Pre-Chemotherapy Cycle #10 Comment #02 / Communion

Our Vicar conducted communion for Josie and me on Thursday evening.

The passage chosen was from Psalm 108:1-6 (NASB).

God Praised and Supplicated to Give Victory.

A Song, a Psalm of David.

¹  My heart is steadfast, O God;

   I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.

²  Awake, harp and lyre;

   I will awaken the dawn!

³  I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples,

   And I will sing praises to You among the nations.

⁴  For Your lovingkindness is great above the heavens,

   And Your truth reaches to the skies.

⁵  Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,

   And Your glory above all the earth.

⁶  That Your beloved may be delivered,

   Save with Your right hand, and answer me!

The word was to be steadfast and when I read these verses, the first verse says “My heart is steadfast” and it was a reminder for me. In my last post, I said that I was getting scared but I have to remember that God was steadfast with me and had supported me since the day I was told I had cancer. I therefore need to be steadfast too with the Lord and the rest of the verses are reminders for me to worship and proclaim God’s goodness, lovingkindness and exalted position.

I was having coffee with our previous Vicar yesterday’s morning and his words were also a confirmation of this passage because he spoke about worship. It is one thing to proclaim and acknowledge God’s goodness and sovereignty but these proclamations need to be translated into worship of God and yet again God is leading me and it is no coincident the our previous Vicar spoke about the need for worship and our current Vicar chose these passages that spoke of worship too.

It reminded me of the song “Be Exalted O God”. The original bible reference is from Psalms 57:11 that reads “Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory be above all the earth.” (NASB) and if you look at Psalms 108:5, they are similar.

Even as I desire to know His will, God once again is revealing His will to me.

In God We Trust.

BE EXALTED O GOD (I WILL GIVE THANKS TO THEE)

Words and Music by Brent Chambers

Copyright © 1977 Scripture in Song / Thankyou Music

Verse

I will give thanks to Thee.

O Lord, among the people.

I will sing praises to Thee among the nations.

For Thy steadfast love is great, is great to the heavens,

And Thy faithfulness, Thy faithfulness to the clouds.

Chorus:

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens.

Let Thy glory be over all the earth.

Chorus (Last Time):

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens.

Let Thy glory, let Thy glory,

Let Thy glory be over all the earth.