{"id":18074,"date":"2020-11-22T10:17:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T18:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=18074"},"modified":"2020-11-22T10:17:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T18:17:13","slug":"more-tools-for-coping-with-the-craziness-of-the-world-around-us-meditations-on-psalms-26-and-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/11\/22\/more-tools-for-coping-with-the-craziness-of-the-world-around-us-meditations-on-psalms-26-and-27\/","title":{"rendered":"More Tools for Coping With the Craziness of the World Around Us\u2014Meditations on Psalms 26 and 27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-3.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-3-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Notes-fr.-the-Wilderness.002-3-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-white-color has-blue-background-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 26:4\u20135, <em>I have not sat. <\/em><\/strong>We must be careful about building friendship relationships with idolators (those who don\u2019t put Elohim first in their lives) or hypocrites (those who claim to put Elohim first, but their actions speak otherwise), for in reality, they\u2019re both idolators. Why must we carefully choose who our friends are? Because \u201cevil company corrupts good habits\u201d (1 Cor 15:33). The world doesn\u2019t understand why the righteous want nothing to do with the wicked. As Scripture says, \u201cIn regard to these, they [the heathen] think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you\u201d(1 Pet 4:4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Evangelism-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18076\" width=\"426\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Evangelism-3-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Evangelism-3-1000x288.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Evangelism-3-500x146.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> In the Bible and in reality, there are only two groups of people on earth: those who are part of the Israel of Elohim (Gsl 6:16) or the commonwealth or nation of redeemed Israel (Eph 2:11\u201319), and those who are Gentiles or heathens. This fact translates into two realities on the ground for the saint: those around us who are in a relationship with Yeshua the Messiah are our brethren and members of our spiritual, forever family, and those who are not. With regard to the latter group, those therein are part of the saints\u2019 mission field, and it is our responsibility to share the gospel with them in hopes of bringing them into a relationship with Yeshua. In reality, they are not our spiritual family and therefore cannot be part of our inner circle of friends, otherwise, they will drag us down spiritually as 1 Corinthians 15:33 warns us against. James and John address this issue directly and succinctly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with Elohim? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of Elohim. (Jas 4:4)<\/p><p>Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (1 John 2:15)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-white-color has-blue-background-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 27<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 27:1\u201314, <\/strong>The Jews traditionally read this psalm during the month of Elul (the sixth month) just before the fall biblical feasts of the seventh month, since they are eluded to therein. These elusions include<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verse 5: <em>pavillion <\/em>is <em>suk<\/em>, the root word for <em>sukkah <\/em>(relating to <em>Sukkot<\/em> or the Feast of Tabernacles)<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verse 5: <em>ohel <\/em>means \u201ctabernacle\u201d (also relating to <em>Sukkot<\/em> or the Feast of Tabernacles).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verse 6: <em>sacrifice [of joy]. <\/em>Sacrifices of joy are the thanksgiving, love and peace offerings made to YHVH during the biblical pilgrimage feasts to the tabernacle of Elohim (<em>ohel<\/em>, v. 5; (this refers to all the fall feast of Atonement, Trumpets, Tabernacles and the Eighth Day).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verse 6: <em>joy<\/em> is <em>teruah <\/em>(this directly refers to <em>Yom Teruah<\/em> or the Day of Trumpets and indirectly to the other fall feasts)<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Lighthouse-AdobeStock_36976381-1-1024x854.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18080\" width=\"329\" height=\"278\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 27:1, <em>My light\u2026salvation\u2026fear\u2026strength of my life. <\/em><\/strong>What more does a person need? The saint has the light of Yeshua and the Word of Elohim (these are synonymous) to guide him in the gross or thick spiritual darkness of this world. He also has the divine promise of salvation or deliverance from any and every enemy that would come against him to kill, steal and destroy including death, which is the ultimate enemy. Finally he has the divine strength or power of the Creator at work in his life through the indwelling presence of the Spirit of Elohim in all areas of his life. Beyond this, there is nothing to fear in this life. In fact, many times I have quoted this verse and applied it to a particular part of my body that needed healing, and I have received divine healing. For example, as I was writing this, I humbly, yet boldly declared this promise over a pain in my back, and I was instantly healed. I now don\u2019t have to go to the chiropractor. HalleluYah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 27:2, <em>Enemies\u2026foes. <\/em><\/strong>Too often when reading scriptures that contains these words, we assign a person or name them. But consider this: Our foe or enemy may be a situation or condition (e.g. a health condition, emotional distress, financial problems, difficult life circumstances [e.g. flood, fire, drought, weather conditions]), or a demonic spirit entity that is behind a person or situation that is our enemy. Moreover, our enemy may be our own sinful condition or wrong attitudes, and we are now reaping the deleterious consequences thereof. So before automatically blaming someone else for our problems and the consequences thereof in our lives, let\u2019s rethink who are what our enemies may really be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/High-Priest-Bef-the-Ark-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18082\" width=\"351\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/High-Priest-Bef-the-Ark-1.jpg 863w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/High-Priest-Bef-the-Ark-1-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/High-Priest-Bef-the-Ark-1-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/High-Priest-Bef-the-Ark-1-440x300.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 27:4, <em>Dwell in the house of YHVH. <\/em><\/strong>How does one dwell in the house of YHVH all the days of one\u2019s life? Is this merely hyperbolic, fanciful thinking and rhetoric on the part of the psalmist, or is it actually possible to do? Obviously as physical humans, we are confined to life on this earth while living in the earth suite of&nbsp; our physical bodies. At the same time, we are seated with Yeshua in heavenly places (Eph 2:6), and our affections are on heavenly things (Col 3:2); therefore, we exist in two realities or dimensions at the same time: an earthly physical dimension and a heavenly or spiritual dimension. How? Simply this: We are a tripartite being of spirit, soul and body (1 Thess 5:23). Though the body part of is confined to this earth, our soul (mind, will and emotions) and spirit can operate from and in the spiritual dimension of heaven through our relationship with Elohim through Yeshua and through the power of his word and Spirit. We can allow the Spirit to operate through us and direct and guide everything that we do, say and think, and in so doing, we are dwelling in the house or family (Heb. <em>bayith<\/em>) of YHVH, while, in a sense, temporarily living abroad on this earth away from the real home of our Father\u2019s heavenly house, which in due time at the end of this age is coming to this earth. Amein and halleluYah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>To behold. <\/em><\/strong>Literally to see as a seer in an ecstatic state, to perceive by experience or with intelligence. (See also Ps 63:12.) There is more than one way to come into contact with the beauty, favor, delightfulness or pleasantries of YHVH.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>To inquire in his temple. <\/em><\/strong>The psalmist talks about going into the tabernacle to encounter YHVH. Since there is no longer a physical tabernacle in which the saints can go to seek YHVH, where do they now go?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The saint is the tabernacle or temple of the Spirit of Elohim (1 Cor 3:16; 2 Cor 6:16), and the Spirit dwells in one\u2019s personal spirit. This means that one must go inside himself to seek and behold beauty of YHVH. Perhaps this is \u201cthe secret [or the covered, private, hidden or protected] place\u201d to which the writer makes reference in v. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 27:5, <em>In the time of trouble. <\/em><\/strong>The house of YHVH (as discussed in my commentary on the previous verse) is the place where YHVH will hide his saints in the time of trouble. If one fails to make the house of YHVH a place of refuge during trouble-free times, how can expect to know anything about this secret place of YHVH much less go there or rely on it during troublesome times?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Rock-Standing-on-the-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18078\" width=\"266\" height=\"274\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Set me high upon a rock. <\/em><\/strong>In the secret place of YHVH (which in other places I refer to as my \u201cGod-bubble\u201d or \u201cthe spiritual force field\u201d that surrounds me, or which the psalmist elsewhere refers to as taking refuge under the wings of the Almighty), we will find a mighty and solid rock on which to stand during times of trouble. That Rock is Yeshua our Savior, the Written and Living Word of Elohim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 27:4, 8, <em>Inquire\u2026seek. <\/em><\/strong>Literally \u201clook for, consider or reflect.\u201d Such an effort takes time and energy to do, and to accomplish, one must quiet down the rambunctiousness of the soul (the mind, will and emotions), so that one\u2019s inner man or personal spirit can rise up and speak as it is informed and directed by the Spirit of Elohim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bible-Study-AdobeStock_104063061-1024x788.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bible-Study-AdobeStock_104063061-1024x788.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bible-Study-AdobeStock_104063061-300x231.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bible-Study-AdobeStock_104063061-768x591.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bible-Study-AdobeStock_104063061-390x300.jpeg 390w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bible-Study-AdobeStock_104063061.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'More Tools for Coping With the Craziness of the World Around Us\u2014Meditations on Psalms 26 and 27',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/11\/22\/more-tools-for-coping-with-the-craziness-of-the-world-around-us-meditations-on-psalms-26-and-27\/',contentID: 'post-18074',suggestTags: '',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 26 Psalm 26:4\u20135, I have not sat. 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