16 August 2018
“As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.” (2 Chronicles 2:22).
“As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.” (2 Chronicles 2:22).
“My God, in thee I trust, let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.” (Psalm 25:2).
“For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.” (Psalms 72:12-13).
Let us thank God for healing us. Let us thank God for delivering us. Let us extol God for drawing us to Himself when we were in a place where we couldn’t experience God.
“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. Blessed be his glorious name for ever; may his glory fill the whole earth! Amen and Amen!” (Psalm 72:18-19).
It is in our giving ourselves to God – in seeking God with all our hearts – that God is found and when God comes. And when our hearts are on Him, then God takes care of our everything.
“For not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance; for thou didst delight in them.” (Psalm 44:3).
“My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to thee living God.” (Psalm 84:2).
Oftentimes, because of disobedience and worldliness, we’ve lost out on the presence of God – we’ve lost out on Jesus. But we have this: that God is willing to lift us up again, to come into the sanctuary of our hearts once again as we go to Him and offer up ourselves truthfully to God.