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The LORD Who Will 

Save Humans In

Trouble And Fulfill His

Purpose For Them 28

[Psa 138:1-8] 

 

/ Anne's Faith

Column

 

 

/ By Priscilla

 

 

In today's scriptures,

David confesses

that God is

Sovereign LORD

 

 

 

who is in control

of the whole world,

and at the same time,

 

 

 

God is in charge

of all human affairs

 

 

 

and has a close

relationship with

humans.

 

 

 

"Though I walk

in the midst of trouble,

you preserve my life;

 

 

 

you stretch out

your hand against

the anger of my foes,

with your right hand

you save me.

 

 

 

The LORD will fulfill

his purpose for me;

your love, O LORD,

endures forever-

 

 

 

-do not abandon

the works of

your hands."

(Psalm 138 : 7-8)

 

 

 

"The LORD will

fulfill his purpose

for me"

 

 

 

In the above scriptures,

David acknowledges

and trusts God

as the greatest one,

 

 

 

not limiting Him

to small one, and

we can see his right

understanding of God,

 

 

 

and his inner self in 

 his psalms containing

prayers and confessions

of his heart.

 

 

 

He confesses

that he loves God

faithfully who is

close to him.

 

 

 

We must not forget

that the Lord planned

 

 

 

the salvation of

 fallen man from

the eternity,

 

 

 

and sent his one

and only Son

'Jesus Christ'

to this earth,

 

 

 

and fully showed

God's love through

his death as a ransome

  for sinners on the cross.  

 

 

 

"Because

he loves me,"

says the LORD,

 

 

 

"I will rescue him;

I will protect him,

for he acknowledges

my name.

 

 

 

He will call upon me,

and I will answer him;

I will be with him

in trouble,

 

 

 

I will deliver him

and honor him.

 

 

 

With long life

will I satisfy him

 

 

 

and show him

my salvation."

(Psalm 91 : 14-16)

 

 

 

 

The Most High God

came to this earth

as the Word and

became flesh

 

 

 

and then paid 

 the penalty for our

 sins through His

death on the cross

on the behalf of us.

 

 

 

Jesus' amazing

devotion and

sacrifice represent 

God's greatest love,

 

 

 

and Jesus, who came

in lowly and lowly,

 

 

 

and showed the

greatest love through

obedience and service,

is truly sublime

and beautiful.

 

 

 

We feel his loving

touch and affection

so strongly that

 

 

 

we can not but

be impressed

in any situation.

 

 

 

Why does

Heavenly Father

love us so much

who are so lowly

 

 

 

and  have sinful

natures that are

easy to fall?

 

 

 

This is because

God the Father,

who created the

heavens and

the earth,

 

 

 

loved man so much

that He created man

out of dust in His

own image

 

 

 

and God saw that

it was good after

creation as well.

 

 

 

However, the fallen

sins of humans

made it impossible

 

 

 

to have a  fellowship

with the holy God

anymore in the

'Garden of Eden'. 

 

 

 

In addition,

 

 

 

the wall of sin

prevented man from

having communication

with God and made it

 

 

 

impossible to maintain

a state of reconciliation

with God.

 

 

 

God, who wanted

reconciliation

with humans,

 

 

 

have achieved

reconciliation

between God and

humans in return

for the sacrifice

 

 

 

and great love that

God gave his one

and only Son freely

as a fellowship

offering.

 

 

 

Therefore,

we can now

communicate with

our Heavenly Father

through prayer

 

 

 

as a righteous person

who is not slandered

by the devil.

 

 

 

Jesus shed all of

His Blood without

leaving a drop of

  blood on the cross.

 

 

 

Let's think about

his deep meaning

when he said,

"It is finished!"  

 

 

 

How can we,

humans with dark

spiritual eyes realize

and understand

God's sublime will?

 

 

 

If God opens our

spiritual eyes and gives

us understanding,

 

 

 

we will be able to

love God more like

David and move

forward, being

thrilled.

 

 

 

That is why we need

to pray in order to

understand God's will

toward us, sinful beings,

 

 

 

and at this moment

I am so thrilled with

the love of God who

will fulfill his purpose

  for me.

 

 

 

Therefore,

what attitude should

 we go toward God?

 

 

 

1) We must sacrifice

thank offerings

 to God.

 

 

 

God is

Sovereign LORD

who is in control

of the whole world

 

 

 

and had a salvation

plan for humans

who sinned in

the beginning.

 

 

 

So we must sacrifice

thank offerings to God

and offer thanksgiving

to His administration

 

 

 

and  providence

fulfilled at the time

of God's worthy time.

 

 

 

2) We must welcome, 

acknowledge, and

bring the Holy Spirit

to our heart.

 

 

 

3) We must have

zeal for God.

 

 

 

When we open

our hearts futher

 

 

 

and receive,

acknowledge,

and welcome 

the Holy Spirit,

 

 

 

 

we, who live

with God's help,

 

 

 

can have in the center

of our hearts the zeal

to come closer to

 

 

 

and meet God

every day.

 

 

___________

 

 

 

Prayer

 

 

 

Lord!

 

 

 

Nothing happens

when I depend on

my strength and will.

 

 

 

But, give me the

heart of David that

I've sought while

longing for you,

 

 

 

and let me love

and serve

only you! 

 

 

Amen.

 

 

 

 

23/02/ 2009

 

 

/ By Priscilla