Unending love through spotless faith…

“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm. 27:1)

David has discovered the liberating effect that entrusting ones life into God’s hands can bring. He is afraid of nothing, because he knows that God is his stronghold. Paul knew the same thing: he organised a picnic in the middle of a shipwreck (Acts. 27: 32-37). The apostles knew this too: they stood intrepidly before the great heathens of their day with their simple message of faith in Christ (Acts. 5:29-33). In Old Testament period also this happened. The three lads knew this. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego daringly replied to the king: “if we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand.(Daniel. 3:17).

Do we have the same liberating faith in God’s sovereignty, love and care?

When we feel unsafe, our natural instinct is to run to wherever we call home. For David home is the tabernacle where God lived in the middle of His people. The key to his confidence is that he desires God. He wants to be with God more than anything else in the world. Like Mary, David wants to be with Him (Luke. 10:38-42). David is in love with Him, and of many things he could ask for.

David’s faith was full and immaculate, not suspicious. This made him say that, “I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living”. So should we be. It’s not some kind of religious fervour that we can work up in ourselves. It’s the result of understanding the truth and being ruthless with the alternatives. How do we prioritise things? Which of these options would we prefer when we have a problem: to talk to God in prayer, to read the Bible, to be with servants of god, to be with other believers, to talk on friends on phone, to watch TV, to be with unbelievers, to enjoy life on earth? Always keep in mind that “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Psalm. 16:11).