PSALMS 111, THE YEAR 2011 AND THE WORKS OF GOD

Ps 111 NKJV

Praise the Lord! I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation. 2 The works of the Lord are great, studied by all who have pleasure in them. 3 His work is honorable and glorious, and His righteousness endures forever. 4 He has made His wonderful works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and full of compassion. 5 He has given food to those who fear Him; He will ever be mindful of His covenant. 6 He has declared to His people the power of His works, in giving them the heritage of the nations. 7 The works of His hands are verity and justice; All His precepts are sure. 8 They stand fast forever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. 9 He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant forever: Holy and awesome is His name. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever.

Prophet Bob Jones was told by the Lord that the number of the Psalms was the Psalms of the year.  When I first heard about this, I went backwards and thought of all the major events, memorial stones in my life (good and bad) and wow was I surprised to see them in the scripture of that year! 

When I read Psalms 111, there were three things that stood out to me as significant. 

1)  WE WILL SEE GOD'S WORKS INVADE THE EARTH

Psalms 111 speaks about the works of the Lord 7 times.  (Including the word they) Since there are only 10 verses, 7 mentions is a lot.  The Psalm is obviously about the works of the Lord.  The Psalms uses 3 different words for works.

In verses 2,6 & 7, the Hebrew word "Ma`aseh" is used 3 times and it means the action (either good or bad) of the Lord.  When looked up in the Englishman's Concordance to see how they use the word, it is basically about an action or what is produced through ones businss or work of hands.

OT:4639

ma`aseh (mah-as-eh'); from OT:6213; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property:

KJV - act, art,  bakemeat, business, deed, do (-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession,  well, ([handy-, needle-, net-]) work (ing, -manship), wrought.

In verse 3, the Hebrew word "po`al" is used which also means an act or work as in doing a deed.

OT:6467

po`al (po'-al); from OT:6466; an act or work (concretely):

KJV - act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.

In verse 4, the Hebrew word "pala' " speaks about His spectacular works in the earth like miracles, signs and wonders.

OT:6381

pala' (paw-law'); a primitive root; properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful:

KJV - accomplish, (arise ... too, be too) hard, hidden, things too high, (be, do, do a, shew) marvelous (-ly, -els, things, work), miracles, perform, separate, make singular, (be, great, make) wonderful (-ers, -ly, things, works), wondrous (things, works, -ly).

With so many mentions of the word, "works" of the Lord, it is very obvious that we are going to see God invade earth this year.  He is going to intervene and make His actions and deeds known! 

Here are the adverbs that describes His works in 2011!  We will see and experience that His works are the following!

"Great, studied, pleasured, honorable, glorious, remembered, power, giving a heritage, verity (stable, certain), justice, sure, standing forever, truth, upright.

2)  A PROMISE FOR THE UPRIGHT - TO PARTNER IN FOUNDATIONAL DECISIONS

Verse one has a wonderful promise in the Hebrew!

Ps 111 NKJV

Praise the Lord! I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly {5475} of the upright and in the congregation.

Here is the verse in Young's Literal Translation

Praise ye Jah! I thank Jehovah with the whole heart, In the secret meeting of the upright, and of the company.

OT:5475

cowd (sode); from OT:3245; a session, i.e. company of persons (in close deliberation); by implication, intimacy, consultation, a secret:

KJV - assembly, consel, inward, secret (counsel).

OT:3245

yacad (yaw-sad'); a primitive root; to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult:

KJV - appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found (-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set,  sure.

Some people this year will be involved in gathering together in order to make foundational decisions of importance.  This may have far reaching ramifications in regards to meetings on earth.  But the Lord gave me the following scripture, that some of the righteous will be taken to heaven and sit among those who make decisions on behalf of the earth:

Zech 3:6-10  NKJV

Then the Angel of the Lord admonished Joshua, saying, 7 "Thus says the Lord of hosts:

'If you will walk in My ways,

And if you will keep My command,

Then you shall also judge My house,

And likewise have charge of My courts;

I will give you places to walk

Among these who stand here.

8 'Hear, O Joshua, the high priest,

You and your companions who sit before you,

For they are a wondrous sign;

For behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH.

9 For behold, the stone

That I have laid before Joshua:

Upon the stone are seven eyes.

Behold, I will engrave its inscription,'

Says the Lord of hosts,

'And I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

10 In that day,' says the Lord of hosts,

'Everyone will invite his neighbor

Under his vine and under his fig tree.'"

3)  THE POWER OF HIS WORKS IN INHERITING OUR PROMISES

Psalm 111:6 NKJV

He has declared to His people the power of His works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.

Ministries will be given the nations this year and have greater impact in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The Amplified version stood out to me:

Ps 111:6 AMP

He has declared and shown to His people the power of His works in giving them the heritage of the nations [of Canaan].

Allegorically speaking, maybe by the end of this year we begin to inherit our spiritual promises, in the same way that Israel occupied Canaan by driving out the demonic standing in our way of inheriting our personal promises of God.  We may face giants, but through the power of prayer and obedience without presumption, the power of God will go before us and we will walk forward in order to occupy what He has promised.  Read the following description of the Hebrew word, "power' and see the means of how He will display His power!

POWER

OT:3581

koach (ko'-akh); or (Dan 11:6) kowach (ko'-akh); from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard: -ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power (-ful), strength, substance, wealth.

HEARD:  I have a Word for you.

[I heard this as I was looking at my scripture basket with over 200 scripture cards in it.  So I scrambled them all up and closed my eyes and picked one!  Oh I love Him so much!]

CONFIRMATION SCRIPTURE BASKET: 

2 Sam 22:32-33 NKJV

"For who is God, except the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?  God is my strength and power,  And He makes my way perfect.

CONFIRMATION BOB JONES  BOB JONES  9/27/10

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VIDEO

"Usually I get visions and trances.  I got none of that this time.  All I heard was an audible Word coming into my mind.  So I am going to share that with you. 

The first thing He said was, "Make way."  Not a way.  "Make way, for the kingdom of God is coming, this year."    (2011)

CONFIRMATION INHERITANCE  QUOTE BOB JONES  9/27/10

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VIDEO

"And the 08 Shepherd's Rod is about breakthrough.  So start expecting for a breakthrough, believing for it. And then another thing, these revelations that come back then, the things that you got and the promises that came 2 or 3 years ago, go back to them.  Write them down, begin to pray over them again.  For they had been delayed.    If you would go to Jeremiah 12:15.  This inheritance is not going to be delayed any longer."

Jer 12:14-16 NKJV

Thus says the Lord: "Against all My evil neighbors who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit — behold, I will pluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. 15 Then it shall be, after I have plucked them out, that I will return and have compassion on them and bring them back, everyone to his heritage and everyone to his land.