THE BOOK OF PSALMS

Psalms - Chapter 4 

Psalms 4:1 says, "[[To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.]] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me [when I was] in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer." "Hear me" means "answer me." As it was with David with Absalom and his army chasing him to take his life and that of his small army, the enemies of our Father God seek to destroy the teachings of the very elect as we now live. The enemies of our LORD shall seek the lives of the very elect when they are handed up before the synagogues of satan for a testimony of our Father God Almighty when satan is cast to this earth as the first/false christ. There are times when the road of true teachings narrow as the enemy prevails stealing the hearts and minds of Father's children who are ignorant to His Truths, and as David, the very elect pray to our Heavenly Father to widen the road that His Good Gospel may escape the enemy by way of a "broad or roomy pasture {enlarged}." "Christ Jesus, our Living Word is our Shepherd" and all of our "Father God's children are His pasture." "Pasture" means "as christians, understanding the teachings of Christ Jesus, understanding the Word of Father God." When you are in the service of Father God, under "His will" and not 'free which is of your own', when your "adversaries, the enemies of Almighty God {distress}" come against you, Father hears prayers from an obedient, loving, upright and just heart {righteousness} and will show you favor {mercy} by your faith. Almighty God will lift you up to take "a stand" with assurance {confidence} against all of your enemies. Trust in Father God as is taught in I Corinthians 10:13 and you will never be tempted above that which you are capable of handling without our LORD giving you with a way out. 

Psalms 4:2 says, "O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after leasing? Selah." You "turn Father's glory into shame" when you act as Absalom and all those following him, rebelling against our LORD, when you attend churches today that teach no truth because they are "houses of Beth-aven, which means emptiness, nothingness, vanity.” When your pulpit guru is prancing up and down their pulpit and you want to hear fire and brimstone preaching, what you are getting are the doctrines and traditions of men, their babble and confusion, here a verse, there a verse, because as Absalom, they are not chosen by our Father God Almighty and they are rebelling against our Father with their false teachings. "Leasing" means "a lie, untruth, falsehood, deceptive thing - to lie, tell a lie, be a liar, be found a liar, be in vain, fail." When you listen to false teachings of those calling themselves teachers of our Father's Word when our LORD "did not chose them", what you are doing is "vanity" since you are supporting "the nothingness they spew with their false teachings." Father God's very elect are His anointed children chosen before the foundation of this Flesh or Second Earth Age because they stood with Father God against the rebellion of satan [ lucifer] in the Spiritual or First Earth Age. Therefore, it is the chosen children of Father God who are to teach His Good Gospel, and not those as Absalom who called themselves into their pulpits because in the Spiritual or First Earth Age they either stood with satan against our Father or took no stand at all. Listening to false teachings is the reason most of the world will bow down and worship the first/false christ who is satan, believing in their ignorance of our Father's Word, having listened to the lying teachings of the enemies of our LORD, that he is our True Christ Jesus. 

Psalms 4:3 says, "But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him." "Hath set apart" means "to be distinct, marked out, be separated, be distinguished." Father God has "set apart" his children for Himself that are "redeemed {awakened to understanding truth - the very elect} through Christ Jesus." The "very elect are the chosen ones, the set apart ones of our Father God Almighty." When you pray to our Father God seeking His love, help, guidance, direction and instruction, our LORD will always hear you and answer in His season according to His good will. Wisdom comes with studying our Father's Word and with that spiritual knowledge you come to understand, without a doubt, through your faith and trust in our Father to "wait", your hands continuing to do His work, until our LORD answers you according to His good pleasure. If you doubt Father will answer you or are not accepting of Father's answer, you are still drinking the milk of Almighty God's Word and there is a great need to continue plowing that you may understand the "strong meat" of Father God's Holy Word. "Father God will always deliver you" when you stand on the "Rock of our Foundation who is Christ Jesus." 

Psalms 4:4 says, "Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah." "Awe" means "tremble, quake, rage, quiver, be agitated, be excited, be perturbed - to excite oneself." "Bed" means "a place of meditation." "And be still" means "be silent." The very elect of Father God will plant seeds of truth to the Biblically illiterate prayerfully that they will stop playing church and become excited over hearing the "True Word of our Father God." That they will take this truth to a quiet place and meditate with our Father God who can grant the increase of understanding through Christ Jesus and will find they become a part of that spiritual peace that comes with having wisdom of the truths of our Father's Word. This is how you "put away sin", by "loving and trusting in our LORD through prayer" and becoming a part of the "many-membered Body of Christ Jesus, who is our Living Word." Revelation 8:3 - 6 teaches of the power of prayer. 

Psalms 4:5 says, "Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD." During the time of David's life, the children of Father God offered sacrifices before His Throne in repentance of their sins and love. When our Lord Jesus Christ was born from above as "Messiah, sacrificing His Perfect Self for the sins of humankind, our Lord fulfilled the price for one and all times and there is no longer a need for blood sacrifices." The "Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ" opened the way for all of "Father's children who are obedient to His Word and under His will" to come "before His Throne in the Precious Name of Jesus", seeking forgiveness for all sins repented of from a pure heart. Believing and trusting in Father God and  living according to His instructions help you to put away your sins through repentance and strengthens your faith. 

Psalms 4:6 says, "[There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us." Just as those with are with David are doubting, so are those calling themselves christians as we now live. They profess to love and serve our Father, yet they consistently ask the who, what, when, where, for questions which demonstrates a lack of faith. It is impossible to have faith in our Father God if you do not know and understand "His Word and His promises." The very elect of our LORD prayerfully ask Him to show all of His enemies, who are likewise our enemies who call themselves christians, the "Power of His Might", as seeds of truth are planted by the very elect {light of thy countenance} and your children hear them wherein their spiritual eyes are opened. The very elect ask our Father to prove the false Biblical teaching that is sucking the life out of His children to be lying, false, doctrines and traditions of men which shall surely cause them to stumble when satan is cast to this earth as the first/false christ right into his bed of lies, deception and harlotry {spiritually speaking}.  

Psalms 4:7 says, "Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [that] their corn and their wine increased." When you commune with our Father God through His Beloved Son Christ Jesus, coming into the light of the truth of our Father's Word, there is happiness, joy, peace and rest within your spiritual self. Having and understanding Almighty God's Word is the greatest wealth you can ever hope to have. It cannot be bought or sold, or taken away from you, and unlike earthly possession, will stay with you when the flesh body passes away or is changed at the returning of our Lord Jesus Christ at the Second Advent. There is no comparison between having wealth of this world and having the wealth of the knowledge of understanding our Father's Word by the blessings of His Holy Spirit. The only increase {wealth} a true child of our Father God longs for is understanding our Father's Word wherein you are under His veil of protection as your hands work and are a part of "His Perfect Plan." 

Psalms 4:8 says, "I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety." When you are loving and serving Father God, understanding His Word, repenting of sins and are a part of the many-membered Body of Christ Jesus, your hands working for our LORD, when you close your eyes, there is rest and peace through our Father God Almighty. There is no tossing and turning as suffered by the enemies of our Father who are always in darkness, walking in babble and confusion, no rest or peace as they continue in their wickedness deceiving and plotting. When you walk in the path of righteousness, Father God is "always" your shield of protection. When you love, serve, are obedient in faithful study of our Father's Word, walking that path Christ Jesus taught, having faith, trust and confidence in our LORD, He will take away your burdens and you will have "peace and rest under the promises of Christ Jesus [Matthew 11:27 - 30]."