Gatorade or God?
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Psalm 63 discusses being spiritually exhausted from attacks by enemies and becoming dry spiritually. It offers three ways to rehydrate spiritually: 1) Run back to God through worship and spending time with him; 2) Rest in God's protection by remembering his past faithfulness and placing oneself under his protection; 3) Resist the urge to retaliate against enemies and let God deal with them, rejoicing in his plan for success. The conclusion is that those who are thirsty spiritually should drink of God, not man-made solutions like Gatorade, to replenish their losses.
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Gatorade or God?
- 1. Gatorade or God? Psalm 63:1-11
- 2. Gatorade was developed in 1965 by researchers to replenish the losses of student-athletes during rigorous athletic competitions
- 3. Introduction • Psalms are contemporary, RELEVANT songs from passionate hearts. – Like a medicinal elixir, they often replenish the heart’s losses
- 4. Introduction • Spiritual dryness may be the result of EXHAUSTION. (v1) • Your exhaustion may be caused by CRITICAL attacks of an enemy. (v11c) – intense, prolonged resistance to these attacks wipes the believer out spiritually and emotionally
- 5. The Thirsty Psalmist I. O God, You are my God RIGHT NOW, and in this exhaustion. (vv1-5)
- 6. The Thirsty Psalmist II. O God, You have been my help in the PAST, in lots of situations just like this one. (vv6-8)
- 7. The Thirsty Psalmist III. O God, You have a detailed FUTURE plan for success, even through this exhausting episode. (vv9-11)
- 9. Rehydration Techniques • RUN back towards God (63:1-5) – Reaffirm your PERSONAL relationship with Him. (v1a) – Seek Him EARLY and earnestly. (v1b) – Spend time in individual and corporate WORSHIP. (vv2b-5)
- 10. Rehydration Techniques • REST in His protection (63:6-8) – Remind yourself CONTINUALLY “God’s always had my back” (v6) – Place yourself back under His WING of PROTECTION (v7a) – Sing to Him and CLING to Him (vv7b-8a) – RELAX – He has your back again! (v8b)
- 11. Rehydration Techniques • RESIST the urge to run away or return fire (63:9-11) – Let GOD deal with them appropriately (vv9-10) – Rejoice in God’s PLAN for you -- your successful passage through this episode (v11)
- 12. You who are thirsty, come drink of GOD, not Gatorade! (or any other man-made concoction or solution)
Notas do Editor
- In early summer of 1965, a University of Florida assistant coach sat down with a team of university physicians and asked them to determine why so many of his players were being affected by heat and heat related illnesses.The researchers — Dr. Robert Cade, Dr. Dana Shires, Dr. H. James Free and Dr. Alejandro de Quesada — soon discovered two key factors that were causing the Gator players to ‘wilt’: the fluids and electrolytes the players lost through sweat were not being replaced, and the large amounts of carbohydrates the players’ bodies used for energy were not being replenished.The researchers then took their findings into the lab, and scientifically formulated a new, precisely balanced carbohydrate-electrolyte beverage that would adequately replace the key components lost by Gator players through sweating and exercise. They called their concoction ‘Gatorade’.
- Consider Elijah post Mt Carmel (1 Kgs 19) “Elijah was the champion of orthodoxy, chosen by God to challenge the king and the prophets of Baal and to call the nation back from apostasy. In a contest on Mt. Carmel, he was God's instrument to prove to Israel that Jehovah was the Lord. But after that amazing victory Elijah sank into the depths of despair. He sat down under a juniper tree and asked God to take his life.” – Paul Powell, http://www.preaching.com/sermons/11567061/
- They can’t take your life, even if they want to (9a)God can take theirs, even though they don’t want Him to (9b)Cp. Mt 10:28, Lk 12:4God will use their own traps and a course of natural consequences to punish or thwart them (10)Cp. Ps 7:15, Prv 26:27Either He will draw my praise (11a)Or increase His glory/fame (11b)Or encourage those who swear by Him (11b)Or stop the mouth of the lying critics (11c)Or all of the above!!
- In the heat of an intense personal attack, in a figurative weary land,a psalmist wrote about recovering his spiritual strength by turning his attention toward God. He refused to wilt! He endured with the help of a spiritual thirst-quencher– God.Mt 11:28 – all you who are weary