Title: God Who Protects the Faithful
Contents Psalm 31 records that the poet is caught in the nets of many tricks and slanders, but he has dealt with all the obstacles with sincerity. Saints who love the Lord's day and His day! Are you faithfully carrying out God's work while you live in the world? After David was appointed as king by Samuel, the messenger of God, his troubles only got worse. When he was trying to take on the role of a shadow of the king of the kingdom of God, there were many nets of scheming and plots to assassinate him everywhere.
First, the poet wanted to take refuge in Jehovah God and obtain the assurance of his salvation and security.
For the poet, the Lord is a quick deliverer, and he was a strong rock. It was also a fortress that guided and guided the poet's life. In fact, in front and behind the poet, to the left and to the right, there were secretly cast nets and false spirits that oppose the truth. They blindly seduced the poet's heart and ridiculed the poet into a treasury of trouble and tribulation (Psalm 31:8). In each of these times, the grace the poet received was a way of placing his spirit into the hands of the Lord.
Second, the poet's voice was the voice of sincerity that loved the Lord, and it was a murmur of humility.
The times he would lead were in the hands of the Lord, and the proud and the hardened with whom he would deal were in the sight of the Lord. Therefore, there were rumors of slander and rude behavior, but to the poet, it was only a prayer. The poet did not deal with them all, and did not use the time of excuses and explanations. Rather, he showed such ignorant people his sincerity in loving Jehovah.
Dear saint! When do you pray? In a moment of fear, the poet thought of the Lord's grace, and in reverence he cried out and supplicated the Lord. Rather, the poet urged us to love Jehovah. The reason is that God protects faithful believers and gives them strong and courageous hearts (Psalm 31:24). So today, let's end our last day with sincerity. -Amen-
Illustration / Seeing through the eyes of faith
There was a homeroom teacher who didn't like Christianity very much.
One day he raised up a student who was zealous for the church in his class.
''Christians often say that the people of Israel parted the Red Sea. But when I read a book, it wasn't that the people were crossing shallow water that only took up their ankles. What do you think?''
The student, who had been listening to the teacher's scolding, shouted loudly. ''Then, sir, we should praise God's greater miracle.''
The teacher was puzzled by this unexpected reaction and asked what he meant. The student said:
''Think about it. Isn't it surprising that all the Egyptian armies that chased after them drowned in the water that was only about ankles?
that's a good thing In this conversation we see a huge gap between faith and unbelief.
If you look with the eyes of faith and the eyes of grace, you can accept anything.
But in the eyes of those who are determined not to believe, anything becomes a stumbling block.
(How can I believe / Jinwoo Lee)