Salvation

September 6, 2017-Wednesday-#470 Daily Morning Bible Reading and Meditation-Psalm 13 KJV

***But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.*** 

[2] How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 

[3] Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 

[5] But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 

[6] I will sing unto the Lord , because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

Words to ponder for today:

Salvation

Definition of Salvation:  in Christianity : the act of saving someone from sin or evil : the state of being saved from sin or evil

: something that saves someone or something from danger or a difficult situation

: deliverance from the power and effects of sin

In great distress, such as the yearning of the Psalmist, who seems to bear an unbearable burdens, as the enemy was advanced in their pursuit against him, all seems to be hopeless, and in helpless condition. 

Yet in v. 5 is a prompt changed mind, choosing to be still and hope for the mercy and the joy of salvation from The LORD his GOD.  

I just want to To share here Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary about this chapter : 

13:1-6 The psalmist complains that God had long withdrawn. He earnestly prays for comfort. He assures himself of an answer of peace. - God sometimes hides his face, and leaves his own children in the dark concerning their interest in him: and this they lay to heart more than any outward trouble whatever. But anxious cares are heavy burdens with which believers often load themselves more than they need. The bread of sorrows is sometimes the saint's daily bread; our Master himself was a man of sorrows. It is a common temptation, when trouble lasts long, to think that it will last always. Those who have long been without joy, begin to be without hope. We should never allow ourselves to make any complaints but what drive us to our knees. Nothing is more killing to a soul than the want of God's favour; nothing more reviving than the return of it. The sudden, delightful changes in the book of Psalms, are often very remarkable. We pass from depth of despondency to the height of religious confidence and joy. It is thus, ver. 5. All is gloomy dejection in ver. 4; but here the mind of the despondent worshipper rises above all its distressing fears, and throws itself, without reserve, on the mercy and care of its Divine Redeemer. See the power of faith, and how good it is to draw near to God. If we bring our cares and griefs to the throne of grace, and leave them there, we may go away like Hannah, and our countenances will be no more sad, 1Sa 1:18. God's mercy is the support of the psalmist's faith. Finding I have that to trust to, I am comforted, though I have no merit of my own. His faith in God's mercy filled his heart with joy in his salvation; for joy and peace come by believing. He has dealt bountifully with me. By faith he was as confident of salvation, as if it had been completed already. In this way believers pour out their prayers, renouncing all hopes but in the mercy of God through the Saviour's blood: and sometimes suddenly, at others gradually, they will find their burdens removed, and their comforts restored; they then allow that their fears and complaints were unnecessary, and acknowledge that the Lord hath dealt bountifully with them.

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We too sometimes found ourselves in a situation, where it seems GOD do not sees our sufferings and anguishes. 

Yet at the very time that we  feel the pain and helplessness, is a proof that we still have the opportunity to cry out to The LORD, and an opportunity to witness His mighty works and His merciful deliverance. True Christians in the midst of trials and chaotic world, found peach and joy in the salvation GOD has provided.  

Let trusting GOD in the midst of trials and sufferings be our comfort. Crying may endure for a season, we may not get an immediate comforting answer to our prayers, but we are sure that our loving GOD, never get tired of lifting us up in His time. It is His promise for all of His redeemed beloved souls: 

 Romans 8:35-39 KJV

[35] Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 

[36] As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 

[37] Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 

[38] For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 

[39] Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Good morning! 

Psalm 13:1-6 KJV

[1] How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord ? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? [2] How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? [3] Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; [4] Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. [5] But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. [6] I will sing unto the Lord , because he hath dealt bountifully with me.