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September 25th 2020

David_Orr • September 25, 2020
Send Out Your Light and Your Truth
1 ' Vindicate me, O God? and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me! 2 For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3 Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling! 4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy. And I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God. 5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.' Psalm 43:1-5 ESV This one doesn’t say it is a Psalm of David but it is written in his style of writing. It also fits many situations he went through and the darkness he saw: but they didn’t attribute it to him. We can’t either for a couple reasons. 1. Any Psalm writer after David would have looked at his style and tried to copy it. No doubt they copied his music too and many psalms say “To the Tune of...” in the heading. 2. I can look at this Psalm like everyone reading it and identify with it “Been there Done That”. It is why it is so great to read because the author processing his feelings guides us in processing ours. The Liar without a Lyre
The Reality of Darkness and Light
As half of this world is in the stage of night at any given time so is the spiritual realm. God gave us that picture in the sky above so we can have a healthy view of darkness around us. You don’t have to write music to bruise Satan’s head: you can read this or any of the 150 Psalms. Also you can listen and sing along with Satan stomping music on Christian radio or personal media. The MOST AWESOME place to praise God is at church where a multitude sings with you. But it doesn’t work if it is another persons praise: you have to own it for yourself – make it yours. I saw myself in this psalm and if you look at life honestly you will too. I have the urge to write a song about Satan Stomping now. I am glad so many curtains are being torn in two and the darkness is seen. It was there all the time: but God gives you the amount of light you need for where you shine. If you confine that space to what’s comfortable your light will be dim. If you dare to shine plainly in the darkness God will crank the Light up to meet the need. When my songs are written and I am praising God with them: even the darkness that caused it is gone.

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