his is the third week of our study in the life of Abraham and considering the goodness of the Lord that followed him. Now we will see the final overcoming of fear in Abraham's life -- specifically, the Fear of Death -- and just how the goodness of the Lord brought Abraham to this place.
We were just getting started last week in the picture of God's goodness and mercy in the life of Abraham, and the constant display of that goodness and mercy as Abraham slowly but surely overcame the fears that had so programmed his life during his early years in Ur of the Chaldees, and the subsequent 25 years he spent in Haran prior to his father's death. Let's pick up this narrative where we left off last week.
We were blessed to have Bruce Allen in our home a couple of weeks ago. He came to spend a few days "just to take a break" from his busy traveling schedule.
We could very well run long again today, but I need to connect all of the dots for you as we wrap up this discussion on the cup, so let’s get started. Let me cover some of the same ground that I did last week in order for you to see the connection.
It’s hard for me to believe that I’ve been writing on this 23rd Psalm adventure for a solid year by now. And that doesn’t count a couple of short breaks we’ve taken just to take a breather. This truly has become a revelation as much for me as it has for those of you who’ve stayed with it during this time. I sit down to write and things just begin to flow in my spirit. Sometimes it’s hard to simply stop. I just keep writing, and ultimately have to break it up into multiple Coffee Breaks in order to keep things down to a readable limit, practically speaking.
Let’s finish where we left off last week in talking about Jesus’ life as an example of the cup running over, and then explore the covenant that comes with the cup as it relates to what Jesus has done on our behalf and what He has made available to us.
Today we shift gears to the next phase of this adventure – and this is no less important to our development in Christ than any of the previous stages. Perhaps one of the least understood facets in the way that David expresses himself in the 23rd Psalm, his statement that “My cup runneth over,” uses phraseology that is long lost in modern speech.
We’re going to run long today in an effort to wrap up this portion of our Psalm 23 adventure. We finished up last week talking about David’s expansion of the families of worshipers. Take a look, if you will, at I Chronicles 25.