Whole & Healthy Meeting 4/15/20 - (Possess the Land)
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Whole & Healthy Meeting 4/15/20
Possessing the Land
difference between possession and ownership
What is the land we are to possess?
paradise, here & now!
Psalm 37 (NLT)
A psalm of David. Don’t worry about the wicked or envy those who do wrong. For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither. Trust in the Lord and do good. Then you will live safely in the land and prosper. Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires. Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you. He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun. Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act. Don’t worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes. Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper— it only leads to harm. For the wicked will be destroyed, but those who trust in the Lord will possess the land. Soon the wicked will disappear. Though you look for them, they will be gone. The lowly will possess the land and will live in peace and prosperity. The wicked plot against the godly; they snarl at them in defiance. But the Lord just laughs, for he sees their day of judgment coming. The wicked draw their swords and string their bows to kill the poor and the oppressed, to slaughter those who do right. But their swords will stab their own hearts, and their bows will be broken. It is better to be godly and have little than to be evil and rich. For the strength of the wicked will be shattered, but the Lord takes care of the godly. Day by day the Lord takes care of the innocent, and they will receive an inheritance that lasts forever. They will not be disgraced in hard times; even in famine they will have more than enough. But the wicked will die. The Lord’s enemies are like flowers in a field— they will disappear like smoke. The wicked borrow and never repay, but the godly are generous givers. Those the Lord blesses will possess the land, but those he curses will die. The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand. Once I was young, and now I am old. Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned or their children begging for bread. The godly always give generous loans to others, and their children are a blessing. Turn from evil and do good, and you will live in the land forever. For the Lord loves justice, and he will never abandon the godly. He will keep them safe forever, but the children of the wicked will die. The godly will possess the land and will live there forever. The godly offer good counsel; they teach right from wrong. They have made God’s law their own, so they will never slip from his path. The wicked wait in ambush for the godly, looking for an excuse to kill them. But the Lord will not let the wicked succeed or let the godly be condemned when they are put on trial. Put your hope in the Lord. Travel steadily along his path. He will honor you by giving you the land. You will see the wicked destroyed. I have seen wicked and ruthless people flourishing like a tree in its native soil. But when I looked again, they were gone! Though I searched for them, I could not find them! Look at those who are honest and good, for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace. But the rebellious will be destroyed; they have no future. The Lord rescues the godly; he is their fortress in times of trouble. The Lord helps them, rescuing them from the wicked. He saves them, and they find shelter in him.
22 is a very mystical number in scripture (Hebrew Text)
Gen 12:10 (Promised land - Egypt) they left Egypt with wealth.
Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.”
We all live somewhere between communion and confusion.
We pitch our tents somewhere between communion and confusion
building an altar - giving God honor
we worship in the midst of the stuff of life.
What is the land? eternity, sweet by & by, here & now
1 Cor 9:27 - don’t ever go back, give up, let go of the wheel
depossess the things that are in our lives that would hold us back and not be what God wants in our lives.
[what has God called me too? the next generation (passing off what we have been given to the next generation (that is possessing the land) you have to walk it (we have to walk the perimeter of it (Psalm 37, to settle down, invest yourself in the inheritance) shared purpose with God, peace of God, presence, faithfulness of God . . .. recipe given to us by God. (Nation, law, people, land)
We are to shepherd the land!
Shekenah Shek-e-nah (Shekinah glory)
book: A Tale of 3 Kings
Be obedient to the Lord! then you will possess the land.