21 April 2012

There is a river
Whose streams make glad God's city -
His holy dwelling.
-Psalm 46:4

Korah - destroyed in the desert because he rebelled against God by complaining and challenging the leadership of Moses and Aaron. "Who do you think YOU are?? The whole congregation is holy. We've all seen God. You're no better than us, Moses and Aaron!" (my paraphrase of Num 16:3)

God did not take this lightly. Korah and his company were swallowed alive into sheol!

However, a note of hope. In Numbers 26 it says the sons of Korah did not die that day. In fact, they became prophetic psalmists! This is encouraging. God isn't holding a grudge against you because of who your parents were or where you came from. He has good things for you to accomplish. Stay focused on Him and your relationship with Him. Don't let the enemy try to tell you, "You'll never be free from this issue. It's a generational curse. You're just destined to fail in this area." That is a lie of the enemy to keep you from fulfilling the good works God has already planned for you to do.

The sons (or descendants) of Korah wrote Psalm 42, 44-49, 84, 85, 87 & 88. Psalm 45 prophesies about Christ and is quoted in Hebrews 1. Psalm 48 is quoted by Jesus in one of His teaching sermons in Matthew 5:35.

Some beautiful praise from the sons of Korah:

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my sould pants for You, O God. -Psalm 42:1

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore I will not fear, thought the earth should change and thought the mountains slip into the heart of the sea.
Be still and know that I am God...Psalm 46:1-2, 10

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Psalm 84:10
 

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