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november 2016 erroll s blog menu skip to content home about erroll s blog conversations about jesus and community monthly archives november 2016 posture and prayer posted on november 23 2016 by errollmulder under uncategorized we were all encouraged growing up to develop a good posture standing and sitting with a straight back and so on while reading through the psalms recently i came across psalm 123 and it seemed to speak to me about a proper posture toward god a prayer posture a posture of attitude the nrsv titles the psalm supplication for mercy a song of ascents no doubt prayed and sung as pilgrims went up to the jerusalem temple mount for worship here s how it opens to you i lift my eyes o you who are enthroned in the heavens as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress so our eyes look to the lord our god until he has mercy upon us v 1 2 it s poetic imagery essentially describing our attitude as creature to creator servant to covenant god h l ellison suggests that such pilgrims were often scorned for their faith and lifestyle v 3 4 the only way the psalmist knew to rise above such scorn was to fix his eyes on the living god the opening verses also express a deep sense of dependence on god in every way shortly after reading this psalm a family member who had been holding down a job in a rather toxic institution for years was encouraged to apply for work more in line with his skill set potential and passion in our country a caucasian male in his late thirties struggles to find employment not only because of his age but because of work reservation for those previously disadvantaged by apartheid the family was asked to pray with him concerning this opportunity somehow i was led to pray in the spirit of ps 123 a single sentence lord have mercy that s all one particular day i was prompted to pray this prayer once every 20 minutes or so by late afternoon i felt no more need to pray in that way sensing god had answered my our petitions i think it was a day or two later that the family member called to say that against all odds and having competed with a number of other applicants he had been successfully interviewed and appointed to the position our hearts rejoiced with him and his family now i am not hereby suggesting some prayer mechanism or formula whereby we can manipulate god in our petitions for selfish ends i have learned over many years that god will not be manipulated by anyone although of course we are encouraged to persist in prayer concerning our needs think of jesus teachings in mt 7 7 11 and the story of the needy friend in lk 11 5 13 ps 123 also suggests an unshakeable focus it has been suggested that the author was possibly reflecting on an experience as guest in a very rich household at the banquet though the servants lined the walls and could hardly see what the guests required they were always ready to serve food and drinks as they were needed the mystery was solved when he noted that the servants were looking at the host not the guests he was watching his guests and with little hand signs was indicating what was needed perhaps his wife told him afterwards that the same had been the case in the women s quarters please remember the historical context the psalmist had learnt to look to god like this with neither eye nor ear for those that mocked and laughed at god s covenant people whatever our present circumstances let us not lose focus because of the scornful attitudes and words of folk around us who question our misplaced trust or the whisperings of satan that prayer is just speaking into the air my wife has regular contact with an elderly man who claims to be an atheist he often mocks her faith but finds his conversations with her something to look forward to because of her contagious joy this gentleman s wife secretly tells my wife that he actually looks forward to these conversations apparently he s a real old grump at home some may be helped by physical prayer postures such as kneeling or even prostration i think the key here is our heart attitude in communing with god ps 123 is also a corrective to the extremely laid back and casual attitude of so many post modern believers toward god as evidenced by cheap talk of the man upstairs and our western individualistic ego centric kind of faith where it s all about me finding my destiny etc god is at my beck and call rather than i at his i get the incarnationality of god and the wonderful intimacy of an abba father relationship reflecting his total love and loveability he is a god of unspeakable kindness and benevolence our earthly parents may have some darkness in them but there is no darkness at all in god our father who is totally light toward us 1 jn 1 5ff at the same time a proper understanding of who god really is holy and loving safeguards the essential distinction between creator and creature which sin is ever seeking to minimise or obliterate r v g tasker the biblical doctrine of the wrath of god sin is subtle and easily erodes our thinking about god and ourselves even as cleansed sinners i think jesus puts it all together so beautifully in the lord s prayer in mt 6 9ff jesus has already exposed the pharisees showmanship and hypocrisy in prayer and the gentiles empty and endless babbling in prayer pray then in this way our father in heaven hallowed be your name your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread v 9 11 hallowed be your name is an interesting phrase one little boy got it wrong at school when he asked his teacher miss why do we call god harold as a teen at a youth camp i heard a godly bible teacher put it this way it means to be in sympathy with god s holiness we know that holiness betokens god s otherness majesty purity awesomeness loveliness let me wrap up with dallas willard s paraphrase of the lord s prayer which i think of as a kind of prayer for all seasons he reminds us that heaven should be translated heavens meaning god as far out imaginable to right down to the atmosphere around our heads which is the first of the heavens dear father always near us may your name be treasured and loved may your rule be completed in us may your will be done here on earth in just the way it is done in heaven give us today the things we need today and forgive us our sins and impositions on you as we are forgiving all who in any way offend us please don t put us through trials but deliver us from everything bad because you are the one in charge and you have all the power and the glory too is all yours forever which is just the way we want it or amen or occasionally who0pee and if you re south african hooray leave a comment thirty something pianos posted on november 22 2016 by errollmulder under uncategorized a few weeks ago i received an a w tozer quote from my good friend rod lam serving jesus in hong kong a w tozer 1897 1963 american pastor and author is truly prophetic to our time i had come across it before but it was a timeous reminder of a truth which we would see demonstrated once more before our very eyes at our second organic church retreat in the southern free state south africa if interested in our first encounter see my archives for a baptism of love written a year ago nov 17 2015 here is the quote has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other they are of one accord by being tuned not to each other but to another standard to which each one must individually bow so one hundred worshippers meeting together each one looking away to christ are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be were they to become unity conscious and turn their eyes away from god to strive for closer fellowship now let my brother in the lord tobie give his account of the weekend you will find it right here on tobie s blog enjoy 1 comment search recent posts lighting up our city one street 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