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Summer in the Psalms - Awe
Message Outline
Psalm 17:1-7, 15 (NIV)
1Hear me, Lord, my plea is just;
listen to my cry.
Hear my prayer—
it does not rise from deceitful lips.
2Let my vindication come from you;
may your eyes see what is right.
3Though you probe my heart,
though you examine me at night and test me,
you will find that I have planned no evil;
my mouth has not transgressed.
4Though people tried to bribe me,
I have kept myself from the ways of the violent
through what your lips have commanded.
5My steps have held to your paths;
my feet have not stumbled.
6I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;
turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.
7Show me the wonders of your great love,
you who save by your right hand
those who take refuge in you from their foes.
15As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face;
when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
The awe of intimacy with God in the face of evil.
1. To be seen and heard by God.
Though you probe my heart, though you examine me at night and test me.
Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings from the wicked who are out to destroy me, from my mortal enemies who surround me. Psalm 17:8-9 (NIV)
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23–24 (NIV)
▪transparency ▪deep connection
2. To see and hear God.
I call on you, my God, for you will answer me
Show me the wonders of your great love
I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, Lord. Psalm 89:15 (NIV)
▪longing ▪leadership
I want God to appear in an embodied way in my life now (not just two thousand or so years ago) and give me a genuine experience that will persuade me to want him more than anything else. I want him to draw me to himself in some imagined loving, irresistible way such that I won’t simply want to want him but will actually want relationship with him more than anything else. Curt Thompson, MD, The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty and Community
