The Psalmist David loved God with a deep biding love and trust that no matter how sinful he was, or what he went through, he trusted his Maker. He had had his share of enemies that could take his very life, if God allowed them. But they couldn't take his trust in God and the very things in his heart that he had hid there.
Nor should we allow our enemies take what God has given us, His Word. But place it in our own hearts, safe from all that might try.
In Isiah 43:14-19 we find the same hope for our situation as that of the Children of Israel that God had given them so long ago.
14 Thus saith the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
16 Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Indeed, a sinful generation of his people had hardly deserved God's blessing and yet His love covered their sin just as he does our today for those that know him.
Last year was a painful one for many people. Not only because of Covid-19 and all it was about. But we have heard the grumblings and worse, of angry people, old and young, rich and poor, on all levels around us.
But that year is gone. Will God fulfill his promise of "doing a new thing" for us, this year? I don't know.
But here we find that God will bring down those that are against Him, and provide for those that are for Him. And yes, he will do those things for us, in His own time
He is up to something for sure. And just as he promised the Israelites, he will do a new thing for you and I when he deems it to be.
How can we know that for sure? Because of what Malachi 3:6 tells us:
"I am the Lord, and I change not...."
He will do for us, what he did for them. No matter what disease may hit us. No matter who claims Washington as their right to lead our government.
Our hope is in Him alone because just as the Psalmist, and Isaiah and all of the people that have followed after God's heart, he will save and keep us until our time comes to no longer be on earth.
He is up to something, and He will do a new thing. It is a promise we can take to our bank of heavenly treasure where nothing can corrupt or steal it. Mathew 6:1921.
Thanks for coming by today, Friends. May God give you his perfect peace today and every day!
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