Monday, June 8, 2015

The cry

Ps 88 13 "But I cry to you for help, O LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you". "in the morning"..possibly speaking about God recreating the days as a cycle. God shows his love in the morning...or He will speak relief in the morning. But this gives us an approach to counseling.  I do not believe that is a cycle here. Pouring out the burden and then getting relief. But the level of the sorrow in community should increase the passion of the cry. This my also be a reference to the prayer  of the righteous man that availeth much. 

The cry is compared to the pain of child birth. The sorrow is the woman in labor and it is birthed through the cry. The cry is expressed in the use of the law, covenants, promises and decrees. We use the word of God to obtain victory. So you are familiar with the sorrow not to bear the burden necessarily but to be driven to the level of Gods eternal anger on behalf of those who are suffering in order to confront the adverse spiritual power. God unifies all things by creating mystery ....a connection of human to human and overcoming the enemy  in dulling the pain of the anxiety. In other words there is a human element of convincing the person who is suffering. We do not bat an eye in being the guy in the heat of the battle that provides hope. But we need to develop this mysterious sedative to the trouble by the passion of the cry in a community sense. 


143 8" Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul."You see this cry described in 143. This is really a metaphor of being saved by the Lord of Glory. In the heat of the battle the Lord comes on the chariot to obtain victory. The light shines and the enemy is destroyed.18 6 In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
7 The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry.8 Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.9 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.10 He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.This is like the sun rising in the morning ...compared to the darkness ended by the light of the morning. Its expressing the curse and rising to the anger of God and then arguing for victory through the law , decrees, etc which is waring with words in order to obtain victory in the morning. This is Gods unfailing love ...or His decree of victory in the morning. All of this struggle is unified in the level of the cry in community.

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