[Our featured writer here is a former Christian pastor Ricky Samson who shares his messages to his flock with Sinai 6000. He has started this series, please refer to: Guides to Greatness – 1. Reformatted for this post. —Admin 1]
Guide To Greatness – 2
— 8/11/2014 —
This is a weekly guide prepared by your coach Ricky Samson.
The goal is to provide you with concrete step-by-step guide designed to bring you to the level of greatness that YHWH designed you for …
If you walk in the Way designed by YHWH, He promises to bless you …
Psalms 119:1-4 NKJV
1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the LORD {YHWH}!
2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart!
3 They also do no iniquity; They walk in His ways.
4 You have commanded us To keep Your precepts diligently.
Our guide to greatness, comes primarily from the portions of the TaNaK, YHWH’s words, written by King David and his son, King Solomon. It is during the reign of these two kings chosen by YHWH that Israel experienced the longest period of peace in their history!
Here is what King David recommends …
Psalms 91:1-16 NKJV
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD {YHWH} , “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your
dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I
will set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in
trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation.”
King David understood the KEY TO GREATNESS and he shares it with us in many of his psalms.
What is the key? The key is found in the very first verse:
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
The Key Word is “Dwell” — yashab. According to Vine’s Complete Hebrew Expository Dictionary it means:
yashab (H3427), “to dwell, sit, abide, inhabit, remain.”
The word occurs over 1,100 times throughout the Old Testament.
The word is also used to describe man’s being in YHWH’s presence and King David says that this is the “ONE THING I HAVE DESIRED”
Psalms 27:4 NKJV
4 One thing I have desired of the LORD {YHWH}, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD {YHWH} All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD {YHWH}, And to inquire in His temple.
The idea that YHWH also “dwells” among men is expressed by this verb. The usage of yasha in many verses describes YHWH’s presence at the ark of the covenant in the tabernacle and the temple.
1 Samuel 4:4 NKJV
4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who dwells between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High” – This KEY TO GREATNESS is available to all believers but unfortunately, only a few
take it seriously. The blessings here promised are not for all believers, but for those who live in close fellowship with YHWH. Every child of YHWH looks towards the inner sanctuary and the mercy-seat, yet all do not dwell in the most holy place; they run to it at times, and enjoy
occasional approaches, but they do not habitually DWELL in His presence.
How do we fellowship with YHWH?
1] Daily — we write, read, meditate on His Word.
2] Frequently — Day and Night —
3] Prayerfully — After we read His Word, we call upon His name — Not a generic god.
4] Weekly — We come together as a community to worship Him and
5] Gratefully — We Thank Him for even creating us and caring for us!
We are protected when we are “dwelling” in His presence.
For this week, therefore, let us revive the practice we learned from the Torah to Copy, Read, Meditate and Do His Word.
Let us light incense and send our prayers to Him. Let’s spend time with Him — not just 5 minutes of hurried mechanical transcription. To many, unfortunately, spending time in the presence of YHWH is a waste of time. They do not have the wisdom to understand that this is the KEY To GREATNESS!
I applaud those who travel far every Sabbath just to be with YHWH and His people! To many people, 5 hours, every Sabbath is a long time — To others who really love YHWH with all their heart, 5 hours seem so short .
As we learned from Jacob, 7 years is not a long time if you are doing it for someone you love!
This KEY To GREATNESS, when applied to our lives will produce the fruit of righteousness. King Solomon wisely says about the righteous:
Proverbs 11:8-10 NKJV
8 The righteous is delivered from trouble, And it comes to the wicked instead.
9 The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; And when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.
Have a great week fellowshipping with YHWH …
Coach Ricky