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Discipleship Focus: Up
- Up: Up is the word we use for what we worship. If we are following God’s will, God will occupy the Up position. Our life, our identity, our mission, our family on mission is all derived from Up. This is why God needs to be in our Up position.
Psalm 108
is a really cool psalm in which to view the concept of Up. Initially, the psalm reads like a psalm of
praise. Therefore, it feels natural to
consider this as a place for Up.
However,
as we read through the psalm we begin to realize that this is not a psalm of
praise but rather a psalm of petition.
David is headed out to battle and he’s feeling a little unsteady and
unsure. He’s feeling a little distant
from God. He needs to refocus and
re-center His life upon God.
The
reason that this is a cool psalm is because so often we see times of petition
as moments of “Oh, God, help me!” moments.
But they aren’t. Times of
petition are times for us to make sure that we are centered where we need to be
centered. Rather than saying, “Oh, God,
help me!” we should be saying, “Oh, God, bring me into Your will!”
That’s
what David is after here in this psalm.
Yes, he is worried and concerned.
But ultimately his peace doesn’t come until he remembers to center his
life on the worship of God.
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