Psalm 30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

We have an offering we make called Dying Moments. We take a deep inventory of ourselves and hear that deepest most discerned sin of the moment, that which the Lord wants us to lay before His Cross. It is that part of us that most closely resembles this issue in Psalm 30:9 which cannot and will not glorify Christ in any way. My blood, the sacrifice of self. Going down to the pit, to lay it to rest, bury that thing, put it to death. The issue of the dust praising Christ has everything to do with this thing being that particular sin, attitude, character, fault, habit, or understanding which the Lord says “Lay it down.”

If we hear Christ aright and we have taken to that dying moment the very thing which He is asking of us to sacrifice, it shall declare unto you that you have heard and obeyed the truth.

I would by all good counsel ask each of us, myself especially, NOT to pick it up again. If we can hold the memory of those sacred moments when we knew in our hearts that this was true obedience of faith and remember the relief in letting go, perhaps it will remind us, it is a dead thing, touch not, want not.

Do you practice dying moments? We in a particular community of believers celebrate these moments together but in truth should and many do, exercise Dying Moments in private. I must admit that a public declaration does make it more memorable but not more effective. It does make it more memorable and if so that is more significant in that you will find it easier to remember.

Don’t touch, don’t want. It’s a dead thing to you.