Created and Guided by our Creator God (Psalms 93–95)

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Start with the ruins and listen for the roar of hope. We open Psalms 93–95 where a returning Levite stares at a shattered Jerusalem and chooses a bigger truth: the Lord reigns, robed in majesty, and history unfolds under His steady hand. That vision doesn’t deny pain; it gives courage to rebuild, obey, and witness when opposition feels endless.

From there we ask the question that haunts long nights: does God really see and hear what we’re going through? Psalm 94 answers by taking us to the edge of wonder. If God formed the ear and crafted the eye, He isn’t missing the injustice, the anxiety, or the prayer you whispered in the car. We explore the eye’s staggering design as a doorway into trust—creation itself becomes a promise that God’s awareness is matched by His wisdom and action. And when cares multiply, we hold onto the line that has carried generations: Your consolations cheer my soul.

Then Psalm 95 lifts us into worship and lands with urgency. We sing to the Rock of our salvation, remember that we are the people of His pasture, and hear a warning that cannot wait: today, do not harden your hearts. We revisit Israel’s missteps, not to shame but to guide—fear shrinks God, while faith sees giants in the light of grace. We also connect the dots to Hebrews, calling one another toward faithfulness so our hearts don’t grow numb under sin’s quiet lies. If you’ve wondered whether your life is an accident or your future is directionless, hear this: the Shepherd who made your senses has not lost track of you. Purpose, comfort, and guidance flow from His sovereign care.

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SPEAKER_00 (00:54):
One of the core truths of the Bible is that God
is the creator and is in controlof all creation.
We can rejoice in that truth.
But that doesn't mean you're amere observer in life.
You're called to heed God'swarnings and live in obedience
to Him, giving testimony to theworld of the greatness of your

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God.
This is the wisdom journey.
Stephen teaches from Psalm 93through 95 today, and this
lesson is called Created andGuided by Our Creator God.

SPEAKER_01 (01:32):
Well, today we arrive at Psalm 93.
This is a poem many Biblescholars believe was written by
an anonymous Levite who'dreturned home from the
Babylonian exile.
He's come home, he's helpingrebuild the temple, and you
might remember from our wisdomjourney back through Ezra and
Nehemiah, rebuilding here was uhnearly an impossible task.

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If you can imagine the city ofJerusalem, uh it's full of
rubble, uh, the opposition fromneighboring people, you've got
that problem, they they hateGod, these idolaters who live
nearby.
This is this is an impossibletask.
In fact, it sounds a lot likethe obstacles we face in the
world where we're living today.

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It isn't easy to follow theLord.
Well, this Levite here isn'tlooking at all the problems.
He's looking to the power ofGod.
And verse one opens with that inmind.
The Lord reigns, he is robed inmajesty, the world is
established, it shall never bemoved, your throne is

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established from of old, you arefrom everlasting.
In other words, human history isunfolding exactly according to
the plans the Lord establishedfrom the beginning of time.
It ain't going to change becausehe cannot change.
He is from everlasting.
His plans are from eternitypast.
So think of that, beloved.

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Whatever or whomever might beoppressing you today.
Perhaps it's your owncountrymen.
Well, they can't change thepromises and plans God has in
mind for you.
You might not understand it atthe moment, but God does.
You might be facing somedifficulty today because it's

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the discipline of the Lord.
Perhaps you've strayed from theLord and He's troubling your
life to bring you back intofellowship with Him.
That's what the psalmist says inverse 12 of this next psalm.
Even his discipline isestablished by His love for you
as one of His own children.
Now, as we move into this nextPsalm, this is Psalm 94 now, the

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issue is expanded by this,again, unknown poet.
He addresses the question ofwhether God knows all the
details of our wicked world ornot.
Is he actually aware of all thetrouble you're facing today?
Maybe you're tempted to think heprobably doesn't want to be
bothered with this too toosimple or little to worry with.

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Well, he isn't worrying aboutit.
He's in control of it.
And to answer that accordingly,the psalmist, he kind of dips
his quill into the ink ofcreation.
And he says of the Lord here inverse nine, He who planted the
ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does henot see?

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In other words, if God is ableto create the marvel of the
human eye, do you think he hastrouble with his own eyesight?
Just think for a moment aboutthe marvel of God's creation.
Your eye, designed by the Lord,is an amazingly complex
creation.
Think about it, it's aself-cleaning, self-adjusting,

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fiber optic miracle of design.
Even Charles Darwin wrote to afriend on one occasion that his
theory of evolution was at itsweakest point when considering
the evolution of the human eye.
In fact, Darwin wrote to afriend late in life, and I
quote, the eye to this day givesme a cold shudder, but my reason

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tells me I ought to conquer thecold shudder.
Well, let me tell you, heshouldn't have conquered that
cold shudder, he should havelistened to it.
You know, today when you look atan object, light passes through
the lens of your eye, it'sbrought into focus in the
retina.
You have more than one hundredmillion receptor cells in your

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retina.
Some are designed for black andwhite images, some are designed
for color.
Tiny muscles in your eye moveabout to bring those objects
into focus, and those musclesmove more than one hundred
thousand times a day.
So if your eyes are tired rightnow, well now you know the

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reason why.
Now, in addition to all that,just think of the communication
system between your eyes andyour brain.
That's amazing.
One recent uh research projectthat I read uh revealed that it
would take the world's fastestcomputer one hundred years to
simulate what the nerves in youreyes do every second.

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Imagine one hundred years for acomputer to process what you
process in one second.
See, that's the point of thepsalmist rebuke here in verse
eight.
This is what he says Fools, whenwill you be wise?
He who planted the ear, does henot hear?

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He who formed the eye, does henot see?
The point is he does, and don'tbe a fool to deny him.
Now with that comes the writer'suh confidence here, and it's
well founded.
He writes here in verse 19 Whenthe cares of my heart are many,
your consolations cheer my soul.

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Oh the Lord sees, beloved, theLord hears, the Lord knows, and
all that says to you today isthis principle, this truth, the
Lord cares.
Now, here in Psalm ninety-five,the poet has composed a song
that was probably written forthe annual Feast of Tabernacles.

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This feast celebrated God'sgrace to Israel, who had
wandered forty years in thewilderness.
Verse 1 says, Oh, come, let ussing to the Lord, let us make a
joyful noise to the rock of oursalvation, let us come into his
presence with thanksgiving, letus make a joyful noise to him
with songs of praise.

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Why all the celebration?
Well, because we're told theLord is a great God, we're told
here in verse 3.
Verse 4 again pictures God as agreat creator of everything.
Verse 7 describes God's peopleas the people of his pasture and
the sheep of his hand.

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The psalmist also delivers awarning here in verse 7.
Today, if you hear his voice, donot harden your hearts.
Now with that he goes on torefer to two events from
Israel's history when Israel didjust that.
They hardened their hearts.
The first one is back in Exodus17, when they complained about
not having enough water todrink.

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Then about a year later, thesecond event takes place in
Numbers chapter 14.
The people hardened theirhearts.
They they just refused to enterthe promised land.
They thought those giants in theland were bigger than God.
So what are we to do with thiswarning today?
How does this apply to us?
Well, the timeless principledefinitely applies.

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Two ways.
First, if you're an unbeliever,this is an invitation to believe
the gospel and follow yourcreator God, the Lord Jesus.
And when should you do that?
Today.
This text says, Today, if youhear his voice, do not harden
your hearts.
So let me encourage you to dothat right now.

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Bow your head right where youare, pull over if you have to,
and say, Lord Jesus, break myhard heart.
It's done nothing but break mylife into many pieces.
Today I'm repenting of my sin.
I'm handing you the brokenpieces of my life.
Please forgive me.
Create meaning and purpose formy life as I now live for you,

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Lord.
Your word says that everyone whocalls upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved.
God, I'm I'm calling you now.
And I'm going to thank you foranswering my prayer, for saving
me, for forgiving me.
And now I I I'm one of thesesheep of your pasture.
Thank you.

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Well, is there an application ofthis warning for the believer?
Absolutely.
In fact, over in the NewTestament, the writer of Hebrews
quotes this very same passagehere in Psalm 95 as a warning to
Christians.
He tells Christians this exhortone another, that is toward
faithfulness, that none may behardened by the deceitfulness of

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sin.
That's Hebrews chapter 3 andverse 13.
That's for Christians.
In other words, don't let yourlife, believer, shrivel up.
Don't let your heart become coldand indifferent.
And by the way, when's the besttime to ask the Lord to soften
your heart in order to live forHim?
Today.
Right now.

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You happen to be one of thesheep of His pasture.
He happens to be your personalGod, the one who created your
ears and eyes to serve Him.
And by the way, that means thatyou're not an accident.
In fact, whether you're abeliever or not, your life is
not an accident.
You're not, as one evolutionistsuggested, just a coagulation of

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amino acids and proteins thatsprang to life for no apparent
reason.
You know what no apparent reasonmeans?
It means you have no apparentmeaning.
And that means you have noapparent help or guidance in
life.
I mean, you are apparently onyour own.
Not according to this book.

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Your creator says somethingvastly different about you.
In fact, listen to what Isaiahthe Prophet writes.
Thus says the Lord who made you,who formed you from the womb,
and will help you, fear not.
Isaiah 44, verse 2.
Don't be afraid.
Everything about you, everythingabout your life, everything

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about the country in whichyou're living, everything has a
sovereignly created purpose,even though we might not have
all the explanations we wantthis side of heaven.
But if God is wise enough andbrilliant enough and powerful
enough to create your eyes, heis wise enough, brilliant

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enough, powerful enough to watchover you all by himself.
You are the people of hispasture, the sheep of his hand.
Well, until we set sail again onour wisdom journey, may the

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grace of the Lord Jesus Christand the love of God and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit bewith you all.

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