Morning Direction From Scripture 4-19-17

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“O my people, listen as I speak.
    Here are my charges against you, O Israel:
    I am God, your God!
8 I have no complaint about your sacrifices
    or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.
9 But I do not need the bulls from your barns
    or the goats from your pens.
10 For all the animals of the forest are mine,
    and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird on the mountains,
    and all the animals of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
    for all the world is mine and everything in it.
13 Do I eat the meat of bulls?
    Do I drink the blood of goats?
14 Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God,
    and keep the vows you made to the Most High. Psalm 50:7-14

According to these verses who is the provision of the cattle on a thousand hills for? Does that change how you have looked at this verse in the past?

Evening Meditation 4-18-17

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“O my people, listen as I speak.
    Here are my charges against you, O Israel:
    I am God, your God!
8 I have no complaint about your sacrifices
    or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.
9 But I do not need the bulls from your barns
    or the goats from your pens.
10 For all the animals of the forest are mine,
    and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird on the mountains,
    and all the animals of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
    for all the world is mine and everything in it.
13 Do I eat the meat of bulls?
    Do I drink the blood of goats?
14 Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God,
    and keep the vows you made to the Most High. Psalm 50:7-14

If God does not need the bulls or goats for sacrifices, what was the purpose of the sacrifice?

Mid Afternoon Meditation 4-18-17

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“O my people, listen as I speak.
    Here are my charges against you, O Israel:
    I am God, your God!
8 I have no complaint about your sacrifices
    or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.
9 But I do not need the bulls from your barns
    or the goats from your pens.
10 For all the animals of the forest are mine,
    and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird on the mountains,
    and all the animals of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
    for all the world is mine and everything in it.
13 Do I eat the meat of bulls?
    Do I drink the blood of goats?
14 Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God,
    and keep the vows you made to the Most High. Psalm 50:7-14

What is God’s charge against His people? How are you doing in this area?

Morning Direction From Scripture 4-18-17

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He calls on the heavens above and earth below
    to witness the judgment of his people.
5 “Bring my faithful people to me—
    those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices.”
6 Then let the heavens proclaim his justice,
    for God himself will be the judge. Interlude Psalm 50: 4-6

How will the heavens proclaim God’s justice?

Evening Meditation 4-17-17

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He calls on the heavens above and earth below
    to witness the judgment of his people.
5 “Bring my faithful people to me—
    those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices.”
6 Then let the heavens proclaim his justice,
    for God himself will be the judge. Interlude Psalm 50:4-6

According to these verses who is judgment for? What is it for?

Mid Afternoon Meditation 4-17-17

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The Lord, the Mighty One, is God,
    and he has spoken;
he has summoned all humanity
    from where the sun rises to where it sets.
2 From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty,
    God shines in glorious radiance.
3 Our God approaches,
    and he is not silent.
Fire devours everything in his way,
    and a great storm rages around him. Psalm 50:1-3

Why does a storm rage around God in this word picture?

Morning Direction From Scripture 4-17-17

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The Lord, the Mighty One, is God,
    and he has spoken;
he has summoned all humanity
    from where the sun rises to where it sets.
2 From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty,
    God shines in glorious radiance.
3 Our God approaches,
    and he is not silent.
Fire devours everything in his way,
    and a great storm rages around him. Psalm 50:1-3

What are some of the things in this world God’s fire will devour?

Evening Meditation 4-16-17

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The Lord, the Mighty One, is God,
    and he has spoken;
he has summoned all humanity
    from where the sun rises to where it sets.
2 From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty,
    God shines in glorious radiance.
3 Our God approaches,
    and he is not silent.
Fire devours everything in his way,
    and a great storm rages around him. Psalm 50:1-3

What does God sound like in your imagination as He approaches in this word picture?