TESHUVAH OF THE HEART

Psalm chapter 27

Psalm chapter 51













Today we are walking in: Teshuvah of the Heart













Psalm 104:29




Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return H7725 to their dust.



















RETURN










Today we look to- RETURN -H7725 shuv--to turn back, return, to bring back, to be returned, be restored, be brought back
















The Torah testifies...............




Genesis 3:19




In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return H7725 unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. H7725






















The prophets proclaim..................




Hosea 5:15




I will go and return H7725 to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.






















The writings bear witness...........................




2 Chronicles 30:9




For if ye turn again H7725 unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again H7725 into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return H7725 unto him.









Be gracious unto me, O Yah , according to Thy mercy; according to the multitude of

Thy compassions blot out my transgressions. (Psalm 51:1)











HE THEME OF the Hebrew High Holidays is teshuvah, a word often translated as "repentance," though it's more accurately understood as turning back (shuv) to Yah. In Modern Hebrew teshuvah means an "answer" to a shelah, or a question.






Yah’s love for us is the question, and our teshuvah – our turning of the heart toward Him – is the answer. Teshuvah is one of the great gifts Yah gives each of us – the ability to turn back to Him and seek healing for our brokenness.




Psalm 51 is sometimes called "Perek Teshuvah" – the great Chapter of Repentance of the Scriptures. After King David was confronted with the truth of his crimes and the prospect of judgment, he returned to Yah for cleansing and forgiveness. David's teshuvah reveals that we also can return to Yah on the basis of His abundant compassion – His rachamim. Without Yah’s love we have no hope for the future.




After the Hebrews had committed the grievous sin with the golden calf, Moses despaired of ever being able to find favor in Yah’s eyes again. Yah, however, called Moses to return to the mountain to learn the meaning of the Name YHVH. While he waited in the cleft of the rock, Moses heard the Divine Voice saying, "The LORD, the LORD, Yah merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness" (Exod. 34:6). This was David's experience of return, too. Given his great transgressions of the Torah, he was sure that he had lost Yah’s favor. David needed to rediscover Yah’s love despite his brokenness and sin.




The greatest demonstration of the compassion of Yah was given at Mount Moriah, the place of the sacrifice of YAHUSHA Just as Moses and David had to confront their own brokenness to hear the Divine Voice, so we need to turn to the stake to hear the cries of YHVH suffering for our own. At the stake we find compassion and healing for our brokenness and sin.




During this Season of Teshuvah may we once again respond to the Voice of Yah’s love. ALL PRAISES TO THE MOST HIGH YAH!!!!