3rd August 2010

Acts 4:23-31 – The believer’s prayer.

• "Deeper Understanding = Deeper Courage"
• Like all good prayers this one is built on God’s Word.
• Their passion comes from a deep understanding of Psalm 2
• Although the P’shat refers to David they invoke Remez realizing that in fact the whole of Psalm 2 is a Messianic prophecy.
• Their understanding of this helps them to see that although everything seems to be going wrong, under the surface God’s plan is still being worked out.
• Invoking Remez means that they also understand that the whole of Psalm 2 applies to their situation. Including, for instance, verse 8 that speaks of a global move towards God.
• To be forewarned is to be forearmed!
• The more I understand the deeper levels of scripture, the more hope I will have and the desire to ask for courage and to be filled with the Spirit again and again.
• The believer’s drashing of Psalm 2 helps them draw on a depth of strength that those who only read scripture on a surface level do not have available to them.
• This sod, this revelation of God’s plan inspires them to call upon His Spirit to fill them again and with this infilling they move a step further towards to fulfilling of verse 8 of Psalm 22.
• A deeper understanding of scripture helps us fulfill its promises.
• I’ll pray today for a greater commitment to deeper study of God’s word for me and for those who want to ask of God, and see Him make the nations their inheritance, the ends of the earth their possession.