Be Set Like Flint

• Pray
• Text -  Isaiah 50:7  For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

• Flint abundant in mideast wilderness

• Known to be very hard –arrow heads – holds edge – stays in the shape it’s given

• When the stone was cut by a craftsman, worked, (set) - it was there, established, not going away. (GOD is a Craftsman (Isa 64:8 – potter clay / formed you and I)

When people looked to a God they could not see - in faith, then suddenly He became clear to them and there spiritual eyes were opened  - David knew God, was an example of faith and the relationship that ensues, to his people and to us – relationships grow out of faith

·       We cant see the wind but we can see what the wind does

Lets look at Psalm 8 to get a look at one of David’s examples and what he realized as his relationship grew

Psalm 8

 

1 O LORD, our Lord,
       how majestic is your name in all the earth!
       You have set your glory
       above the heavens.

A. 1^st Lord = Hebrew NAME of God. Yahweh, eternal, supernatural

       B. 2^nd Lord = master, superintendent, king, of men

·          the idea is that God of their worship is their master. He is Greater than His creation (Rom 1:19-23)

C. The earth is too small for His Glory – It takes an infinite universe to show The Glory of an Infinite   God – no time or space limitations

2 From the lips of children and infants
       you have ordained praise ^[b]
       because of your enemies,
       to silence the foe and the avenger.

A.    God uses the weakest, most frail instrument to give him praise. Their instinct is to give Him spontaneous praise – He, because of His Glory, is so apparent.

B.    God uses these to silence those who rail or come against Him (Matt 21:16). – Read Matt 21;14-17

 3 When I consider your heavens,
       the work of your fingers,
       the moon and the stars,
       which you have set in place,

A.     The magnificence of the visible heavens for the purpose of illustrating God , who, though the mighty Creator of these glorious worlds of light, makes man the object of His favor.

a.   The universe and stars are too much to grasp or comprehend, yet for you it was nothing to create – set in order science and math physics order – it is rocket science

4 what is man that you are mindful of him,
                the son of man that you care for him?

A.    literally “frail” man

B.    son of man – all lower case, only varies in the form of speech, mankind.

C.    Care – some versions say visiteth = God shows us favor  (Psalms 65:10)

D.    Who am I that the Creator God cares about me?… If God cares about David – He cares about me and you – If he will meet David in a pasture He will meet you and me you and me here, on the street, in our yard or basement - anywhere

5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings ^[c]
       and crowned him with glory and honor.

·          Angels can’t watch over us if they are bound to the same limitations as us

·          They don’t know the concept of time

·          Bible says the are “ministering spirits” to us – our servants  (Heb 1:14)

·          They carry out the work of God – no free will (because of that, WE are the only ones who can worship Him – that is one of the reasons we were created, to have relationship with God) (

 6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
       you put everything under his feet:

·         Royal dignity, Hebrews says we are joint heirs with Christ – (Psalm 21:5, 45:3, Romans 8:16-17)

 7 all flocks and herds,
       and the beasts of the field,

·         Dominion over all – Genesis 1:26-28

 8 the birds of the air,
       and the fish of the sea,
       all that swim the paths of the seas.

·         Genesis

 9 O LORD, our Lord,
       how majestic is your name in all the earth!

·         General praise of His Glory – David sums up his awe of God