1-3), pleas for salvation (vv. Would not you do the same if you had such an opportunity? So much, then, for the ideal or principle descriptive of what is spiritual life. If we had more room for the Lord's gifts, we should receive more.II. They may lie dormant in the inner caves of our personal existence, unused and entrusted by guilt, but they are integral qualities. Now, the reference of the text, in its first section, is to this quality of our nature. You might expect such a promise as that. Or, "lied unto him". This topic is left for the last, because it is the most important; it is the very base of all spiritual acquisition. Sense of this need. The picture is one of simple dependence and trust. Crummell, D. D.This is a figurative expression, and it indicates that man is a creature of vast spiritual capacity. I'm not sure how effective the signs were or weren't - I don't even know what their purpose was. pastors who have shepherded flocks of all sizes. When God says, "Open thy mouth wide," He refers to an actual capacity in us, latent though it be, which, quickened by the Spirit, may reach up to heaven in lofty aspirations, and take in all the things of God. I think that it also means that we are to feel intense desires: "Open thy mouth." "He that prays to God without fervour asks to be denied."3. A chapter by chapter and verse by verse study of Psalms taught by Pastor Paul LeBoutillier of Calvary Chapel Ontario, Oregon. You could not think it possible for the Lord to say, "Open your mouths for nothing." 3. There is enough of desire for God in every man to make this world unsatisfying, but in the worldling this desire is Undeveloped and shrivelled. Labour after a great sense of need. "I will fill it." So much, then, for the ideal or principle descriptive of what is spiritual life. And now we can turn to the evidence that is to be found in ourselves that we have this principle implanted in us. And so it will follow that obedience to the text will show itself, in the purposed rise of the soul to a high spirituality. James 1:6, In the domain of the spirit, spiritual things, spiritual aims, spiritual efforts, spiritual longings, are the foremost of all things. 81:1 Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob! Only open your mouth, and, as it were, make a vacuum for God to fill. 2. are to be praying by faith in anxious anticipation of God's answer. Book 3 (Psalms 73–89) principally concerns the crisis in Israel caused by the destruction of the temple (Ps. Through prayer I can 2. THE PROMISE. O grand and noble acquisition! 1. 2. Ask for enlarged capacities. We have to recognize natural differences of capacity. The body without appetite for food is diseased; the intellect without appetite for truth is diseased; and the soul without appetite for righteousness is diseased. I have known children of God who have felt a terrible awe in the presence of the Lord. NONE EVER WILL, UNLESS THE CONDITIONS OF SUCH EXPECTATION BE FULFILLED. THE MEASURE OF RECEIVING. They may lie dormant in the inner caves of our personal existence, unused and entrusted by guilt, but they are integral qualities. As the lament of Jesus over Jerusalem. The ideas of God and duty, the fitness for responsibility, the spring of the inner nature towards immortal life, the sentiment of love, with its boundless range — these inhere in the soul of every man. In Psalms 79-80 we saw Asaph describing God’s wrath against Jerusalem and his plea for the “son of man” (the Messiah) to deliver the people. In repeating the General Confession, when he came to the words, "and there is no health in us," he substituted for them, "and there is no help for it." It would not be according to His usual way of procedure. Nothing — riot guilt, not neglect, not the insane denial of these Divine qualities, not even the suicide's hand, can cast out of our being these exalted powers and prerogatives. That you must avoid as though it were death, the idea of spiritual finality, in the attainments of grace. It is the cultivation of the Christian graces; and, observe, all true cultivation tends to growth and expansion. Now, the Lord says to each of His own people, whom He has so highly favoured, "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it." Observe GOD USING TWO GREAT ARGUMENTS. 1 Of Asaph. Never pause in your career, saying to the deceived and languid soul, "Rest and be thankful." Because of what God will do. Only open your mouth, and, as it were, make a vacuum for God to fill. God fills us, not by lessening our desires, but by enriching them. Will to believe. In the domain of the spirit, spiritual things, spiritual aims, spiritual efforts, spiritual longings, are the foremost of all things. "I will fill it.". In the very idea of immortality is implied somewhat that is limitless and unconfined; and so we can by God's grace stretch out further and further, until we are lost in God Himself. THAT THERE ARE SOME WHO NEVER OPEN THEIR MOUTHS AT ALL. Sign In. Like Israel, But observe, next, that another stretch of the soul to high spiritual excellence is to be attained by the exercise of duty, that is, the doing of good works. MISSING GOD'S BEST . Now, the reference of the text, in its first section, is to this quality of our nature. If we open our mouths to God in prayer, He will fill them more and more with suitable petitions and arguments. Well, open your mouth, and God will fill it with prayer; and then, when you have prayed the prayer that He has given you, He will fill it with answers. "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it."1. (3)With praises. You could not think it possible for the Lord to say, "Open your mouths for nothing." Through prayer George But observe, next, that another stretch of the soul to high spiritual excellence is to be attained by the exercise of duty, that is, the doing of good works. God is calling to His own chosen. Now, the reference of the text, in its first section, is to this quality of our nature. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Psalm 85. )Affluence and receptivityA. That there is a law of progress implanted in our nature, which has no limitation. You might expect such a promise as that. Israel rebelled against God and ended up walking in her own counsels … When you have done that, then open your mouth with praise. When God says, "Open thy mouth wide," He refers to an actual capacity in us, latent though it be, which, quickened by the Spirit, may reach up to heaven in lofty aspirations, and take in all the things of God. You might expect such a promise as that. "I cannot," says one. There is a recognition here of the vastness of human need. I "brought thee out of the land of Egypt." O blessed and heavenly consummation!(A. to the greatest ministry of all! )Opening the mouthI. "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. The story goes that the Shah of Persia, a strange man altogether, on one occasion said to a person who had pleased him very greatly, "Open your mouth," and when he had opened his mouth, the Shah began to fill it up with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and all sorts of precious stones. Now, the reference of the text, in its first section, is to this quality of our nature. Such a suitableness in Him to the necessities of the soul, as is to be found in no other. That there is a law of progress implanted in our nature, which has no limitation. But the faculties are in us. answers even before we ask. The first step to strength is to realize our own helplessness, simply to "open the mouth wide," that God may fill it. So much, then, for the ideal or principle descriptive of what is spiritual life. Crummell, D. D.This is a figurative expression, and it indicates that man is a creature of vast spiritual capacity. 2. "Open thy mouth wide" —1. It brings, to our sight, in exceeding brilliancy, the faith and prayerful mightiness of Abraham; the calm meditativeness of Isaac; the crystal purity of Joseph; the serene and unspotted godliness of Samuel; the burning flames of Elijah; the calm constancy of David; the stern self-sacrifice and zealous fervour of the Baptisit; the fiery ardour of holy Paul; the loveliness of St. John the Divine. When we have our mouths open in prayer we Observe GOD USING TWO GREAT ARGUMENTS. God gives prayer as well as the answer to prayer. He began to write, he says, and he does not know how he wrote so much; but he quaintly says, "As I pulled, it came"; and you will find it is so with the praise of God. The invitation consists of an instruction and a promise: the instruction is, "Open thy mouth wide"; the promise is, "I will fill it. The promise here given us is equally as significant with regard to our nature as is the command. The promise here given us is equally as significant with regard to our nature as is the command. First of all, if you would attain to a lofty, grand pre-eminence of spiritual growth, fix it in your minds to be men and women of a high order of morals. Suppose you open your mouth wide in prayer. Observe GOD USING TWO GREAT ARGUMENTS. Spurgeon. Favoriting is a great way to keep a list of sermons, programs, and ministry resources in your account. Jeremiah 33:3, Matthew 7:7-11, change in my family, my church, my community, and on my job. It is the cultivation of the Christian graces; and, observe, all true cultivation tends to growth and expansion. As an eaglet differs from smaller birds, so men differ from men. 3. That there is a law of progress implanted in our nature, which has no limitation. Crummell, D. D.)LinksPsalm 81:10 NIVPsalm 81:10 NLTPsalm 81:10 ESVPsalm 81:10 NASBPsalm 81:10 KJVPsalm 81:10 Bible AppsPsalm 81:10 ParallelPsalm 81:10 Biblia ParalelaPsalm 81:10 Chinese BiblePsalm 81:10 French BiblePsalm 81:10 German BiblePsalm 81:10 CommentariesBible Hub, (3)The channel by which mercies come to thee: Christ Jesus thy Lord. the ministry of prayer. And now we can turn to the evidence that is to be found in ourselves that we have this principle implanted in us. There must be: 1. Now, the reference of the text, in its first section, is to this quality of our nature. If you do not praise Him, you never will praise Him. That there is a law of progress implanted in our nature, which has no limitation. is the greatest ministry of all. Don't have an account? And here the whole field of saintly life lies spread out before us, so that we cannot err. You are weakness itself, and emptiness itself, and a mass of sin and misery, apart from God your Father, and Christ your Redeemer, and the Spirit the indweller; and when you know this, then you will open your mouth wide. Child of God, this text belongs peculiarly to you. O blessed and heavenly consummation!(A. It is no wonder that many continue in a destitute and hopeless state: they live without prayer, and so without supplies of mercy. But press on ever to higher, nobler, and more spiritual heights.2. Never pause in your career, saying to the deceived and languid soul, "Rest and be thankful." SERMON “Squeezing Honey from a Rock” Psalm 81:1, 10-16 Sunday, September 1, 2013 While I was in seminary, the Dining Hall cook once propped a sign on a big bowl of big, juicy oranges that read: “TAKE ONLY ONE. Ask for large things, remembering the greatness and goodness of God, and the great pleas you have to urge when you come before Him. Labour after a great sense of need. Praise Him, and you will praise Him. 6. Psalm, Exposition # 053 of 102. Spurgeon. 1-2, 10. "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it. THERE ARE OTHERS WHO OPEN THEIR MOUTHS, BUT NOT "WIDE," as we are here bidden to do. 1 Of Asaph. They may lie dormant in the inner caves of our personal existence, unused and entrusted by guilt, but they are integral qualities. But the faculties are in us. 79 O God, z the nations have come into your a inheritance; they have defiled your b holy temple; they have c laid Jerusalem in ruins. intercede for believers in all places and walks of life. But observe, next, that another stretch of the soul to high spiritual excellence is to be attained by the exercise of duty, that is, the doing of good works. (2)With the actual blessings. Now, the reference of the text, in its first section, is to this quality of our nature. A man, in the presence of one whom he dreads, cannot speak boldly; and if he has been guilty of some great crime, and stands before one whom he regards as his judge, he is like the man in our Lord's parable, "speechless." Proud self-sufficiency shuts out the fulness of God. You might expect such a promise as that. Not as though the advice be given to begin with morality. Psalm 81:10. You are weakness itself, and emptiness itself, and a mass of sin and misery, apart from God your Father, and Christ your Redeemer, and the Spirit the indweller; and when you know this, then you will open your mouth wide.2. Now, the Lord says to each of His own people, whom He has so highly favoured, "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it." evangelists and talented Bible teachers. Our Lord's command to us is, "When ye pray, believe that ye receive" (Mark 11:24). HINT: Since there are such a large number of resources on this page (>10,000 links) you might consider beginning with the more recent commentaries that briefly discuss all 150 Psalms - Paul Apple (750 pages), Thomas Constable, David Guzik, Bob Utley.For more devotional thoughts consider Spurgeon's The Treasury … All are not, and cannot be, Isaiahs and Pauls. … In the very idea of immortality is implied somewhat that is limitless and unconfined; and so we can by God's grace stretch out further and further, until we are lost in God Himself. The story goes that the Shah of Persia, a strange man altogether, on one occasion said to a person who had pleased him very greatly, "Open your mouth," and when he had opened his mouth, the Shah began to fill it up with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and all sorts of precious stones. Well, open your mouth, and God will fill it with prayer; and then, when you have prayed the prayer that He has given you, He will fill it with answers. He has revealed Himself to thee; He has chosen thee, and thou hast chosen Him. 1. Psalm 81 – Gathering God’s People to Listen and Obey. It would not be according to His usual way of procedure. O blessed and heavenly consummation!(A. This topic is left for the last, because it is the most important; it is the very base of all spiritual acquisition. Seek after an intense and vehement desire. There is a section of our being "which cannot, but by annihilating, die." If you do not praise Him, you never will praise Him. But the faculties are in us. Spurgeon. (3)With praises. They urge that all things are governed by fixed law, and no desire of ours, however fervent, can make the slightest alteration. In the very idea of immortality is implied somewhat that is limitless and unconfined; and so we can by God's grace stretch out further and further, until we are lost in God Himself. God forbid! But we have one short reply to all this, and we say to all such disbelievers in prayer - Have you ever really prayed? First of all, if you would attain to a lofty, grand pre-eminence of spiritual growth, fix it in your minds to be men and women of a high order of morals. Nothing — riot guilt, not neglect, not the insane denial of these Divine qualities, not even the suicide's hand, can cast out of our being these exalted powers and prerogatives. So much, then, for the ideal or principle descriptive of what is spiritual life. Probably the figure is taken from the feeding of young birds in the nest by the parent bird. In the very idea of immortality is implied somewhat that is limitless and unconfined; and so we can by God's grace stretch out further and further, until we are lost in God Himself. 4. THE PROMISE. are to be praying by faith in anxious anticipation of God's answer. GOD WANTS MY PRAISE BECAUSE HE IS GOD � Vss. Never think you have enough of God and God's Spirit. A man on his knees, conscious of his sin, fearing the justice of God, would very naturally be unable to speak; and to encourage him God says, "Open thy mouth; be not afraid. But we have one short reply to all this, and we say to all such disbelievers in prayer - Have you ever really prayed? It is I suppose that the Lord means by this exhortation, first of all, to help us to get rid of the paralyzing influence of fear. That there is a law of progress implanted in our nature, which has no limitation. 1:12). A. Seek after an intense and vehement desire. Some of these He began to write, he says, and he does not know how he wrote so much; but he quaintly says, "As I pulled, it came"; and you will find it is so with the praise of God. For sin has so deeply impaired our nature, that atrophy and nausea have fallen upon our spiritual faculties, and our moral perceptions have become gross and insensible. Ted A. Giese / Wednesday November 7th 2018: Season of Pentecost / Psalm 81 "Open … If you do not begin, you will never keep on; but once open the sluices of gratitude, and the streams will flow more and more copiously every hour. They remember their own grievous past, they know the force of long evil habit, and their own wretched weakness, and they see the persistence of evil and sin everywhere, even in the good; and they come to the sorrowful conclusion that "there is no help for it" this side the grave. Never be satisfied with any successes you have reached in holiness. Because of what God has done. There must be: 1. "He that prays to God without fervour asks to be denied."3. Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival; this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. Whenever a man speaks with very great earnestness, he opens his mouth widely. So much, then, for the ideal or principle descriptive of what is spiritual life. Now, canst thou not open thy mouth wide to thine own God, to Jehovah, the great "I am" the boundless, the infinite, the Almighty God, canst thou not speak freely to Him? Now, the Lord says to each of His own people, whom He has so highly favoured, "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it." There is a section of our being "which cannot, but by annihilating, die." If we had more room for the Lord's gifts, we should receive more.II. The words imply that man's vastest desires are not awakened until they are consciously turned God-ward. So, too, the other portion of the text, for it has two terms: "open thy mouth wide," is one, and "I will fill it," the other. Child of God, this text belongs peculiarly to you. "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it."1. It would not be according to His usual way of procedure. Crummell, D. D.)LinksPsalm 81:10 NIVPsalm 81:10 NLTPsalm 81:10 ESVPsalm 81:10 NASBPsalm 81:10 KJVPsalm 81:10 Bible AppsPsalm 81:10 ParallelPsalm 81:10 Biblia ParalelaPsalm 81:10 Chinese BiblePsalm 81:10 French BiblePsalm 81:10 German BiblePsalm 81:10 CommentariesBible Hub, (3)With praises. The promise here given us is equally as significant with regard to our nature as is the command. That evidence discovers itself in those characteristic spiritual acts of the soul, into which, as sons of God, the saints are led by the Spirit of God. By doing good to others for Christ's sake, we expand our own being; we multiply the force of our sympathies and affections; we reduplicate the power of our loving energy. When God says, "Open thy mouth wide," He refers to an actual capacity in us, latent though it be, which, quickened by the Spirit, may reach up to heaven in lofty aspirations, and take in all the things of God. 1. How? But the faculties are in us. It is, under God, the actual uplifting of the soul from one degree of holiness to another. It is, under God, the actual uplifting of the soul from one degree of holiness to another. They urge that all things are governed by fixed law, and no desire of ours, however fervent, can make the slightest alteration. (3)With praises. (6)God's exceeding great and precious promises.II. It brings, to our sight, in exceeding brilliancy, the faith and prayerful mightiness of Abraham; the calm meditativeness of Isaac; the crystal purity of Joseph; the serene and unspotted godliness of Samuel; the burning flames of Elijah; the calm constancy of David; the stern self-sacrifice and zealous fervour of the Baptisit; the fiery ardour of holy Paul; the loveliness of St. John the Divine. Jehovah is the eternal, self-existent one. (1)With prayers. OF GOD HAVE NOT SUBMITTED � Vs. 15, Nations today can learn Hebrews 4:14-16, James 1:5, I think of hungry baby This means that God is able to start working on servants of Christ who perform many important ministries. The mouth of desire in man is not satisfied though all the treasures of the earth be poured into it. Israel missed the best that God had to offer. Psalm 81 By Don Ruhl • Savage Street, Grants Pass, Oregon • December 16, In the year of our Lord, 2012 What a privilege when someone famous writes… Psalm 81:16 But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you." 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 3. Men are rarely in full consciousness of that deep, strong, original aptitude of human nature for the things of God. Israel will open its mouth "wider "if it turn to God than if it forsake Him. PRAY! 3. "He that prays to God without fervour asks to be denied.". "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it."1. Because of what God will do. THE INVITATION: "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it." Only open your mouth, and, as it were, make a vacuum for God to fill. But press on ever to higher, nobler, and more spiritual heights.2. If you do not praise Him, you never will praise Him. (6)God's exceeding great and precious promises.II. A mouth to open; that is, power to believe. It is a majestic fact, and it brings with it the most awful responsibility that we are beings of a constitution akin to the Divine, and that we shall live for ever! Through prayer I can But observe, next, that another stretch of the soul to high spiritual excellence is to be attained by the exercise of duty, that is, the doing of good works. Never think you have enough of God and God's Spirit. There is a section of our being "which cannot, but by annihilating, die." Never think you have enough of God and God's Spirit. This topic is left for the last, because it is the most important; it is the very base of all spiritual acquisition. Tantalus belongs to the heathen mythology, not to the Christian's experience. And then it is added, "I am Jehovah, thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt." If you do not begin, you will never keep on; but once open the sluices of gratitude, and the streams will flow more and more copiously every hour. God forbid! For sin has so deeply impaired our nature, that atrophy and nausea have fallen upon our spiritual faculties, and our moral perceptions have become gross and insensible. Because of what God will do. Or else, they say that if what we ask for be right for God to give, he will give it without our prayer; that if it be not right, then, as certainly, he will not give it: he knows our need without our telling him. Lay the foundations of your piety deep in the purest morals! Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! He can say also with Paul (Philippians 4:18), "I am full"; and no wonder, for the soul having Christ, has —(1) A fulness of merit to look to (1 John 1:7). birds when I think of mouths open wide. They may lie dormant in the inner caves of our personal existence, unused and entrusted by guilt, but they are integral qualities. A Little But Wise Teacher: G. C. Noyes, D. D. Psalm 81:16: A Revelation of Three Great Subjects: Homilist: Psalm 81:1-16: Exhortation to Sing God's Praise: Psalm 81:1-16: What Might have Been: S. Conway : Psalm 81:13-16: Pulpit Commentary Homiletics. Praise Him, and you will praise Him. Because of what God has done. Psalm 84. Trust is more a matter of the will than of the reason. best that God had to offer.� We must be 2. The ideas of God and duty, the fitness for responsibility, the spring of the inner nature towards immortal life, the sentiment of love, with its boundless range — these inhere in the soul of every man. GOD'S IDENTITY - "I "I cannot," says one. Now, that is the greatest thing that God could do for His people, and, if He has done that, will He not do the lesser things?2. Psalm 81:13-16, KJV. Sermons; Children’s Sermons; Hymns; Psalm 85 Commentary SW-Admin 2019-04-09T16:32:10-07:00. God forbid! "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it." Mark 11:24, God promises to answer 1. All of its rich productiveness is the fruit of the Spirit. They keep their mouths wide open, in And here the whole field of saintly life lies spread out before us, so that we cannot err. Labour after a great sense of need. Need of God's blessing. That you must avoid as though it were death, the idea of spiritual finality, in the attainments of grace. Observe GOD USING TWO GREAT ARGUMENTS. You could not think it possible for the Lord to say, "Open your mouths for nothing."