Author: arevans

“But I know the LORD will help those they persecute; he will give justice to the poor.”

The LORD, of course, can do this by himself. He can accomplish this through human agents (and often does). And, in eternity, he does whatever is left undone.

O LORD, fill my heart and strengthen my hands.

“O LORD, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you? Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you? Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies.”

David hates the enemies of God, but what about his enemies? Isn’t he supposed to love them?

“Though the LORD is great, he cares for the humble, but he keeps his distance from the proud.”

O to be like Thee, blessed Redeemer, this is my constant longing and prayer. It’s no wonder His name is Wonderful.

“He will be victorious.”

More certain than the sun coming up tomorrow morning, or even your next breath –the Lord of Hosts will be victorious.

“Let them see that this is your doing, that you yourself have done it, LORD.”

This ought to be the supreme desire of every true child of God: to know Him and to make Him known. To underline, with his life as it were, even one little letter in one small sentence in the grand narrative of the God who is righteous and upright redeeming a world that is sinful and fallen.

“My heart is confident in you, O God; no wonder I can sing your praises with all my heart!”

The fact that there is a God in the universe is remarkable, and yet we remark about it too little.

But the fact that God has revealed his righteous character to us so that we can have total confidence in him–now that is truly something to sing about!

“Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die. The wind blows, and we are gone—as though we had never been here….Let all that I am praise the LORD.”

All that I am. I am not much. I am here for only a brief time. And yet I’m very important to God.

All that I am, given to all that He is, will make my life all God ever planned it to be.

“I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar. I hate all who deal crookedly; I will have nothing to do with them. I will reject perverse ideas and stay away from every evil. I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors. I will not endure conceit and pride. I will search for faithful people to be my companions.”

Living daily in a way that pleases God is not just a nice idea. There are things to do. Things not to do.

“No pagan god is like you, O Lord. None can do what you do! All the nations you made will come and bow before you, Lord; they will praise your holy name.”

There is none, indeed.

The God of the universe is the God of the Bible.

The God of the Bible is the Lord.

The Lord is my God.

“Help him to defend the poor, to rescue the children of the needy.”

This is what we are to do as the children of God on earth. This is how we are to be. Aren’t being and doing the same thing?