Jeremiah 20:9 RSV
"there is . . . . . a burning fire shut up in my bones,
and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.
Psalm 39:2-3 RSV
2 I was dumb and silent.
I held my peace to no avail.;
my distress grew worse,
3 my heart burned within me.
As I muse, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
Luke 24:32 RSV
They said to each other, "Did our hearts not burn within us
while we talked on the road,
while he opened to us the scriptures.
Psalm 90:12 RSV So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Amos 3:8 RSV The lion has roared; who will not fear,
The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy ?
What David spoke with his tongue, was a prayer;-
Psalm 39:4 RSV "Lord let me know my end,
and what is the measure of my days
let me know how fleeting life is ! "
David is quoting Psalm 90:12 (above) which is headed ;-
A prayer of Moses, the Man of God.
The triune God is still speaking to us, through David and through Moses
The Lord Jesus spoke to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus.
David asks for insight. "let me know" twice in verse 4.
Moses asks for insight "teach us"
The two disciples received insight on the road to Emmaus ;-
"he opened to us the scriptures."
The self revelation of the living God can give rise to
the experience of inner stirrings in the people of God.
Psalm 39:6 RSV Surely man goes about as a shadow!
The Hebrew word for shadow (verse 6) is selem H6754 in Strongs
which occurs in Genesis 1:27 where it means "in the image"
The shadow of your hand on a wall is the image of your hand.
The image in which we are made is the image of God.
In our fleeting life, every person is a shadow ( Psalm 39:6 )
each one is the image of God.
Genesis 1:27 RSV So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him; male and female
he created them.
Whatever our circumstances now,
We are the image of God,
His shadow in this changing world.
In the likeness of God ,
we live and move and have our being
"there is . . . . . a burning fire shut up in my bones,
and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.
Psalm 39:2-3 RSV
2 I was dumb and silent.
I held my peace to no avail.;
my distress grew worse,
3 my heart burned within me.
As I muse, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
Luke 24:32 RSV
They said to each other, "Did our hearts not burn within us
while we talked on the road,
while he opened to us the scriptures.
Psalm 90:12 RSV So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Amos 3:8 RSV The lion has roared; who will not fear,
The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy ?
What David spoke with his tongue, was a prayer;-
Psalm 39:4 RSV "Lord let me know my end,
and what is the measure of my days
let me know how fleeting life is ! "
David is quoting Psalm 90:12 (above) which is headed ;-
A prayer of Moses, the Man of God.
The triune God is still speaking to us, through David and through Moses
The Lord Jesus spoke to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus.
David asks for insight. "let me know" twice in verse 4.
Moses asks for insight "teach us"
The two disciples received insight on the road to Emmaus ;-
"he opened to us the scriptures."
The self revelation of the living God can give rise to
the experience of inner stirrings in the people of God.
Psalm 39:6 RSV Surely man goes about as a shadow!
The Hebrew word for shadow (verse 6) is selem H6754 in Strongs
which occurs in Genesis 1:27 where it means "in the image"
The shadow of your hand on a wall is the image of your hand.
The image in which we are made is the image of God.
In our fleeting life, every person is a shadow ( Psalm 39:6 )
each one is the image of God.
Genesis 1:27 RSV So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him; male and female
he created them.
Whatever our circumstances now,
We are the image of God,
His shadow in this changing world.
In the likeness of God ,
we live and move and have our being
