http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20121,%20Psalm%20123-125,%20Psalm%20128-130&version=NIV
Psalm 130 is what I would like to focus on today.
At the beginning of this Psalm, the Psalmist is crying out to God. He recognizes that in God there is forgiveness and that He is to be feared.
Do we really fear God? It is easy for us to take God for granted. We should never forget what the Lord has done for us. Forgiveness of sins. That is something I try to pray about every morning when I rise.
I heard a pastor say once, that when you are tired of forgiveness of your sins or you don't realize how great a gift this is, that that is when you start to open yourself up to sin. By the power of God, I don't want to open myself up to sin, and so I always pray a prayer of thanksgiving to the Lord each day for forgiving my past, present, and future sins.
The Psalmist continues. He says his soul waits and in His Word he puts his hope.
How great that is to place one's hope in the Word of God. God's Word is truth and will never fail. Yet, so often we put our hope in things, people, relationships, or a career. But as James writes,
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." (James 1:17)
So when we place our hope in things other than God we fail to realize that God is the one who gave us these things, if they are good.
The Psalmist concludes with stating that the Lord is unfailing love and with Him is full redemption.
Paul echoes the Psalmists sentiments when he writes in 1 Corinthians 13:8:
"Love never fails,..."
Our Lord loves us so much and to those who have placed their faith in Him, we have full redemption. We are not like the Jehovah's Witnesses or Mormons or other Christian cults in which we are trying to earn our salvation. The Lord did everything for us on the cross.
The only thing we provided in our salvation was the sin. Jesus Christ did the saving.
As you go throughout the day, ponder the great gift of your salvation.
Use your freedom in Christ to glorify Him and to serve Him. He is our all in all.
Soli Deo Gloria.
Today's post was submitted by Russ Shellhamer.
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