Psalms 47 – God’s Sovereignty

¹ (To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.) O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

Triumph = joy over success

What success in your life brings joy to you today?

What words will you sing and shout triumphantly to God?

God’s majesty

²For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

LORD = Jehovah, the I AM

Terrible = formidably great

What does God being the I AM mean to you?

What about God’s greatness matters to you?

God’s great deeds

³He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

⁴He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

⁵God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

⁶Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

Subdue = bring into subjection

Choose = to select by preference

The upright are those who receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. They stand in His righteousness alone, not in their own. What is the inheritance of the upright? What do you remember from our study of our earthly inheritance and our heavenly inheritance?  The future components of your inheritance are incorruptible (cannot be perverted, dissolved or decayed); undefiled (cannot be made dirty); fade not away (cannot become dim, lose freshness, strength or health); reserved for you in Heaven (set apart particularly for you and kept by special arrangement for you).

The present components of your inheritance include: rest; relationship with your Creator, Savior and Lord; residence – your body as the tabernacle of the triune God; victory and freedom from sin; abundant living with the fruit of the Spirit. These present components are what your enemy wants to steal. What do these verses tell you to do to avoid the enemy stealing you present inheritance components?

What about your inheritance matters most to you today?

How do you see God subduing your enemies?

God’s dominion

⁷For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

⁸God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

⁹The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

Understanding = knowledge of or familiarity of a particular thing

Reign = possess sovereign power and authority

Holiness =spiritually pure, inspiring fear and awe

Shield = devise for defense and protection

What is your understanding of God?

Why does it matter to you that God reigns?

What about God’s holiness matters most to you?

Why does it matter to you that that the shields of the earth belong to God?

Our focus = Hebrews 12:¹Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

² Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Our challenge = Dearly Beloved,

Run with your eyes on Jesus alone!

Run in faith that Jesus loves you, has uniquely designed and created only one you, has a good plan for your life, runs with you and will accomplish His purposes for you and through  you!

Run in His strength alone!

Run with your eyes on the prize!

Run with the desire to finish strong!

Run with the desire to finish with your lamp burning!

Run with the expectation of being in His physical presence when you cross your finish line!

Run to His glory alone!

Run and keep on running!

Coach Patti