DAY 27 OF THE OMER

“Today is twenty-seven days which are three weeks and six days of the Omer.”

·       Theme of the Week: Netzach – Victory

·       Theme of the Day: Yesod - Intimacy

·       Overall Theme: The Intimacy of His Victory

·       Psalm 25:4-10

II Cor. 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

I Cor. 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

Death is a false victory for sin, for with believers who walk in the footsteps of Yeshua the Messiah by walking and obeying the Torah, know that potentially we are only a breath, a heartbeat away from being in the Presence of the Almighty God which indicates the Intimate closeness of such a victory.

The Traditional Psalm to read is Psalm 25:4-10:

Psalm 25: 4-10 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD. Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

“Thank You Abba ADONAI God that the enemy perceives as our defeat is in reality our victory and that victory may only be a breath or a heartbeat away. Thank You Father! In Yeshua’s Name I pray, Ameyn.”

DAY 26 OF THE OMER

“Today is twenty-six days which are three weeks and five days of the Omer.”

·       Theme of the Week: Netzach – Victory

·       Theme of the Day: Hod - Glory

·       Overall Theme: The Glory of His Victory

·       Psalm 19

I Thess. 4:13-18 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

His Glory will become our glory, His Victory He shares with us when it is all said and done and prophecy is fulfilled and we are all changed and receive our glorified bodies to reign in victory with Him forever more. However, we are to reflect His Glory and live as if the Victory has already been won, which it has! For by this passage and the book of Revelation we win! It is just that the enemy is in denial and will fight futily to the bitter end.

The Traditional Psalm to read is Psalm 19:

This is like a mini Psalm 119 describing the perfection and supremacy of Torah.

1     ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
2     Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
3     There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
4     Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5     Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
6     His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
7     ¶ The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
8     The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9     The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

“Torah and the Blessed Holy One are entirely One. Therefore, when a person binds himself to the letters of Torah he is able to know that which exists… for he himself becomes beyond time. This is what it means to say ‘the Mitzvah (Command) of YHWH is Bara’ [which in the Psalm means ‘pure,’ but can also mean ‘outside’ or ‘beyond’]. Mitzvah comes from Tzavta [which means ‘together’].” Therefore, when you become joined together with YHWH through doing a mitzvah, you move beyond time and space, because God is beyond these limits. This truly “enlightens the eyes,” allowing you to see in a complete new way. The state of being “beyond,” as implied in the word Bara, is the true “purity” (which is the other meaning of the word in this verse). – The Everything Kabbalah Book, by Mark Elber

10     More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11     Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
12     Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
13     Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
14     Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

“Abba ADONAI God, let me live each day realizing that no matter the present circumstances that the War has already been won and in Your Holiness I can walk in Glorious Victory! Thank You Father! In Yeshua’s Name I pray, Ameyn!

DAY 25 OF THE OMER

“Today is twenty-five days which are three weeks and four days of the Omer.”

·       Theme of the Week: Netzach – Victory

·       Theme of the Day: Netzach – Victory

·       Overall Theme: The Supreme and Total Victory of His Victory

·       Psalm 18:1-5

Gal. 5:16-21 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

When we can overcome the temptation to become prideful and gloat over our enemies; when we can be a victor without using such to carry out a campaign of vengeance of as an excuse to sin because we deserve it or because “they” had it coming; when we can repent and not return later to that which we repented of, we have become supreme victors with total victory.

The Traditional Psalm to read is Psalm 18:1-5:

¹I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
 ²The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
 ³I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
 ⁴The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
 ⁵The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

“Abba ADONAI God, only through You and submitting myself to You as clay in the potters hands can I have supreme and total victory over sin. May it be so Father, in the Name of Messiah Yeshua I pray, Ameyn.”

DAY 24 OF THE OMER

Today is twenty-four days which are three weeks and three days of the Omer.”

·       Theme of the Week: Netzach - Victory

·       Theme of the Day: Tiferet - Beauty

·       Overall Theme: The Beauty of His Victory

·       Psalm 11

If victory is obtained in a bloody, ill-gotten and underhanded way it is ugly. But to see and inspiring story of a victim of rape, let’s say, overcome the fear and anger, face her assailant and genuinely forgive him, then go on to help other victims of such crime is a beautiful victory. The victim could have stayed angry and fearful and cheered when her attacker got life in prison and then became an untrusting, recluse and that would neither be beautiful or victorious.

We become beautiful victors when we realize nothing happens without reason (Rom. 8:28) and without potential benefit. We are beautiful victors when we refuse to lie down and play the victim. We are beautiful victors when we persevere. We will know we have become beautiful victors when we hear… “Well done my good and faithful servant (Matt. 25:21).”

The Traditional Psalm to read is Psalm 11:

PSALM 11
 1In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

This Psalm was penned after David was told by Jonathan to flee from His Father, King Saul (I Sam. 18-19).
The Stones Edition of the Tanak says regarding this Psalm:

“The righteous suffer to atone for sin, but are rewarded in the World to Come. Evil doers are rewarded in this world.”

David, though having to flee bodily from Saul, is resilient and steadfast in his spirit with out fear. His total trust and confidence is in ADONAI. His spirit didn’t flee from, or shrink in Saul’s presence.
The Jewish commentator Malbam said, “David confronts the scoffers who urge him to abandon his trust in God.”

The word “trust” also means “refuge.” Here he is proclaiming God is his keeper and protector.

 2For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

Here David proclaims the wicked as the cowards that need to flee to the mountains because they don’t face the men they shoot at.

 3If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

The Torah is the Rock basis for the origins of all that which is; which is the foundation of righteousness, for if the account of creation is not true or accurate, how then can the rest of the Torah be believed or followed? So if the foundation of creationism crumbles, the moral absolutes which rests upon it fall and thus opens the floodgates for abortion, euthanasia, and moral relativism. The Torah is the foundation spoken of in Matt. 7:24-27. Rock is Torah and sand is bits and pieces of rock, bits and pieces of Torah, bits ands pieces of truth. So the foolish man can be likened to the Christian who rejects the Torah as a whole and only accepts bits and pieces of it. The Torah is the basis for the final say in doctrine according to II Tim. 3:16.

 4The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

“This answers the scoffers: Although G-d is infinitely exalted, He is thoroughly cognizant of human affairs.” – Stones Edition of the Tanak

The word, “behold,” in the Hebrew is, “chazah” and it means to behold, size up and divide, a picture of what a judge does. The next key word, “try” means to search out and examine so as to prove something. The picture here is of YHWH as an Omniscient Judge with an all-encompassing bird’s eye view that Google Earth or Santa Clause can’t touch! ADONAI, not Santa knows who’s sleeping, awake, bad, good, naughty or nice.

 5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

God is not partial, He “tries” the wicked and righteous both. Now the passage paints a scene of a smelter of precious metal which is melted and tried by fire. Impurities bubble to the surface of the molten metal as scum and it is skimmed off and thrown out and this is like the wicked. The righteous however, is the melted metal being purified.
Rashi said, “It is specifically the righteous who God chastises in order to purify them.”
 
 6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

The scum from the molten metal is thrown into the fire to be burned up and this sounds like what is done to the wicked in this verse.

 7For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

Once the metal is refined, whether it be gold or silver, it can be taken out and made into something that is useful and also beautiful to look at.

This Psalm can be compared to Proverbs 11 which talks about the righteous and the wicked; like Father (David), like son (Solomon).

“Abba ADONAI God, Help me and enable me to be a beautiful victor in every circumstance by and with Your help. Refusing to lie down and play the victim, but use wrongs done to me as an opportunity to better myself and help others. In Yeshua’s Name Ameyn.”

DAY 23 OF THE OMER

“Today is twenty-three days which are three weeks and two days of the Omer.”

·       Theme of the Week: Netzach - Victory

·       Theme of the Day: Gevurah – Severity and Strength

·       Overall Theme: The Severity and Strength of His Victory

·       Psalm 1

In a victory the opposite is naturally the looser. Yes, like we see on TV and the Movies it is a noble thing to spare and enemy’s life if that enemy has a code of honor he goes by. But some enemies, to be spared is a fate worse than death and it’s kill or be killed, and this is like our enemy, satan, who has no scruples about taking our honor for weakness and as we turn to raise our arms in victory we feel a cold shank of steel in our back.

Though like row upon row of sharp teeth; we defeat one enemy and another is right behind to replace it. But one day…

Rev. 20:14, 21:8 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

The Traditional Psalm to read is Psalm 1:

PSALM 1

1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

The word blessing is “Esher,” meaning blessed in the plural. David Ha Melek (The King) is addressing mankind because the word man is “Ish” the generic term from man as in mankind. It is not the usual word bless which is “Baruch,” meaning to show kindness, benevolence of favor. This word “Sher,” means Happy or Worthy of Praise is the one that has not taken after the way of and lived like the Torah-less (Lawless), wicked, evil and ungodly. You see it’s ironic, the lawless, even though they do not obey Torah or even laws of mankind they have their own set of laws or codes if you will. This verse shows they do, for they give “counsel.” There is a hierarchy a chain of command, a “counsel” and they give advice or “counsel.” Haven’t you ever heard of a “fellowship of thieves” or “organized crime”? Which is a perfect example to show that there are those who live without the Law (Torah) and above the law (civil, man made laws) with a law (counsel) all their own.

One is Blessed, Happy, Praiseworthy if he doesn’t stand idly along the paths where sinners, criminals, and habitual offenders are known to travel so as to be influenced by them. Fooled and sucked in by them, victimized by them or become guilty by association because you are with them in their path.

Blessed, Happy, Worthy of Praise is the one who doesn’t rest or take up the abode of the “Lutz,” of the mockers, sarcastic, critical, pessimistic scorners. Blessed is the one who doesn’t become a scorner.

The ungodly, the sinner, the scorner are all the opposite of Blessed, the opposite of Happy because they are restless and they make God and man their enemy and their definition of “Blessed” or  “Happiness” is a successful heist or watching the down fall of others or the thrill of the chase or kill. It is all temporal and fleeting and dependent upon circumstances. Not so with the Godly, Blessed or Happiness is a way of life, an attitude, a frame of heart and mine.

 2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Such a man who by body and name removes himself far from wicked people and mockers absolutely loves the Torah of HaShem (His Name).

The word “delight,” is “chaphets,” meaning the “pleasurable pursuit that consumes” him is the Torah. The five books of Moses, the 613 Commandments of ADONAI it’s all he thinks about day and night.

I can relate because I have a hard time staying focused at work because my heart isn’t there. All I am thinking about is how when I get home I need to pray and study Torah. It’s all I want to do. Because of this I can honestly say I “get” this verse. Rashi said, “At first it’s called ‘The Torah of HaShem,’ but after one has toiled to understand it, he has acquired it as his own, and it is called, ‘his own Torah.’”

 3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

A person who is dedicated to Torah shall be strong and un-moveable like a hearty deep rooted, fruitful tree; successful in all his endeavors.

You see, the river in which the tree is by is likened unto the Torah and the closer one is to the Torah the livelier and deeply rooted and un-moveable one becomes. So when in times of drought the tree (person) is un-phased and still sports lush green leaves and bears hearty, juicy fruit. It is so healthy and stout it is not budged by the onslaught of storms.
But the tree far inland away from the life giving waters of Torah does not fair so well it is stunted and withered in drought and easily uprooted when the storms come.

 4The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

The righteous are described as strong and erect trees, a thing of substance and the wicked are likened to shallow, external husks that is easily blown away, forgotten and never seen again.

 5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

If storms are judgments, then they will be blown away while the righteous trees will stand and be proven by the storms of judgment.

You’ve heard the saying, “He doesn’t have a leg to stand on.”? Well, the righteous are as a three legged stool in the godly attributes this is referred to as the three pillars and the acronym CHaBaD is used to stand for the Hebrew words for Wisdom Chokmah), Understanding (Binah) and Knowledge (Da’at). CHaBaD is the essence of the Torah and so the righteous are firmly stable and stand strong. And sinners are like a two legged stool in the midst of three legged ones and cannot stand. The wicked does not go by Torah so they do not have CHaBaD and therefore lack stability and fall.

 6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

ADONAI is intimate with the righteous and so they live. Just as Moses said to Israel that the Torah is life (Deut. 32:47), and Yeshua being the Living Manifestation of the Written Torah, He said He is the Way the Truth and the Life (John 14:6) and that He came to give life to the full (John 10:10).

The wicked is not intimate with the Author of Life and nor walks in His way, instead they foolishly forge their own path and like an explorer without a map or an inexperienced climber, they blaze a path to their own doom, like one walked into quick sand or breaking an ice bridge and falling forever into a crevasse and perishing.

“Abba ADONAI God, in the spirit realm its kill or be killed. May I show mercy and pity for the human pawns the enemy uses, but help me to show NO MERCY to the spiritual enemy behind it all by allowing Your Strength to flow through me, to gain the victory. For this I pray and give thanks in Yeshua’s Name, Ameyn.”

DAY 22 OF THE OMER

“Today is twenty-two days which are three weeks and one day of the Omer.”

·       Theme of the Week: Netzach - Victory

·       Theme of the Day: Chesed – Loving-kindness

·       Overall Theme: The Loving-kindness of His Victory

·       Psalm 119: 169-176

Victory is victory, right? How can it be anything else? On the contrary, victory can take many forms. For instance in divorce, although the court awards one party with this, that or the other and they are considered to have “won” the case, but in reality no one is really the winner and therefore it is a melancholy, bitter-sweet victory.

Gal 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

If we filter each attribute by criteria for what is called the fruit of the Spirit, then victory will be in check and it will not take the form of a cocky, arrogant, or prideful victory which then taints the victory itself.

When God gives you victory over an enemy, is your victory saturated with love?

Prov. 24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth.

Prov. 16:18 Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

The Traditional Psalm to read is Psalm 119:169-176:

169     ¶ TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.

If David said this once he has said it a hundred times.

170     Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.

David wants God to know how serious he is about His Torah.

171     ¶ My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

David will praise God for each new revelation and insight he gets from the Torah.

172     ¶ My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

He won’t keep it to himself either, he’ll tell everyone he can!

173     ¶ Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174     I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.

If David said this once he has said it a hundred times.

175     ¶ Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.

He is saying let the Torah have its perfect way in me!

176     ¶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Does this sound like someone who feels and or fears that they have to keep the Torah to be saved!? Certainly Not, God forbid!

“Abba ADONAI God, I know in the end I will be the victor. My natural tendency is to gloat and be prideful. Let my victory reveal itself through the Fruit of the Spirit So even my victory will carry and aura of holiness and love. So may I pity and pray for my enemies who You so graciously given me victory over. In the Name of Yeshua I pray, Ameyn!”

DAY 21 OF THE OMER

“Today is twenty-one days which are three weeks of the Omer.”

·       Theme of the Week: Tefreit - Beauty

·       Theme of the Day: Malchut - Majesty

·       Overall Theme: The Majesty of His Beauty

·       Psalm 119:161-168

Prov. 1:8a My son, hear the instruction of thy father.

Beauty is not beauty anymore when it is sold or thrown desperately on someone, yet a beauty can still be beauty when it’s sacrificed. But for beauty to keep its form and dignity in spite of humiliating conditions it must be majestic.

Such beauty is when a father lets down his guard and sets aside responsibilities to instill a majestic element to his son.

Traditional text to read is Psalm 119:161-168:

161     ¶ SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162     ¶ I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

                    

When David wrestles over the Torah and finds something new, it is as if he just won a battle and is reaping the spoils of the war. To David the Torah is more valuable and precious than any of the material possessions he may acquire in a battle.

163     ¶ I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

Here again David is proclaiming that the Torah is Truth. I guess this answers Pilates question to Yeshua (John 18:38).

164     ¶ Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

“TRADITION!” Tevye’s famous exclamation is oh so very true. I would guesstimate that 90% or more of Jewish Tradition has it’s foundation in the Tanak. Other traditions in Judaism come from the particular culture they find themselves in or they derive from the Talmud, the Jewish compendium on Torah Law. There is virtually nothing done in Judaism that doesn’t have meaning behind it.

Many believe, and if you ask most Rabbis, they will tell you Jews pray regularly three times a day, and Muslims, five.

Then the Scripture of David popped in my head the other day where it says:

Psalms 119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

And I began to think, “Seven. Why seven?” I know that seven is the number that represents completion and perfection. But I then noticed that most Orthodox Jews too pray seven times a day.

Daily Prescribed Prayers:

 

1.    Shacharit - Morning prayers

2.    Mincha – Afternoon / Midday prayers

3.    Ma’ariv – Evening prayers

Prayers for Meals:

1.    Breakfast

2.    Lunch

3.    Dinner

Then you have the final prayer of the day:

1.    Bedtime  Shema

This equals out to 7 daily prayers.

I then began to think, was this accidental or was it done with this in mind? I kind of think it may be accidental, because the reason Rabbis do not count the prayers over meals because to any religious person they are almost a given. That is why they emphasis the three daily prayers of; Shacharit, Mincha, and Ma’ariv. And they will tell you that Avraham taught us to pray in the morning, Isaac at noon, and Jacob at night, and that the 3 prayers correspond to the sacrifices in the Temple that we can no longer give because the Temple is no longer standing. So it is believed that it is the responsibility of every Torah Observant Jew to pray these three times daily.

Whatever the reasoning behind our traditional prayers I think this is a good tradition to keep. Any tradition that encourages and helps people to communicate and to draw closer to G-d is a good tradition.

Rav Sha’ul says, “Pray without ceasing (1Thess. 5:17).” Meaning, always keep your Neshamah (soul / spirit) in an attitude of constant prayer. The seven prayers of Judaism kind of backs this verse that Rav Sha’ul penned; Because as said earlier, seven means, completion, fullness and perfection.

The siddur we pray from, which makes up many of the seven prayers in which we pray daily, is said by the Rabbi’s to be our love letter to ADONAI in response to His love letter to us which is the Torah. And this could not be considered (as some do) as vain repetitions, because no one ever gets tired of hearing the same words, “I love you.” No matter how many times it is said. As long it is said with sincerity and devotion. The Rabbis would be the first to say that if you cannot pray from the siddur in such a manner it is best that you don’t pray at all, because it is like a mechanical, meaningless, blemished sacrifice which is abominable to God. And when someone is truly in love they find any and every excuse to meet with and spend time with their lover. So if we truly love God as we claim, why wouldn’t we want to pray seven times a day?

And when we pray it is traditional to face East. Why? Because that is the direction of where the Temple stood. And we remember the words of Sholomo Ha Melek (King Solomon).

1 Kings 8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

We also have a tradition to wear a Tallit, a prayer shawl where we cover our selves up during some of these prayers. I like to think of it as sometimes you meet in public, like on a group or double date and sometimes you just want privacy between you and your beloved.

Yeshua Moshieynu said:

Matt. 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Unless you were very rich, there was no such thing as a closet as we know it, and so “the closet” became a Jewish idiom for ones Tallit.

Not only is God like our lover, but He is also our King, and when we pray we sometimes wear a Tallit, and don Tefillin. I liken this unto getting dressed in the proper attire to see a king. We also bend our knees and bow ever so often during our prayers from the siddur. Why? Because you bow in humility when you honor or make any supplication to a king, how much more so the King who is above all kings!

Sure, during the course of a day you may, and it is okay to, toss up a quick prayer here and there very informal like, because not only is God our Creator, Lover, and King, but He is also our Father. And a Father can be approached at any time, and a Father such as ours loves to spend time with His children.

Prayer is not simply a religious thing, but it is more of a relational thing.

165     ¶ Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

I love this verse and quote it often, if someone is truly Torah Obedient, then nothing will offend them, because they have the wisdom pf the Torah on their side. I see all too often religious people who call themselves brothers and sisters in the spirit, getting all bent out of shape when someone tries to give them genuine, loving, constructive criticism. Or maybe they may get offended because they disagree on the color of carpet that should be in the sanctuary! Some translations say “nothing will make them stumble”, well, same result, because they have the wisdom of the Torah on their side, they will see pit falls and stumbling blocks before they reach them, it also says in this Psalm that the Torah (Word) is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path, this is another reason if we love and keep the Torah we will not falter. If you know and keep Torah, you will, as this verse says, have “Shalom Gadol” Great Peace. See Matt. 11:6, 24:10

166     ¶ LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation (Yeshua), and done thy commandments.

Since Yeshua is the Living Torah, His Commandments is no different from the Torah itself. Since God and Yeshua are One, since they are Father and Son, Yeshua’s Commandments are the same as the Fathers, and here we see that that is the Torah.

167     ¶ My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168     I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

David is not afraid to make this “grandeous” statement, he asks God to check him on it and to see if he hasn’t done his best to adhere to the Torah wholeheartedly.

“Abba ADONAI God, make me beautifully majestic like You so as to rightfully and humbly carry myself as a beautiful majestic ambassador for You in all I do. In Yeshua’s Name Ameyn.”