seekeroftruth
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Psalm 90 A prayer of Moses the man of God.
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place
throughout all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born
or you brought forth the whole world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 You turn people back to dust,
saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
4 A thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.
5 Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death—
they are like the new grass of the morning:
6 In the morning it springs up new,
but by evening it is dry and withered.
7 We are consumed by your anger
and terrified by your indignation.
8 You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 All our days pass away under your wrath;
we finish our years with a moan.
10 Our days may come to seventy years,
or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.
12 Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 Relent, Lord! How long will it be?
Have compassion on your servants.
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,
that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
for as many years as we have seen trouble.
16 May your deeds be shown to your servants,
your splendor to their children.
17 May the favor[a] of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands.
a. Psalm 90:17 Or beauty
This is from the enduringword.com site.This Psalm is titled, A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Some commentators think this was not the same famous and familiar Moses, but the evidence is much stronger for believing that this was indeed the great leader of Israel. This is the only song of Moses in the Psalms, but there are two others in the Pentateuch (Exodus 15 and Deuteronomy 32-33).
If we connect it with any particular time in the life of Moses, the best suggestion is Numbers 20. “The historical setting is probably best understood by the incidents recorded in Numbers 20: (1) the death of Miriam, Moses’ sister; (2) the sin of Moses in striking the rock in the wilderness, which kept him from entering the Promised Land; and (3) the death of Aaron, Moses’ brother.” (Boice)
Charles Spurgeon wrote of the phrase, The man of God: “Moses was peculiarly a man of God and God’s man; chosen of God, inspired of God, honoured of God, and faithful to God in all his house, he well deserved the name which is here given him.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if everything we did was controlled by God?
Wouldn't it be wonderful if every thought we had was generated directly by God so it was always right and never wrong?
Wouldn't it be wonderful if every decision we made was generated directly by God so they were always the right decision and never wrong?
No????
Moses saw a burning bush..... Moses heard God's voice..... Moses saw toads and blisters and even his rod turned into a snake that ate magical snakes. Moses saw water flow out of a rock..... Moses saw birds fly low so they could be easily taken. Moses saw God's power.... Moses saw just how easily God could take over.....
God could have made us workers like ants...... God could have made us loyal like dogs..... God wanted someone to talk to..... so He gave us the ability to form opinions.....
When forming our opinions about God..... well He gives us a lot of latitude..... We can even form stupid human opinions..... He lets us..... He'll judge what we do with the latitude He gives us when the time comes.....
