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Darlene Zschech
Devotion
‘Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind
blows away…’ - PSALM 1:4
Verse 4… uses CHAFF
to describe the hopeless state of the wicked.
Lets talk about
CHAFF!!
Chaff… is the
‘rubbish’ that needed to be discarded during harvest time.
– cutting grain with hand sickles– binding the grain into sheaves
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– gleaning, gathering left over stalks
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– gleaning, gathering left over stalks
– transporting the sheaves by donkey or cart to the
threshing floor
– the loosening of grain from the straw – usually done by
cattle…
* MAIN POINT
– winnowing… (tossing the grain into the air with
winnowing forks, so that the wind which blew in the afternoons, BLEW away the
straw and the CHAFF, leaving the grain (INCOME, LIVELIHOOD, FUTURE!!) at the
winnower’s feet.
If left unattended
to… has the ability to COVER the valuable grain within.
The Psalm stresses
the need to flee, run away, from any form of wickedness, as it will destroy
your future.
CHAFF is carried away
by the lightest wind, (any ripple will rock you) if you carry wickedness in
your heart.
Notice, that to be
rid of Chaff, there is a cleansing process that must take place.
Psalm 24:4 says… ‘Who may ascend the hill of the Lord,
who may stand in His holy place? He who has CLEAN HANDS and a PURE HEART!!’
Pureness is a
process…
Message Bible… ‘You’re not at all like the wicked, who
are mere windblown dust – Without defense in court, unfit company for innocent
people.’
Be blessed!
Love Darls
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WIFE, MUM, PASTOR,
WORSHIP LEADER, COMPOSER, SPEAKER & AUTHOR
Australian Darlene Zschech
is acclaimed all over the world as a composer, worship leader, pastor, author
and speaker, and became most well known for her involvement in the worship team
at Hillsong Church, Sydney, Australia over many years. Although she has
achieved numerous gold albums and her songs are sung in many nations of the
world, Darlene’s success simply stands as a testimony to her life’s passion for
serving God and people with all her heart. Alongside her husband Mark, they are
the Senior Pastors of Hope Unlimited Church (HopeUC) on the Central Coast of
New South Wales, Australia, which has now grown into India and the USA.
As a composer, Darlene
is perhaps most famous for the chorus “Shout to the Lord”, a song that is sung
by millions of churchgoers every week and has been covered by many other
artists. In addition to “Shout to the Lord”, Darlene has written many songs
through solo projects: “Kiss of Heaven”, “Change Your World”, “You Are Love”,
“In Jesus Name” and “Revealing Jesus”, a live worship album recorded with the
Grammy Award winning Israel Houghton. Through the Compassionart project in
2008, Darlene was honoured to have the privilege of writing with some of the
most generous-hearted worship writers and leaders of our day.
