER,NAME ABOVE ALL

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Psalm 27 (New International Version)

1 The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, [a]

when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.

3 Though an army besiege me,my heart will not fear;

though war break out against me, even then will I be confident.

4 One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek:

that I may dwell in the house of the LORD

all the days of my life,to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD

and to seek him in his temple.

5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling;

he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.

6 Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.

King Solomon desired wisdom and asked for wisdom, that was Gods wisdom above all else, Solomon still made mistakes, Solomon was still a man in flesh and blood,

Solomon still fell and stumbled as any person, but God gave him the wisdom he sought, not a worldly wisdom but a Godly wisdom

And as well as this God blesses solomon and gave him far more, he sought after God and God gave him wisdom , this wisdom that Solomon sought was an anointing , an ability, because when God calls you into something God will also give you the ability to do it !!

You may not be aware of any abilities, you may never have had this ability before

You may never have walked in this area of ministry before

But if God has appointed you in the place you are in, He will also give you an ability to do the works that He has prepared in advance for you to do

You see we can spend our whole lifes searching in the wrong places, we can spend our whole lifes reaching out for the wrong things, we can spend our entire lifes doing good things and helping and being what we perceive as Good.

But it can be all futile , foolishly chasing the wind, it can account for nothing

For even our good deeds are as filthy rags to God

We can never earn our salvation, as if we could run up to the City Gates and to the elders of one of the cities of refuge and say " I have done this and this "

In the end is about seeking a relationship with God and seeking His heart.

The greatest gift is love and the greatest gift is God who is love and we seek Him above all gifts and all things and we seek first the Kingdom of God, where God is King of the City and everything else will be added to us

Matthew 6:33 (King James Version)

33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you

The wisdom Solomon sought while he was talking to God and in relationship with God and seeking after God was an ability to do that which God had called him to do

Solomon was seeking Gods heart at that time and found himself in a place where he was King after his father David and he probably felt very unable and vunerable

He may have felt " I CAN'T DO THIS "

You may find yourself in a very lonely and solitary,secluded place,

A place where after that all you can do is to seek God !!

You may not be able to turn to this person and that person for help because .....They are looking to you...

Solomon I imagine felt quite inadequate and unable in the position that he had been placed in this Kingdom

I wonder who Solomon went too when he wanted someone to talk to ?

Solomons heart was saying " I need help here, I can't rule these people, I can't decide between right and wrong and settle disputes, how will I do it ?

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The wisdom solomon was seeking was a heart of God in matters of judgement

As God had placed him in this position so Solomon sought to have the ability even though it was already given him, God gave him more than and in abundance

Basically this widom that Solomon sought was Gods heart, Solomon was after Gods heart at this time, the wisdom that was given was not a wisdom of the world

Indeed the wisdom Solomon was given was a wisdom of God that is foolishness to the world and its values

You see all too often we see things as the world does even in Christian circles

We might judge by worldy values and see things in the worldly perspective

But God is far more intersted in us and what is going on inside of us

He is interested in building our character to be more like Him rather than the turmoil that is going on around us

He is more interested in how we react to people and troubles we go through far more than He is about the troubles

He is in command of the storms, but is He in command of the heart ?

He may say " Peace be still " but are we in His rest ?

If we are at rest in the storm of life, then I wonder if we notice when the storm abates ?

You see Gods wisdom took this people through a desert wilderness where no one had ever entered before, it brought the chosen people of God into danger facing enemies and foes far greater

How mad to send humans into a desert without enough supplies and water ?

This is God wisdom, not looking at the things around and the circumstance but looking into the peoples hearts as they journeyed on through the desert

The wisdom of God is a foolish thing to the mind of an unbeliever

And so Solomon sought at this point after Gods heart in the matter

But of course others sought after Solomon and elevated him above God

1 Kings 10:24

All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

Be aware and careful

The Wisdom that Solomon sought was to decide on matters concerning the people under his Kingship and God had placed Solomon under His authority

Did Solomon always walk after Gods heart ?

no

And so we turn to King David who sought more than anything to worship and dwell in Gods prescence, seeking after Gods own heart in matters

David loved Gods prescence in his life, He loved to worship God, above all else .

David sought after God even in the storms and troubles and in the good times

So that although the storm raged Davids heart was at peace, but not always was it ?

As I sought what to bring for this " Cross references" and nurture group message,

I had a picture of a man running a race and holding his arms up in triumph and shouting as he ran and around him was a crowd of onlookers, but the dominant thing was this man holding his arms up in excitement and shouting as he had finished the race

And so I have placed focus on the man and the race for this message...

And we are looking to Psalm 27 and 28 in our studies and we are have looked at how David entered the City of God and He danced before the Ark and before the Lord

And we notice that although we are saved we are being saved and will be saved

We notice that although we are still in our earthly bodies we are also seated in heavenly places

Although we are running the race, we have run the race...think about that

Although we are running to the City and seeking God above all else, we are aleardy in the City

Past,present,future...

Now lets go to basics, This message seems to be about " SEEKING GOD, ABOVE ALL ELSE"

We have noted that David and Solomon sought after Gods heart in matters

It never seems to be any good saying " God you do this and THEN I,ll do that "

" God you give me the monery to do that thing and THEN I,ll go "

" LORD , You give me the anointing FIRST, AND then "

"Lord , you give me the ability first and then"

More often it begins with seeking God and a relationship and after time and after time again, in Gods time when He knows you are ready and when all things are in place at His exact timing , He will lead you and you will be called to do a work

Although we are all in works, even what seems the simplest of tasks is training us for future things,

What may happen more often than not is that God will call us and THEN as we begin to do that task that may seem impossible, that maybe we have never done before,

that maybe we never though we would or could do ...as we begin to act on and move in Gods calling, THEN God gives us the ability

And so you see Solomon simply was listening to Gods heart at this time and responding, He was praying and asking and talking to God about something that God was already about to give or had already given

Solomon was praying in Gods will...

I hear stories of people being raised from the dead, I went recently to a bible week in the UK Called Detling where someone spoke about amazing things he had seen , and he was asked to shake the hands of a group of people

When he asked " who are these people "

He was told that they had been dead..in fact one had been dead for weeks but raised back to life

But you see the pastor had acted on what God had told him and God had brought revival to that area and around because of the miraculous things that had happened and these people are walking around now as living testimonies of what God can do

A fleece can be layed before God , so that you can ask God for conformation on something, we see that Gideon did this in Gods word

Be careful of this, do not do it unless you hear God tell you, remember this is about communication, you are responding to God in your heart as He talks to you

In Gods Kingdom you reach out first, you may look stupid..." ooo what if something goes wrong ?

what if God does'nt answer ?

what if ..what if ?

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In Gods Kingdom you do and God gives the ability, but you do..when Gods tells you

This is why it is only in relationship with God can we move