AMEN DEAREST SISTER AND GRACE TO ALL CHRISTIAN PATRIOTS!
Psalms 138:1
A Psalm of David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
Psalms 138:2
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Psalms 138:3
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
Psalms 138:4
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
Psalms 138:5
Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
Psalms 138:6
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Psalms 138:7
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
Psalms 138:8
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
(KJV)
“The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me.”
- Psalm 138:8
Most manifestly the confidence which the Psalmist here expressed was a
divine confidence. He did not say, “I have grace enough to perfect that
which concerneth me-my faith is so steady that it will not stagger-my love
is so warm that it will never grow cold-my resolution is so firm that
nothing can move it; no, his dependence was on the Lord alone. If we
indulge in any confidence which is not grounded on the Rock of ages, our
confidence is worse than a dream, it will fall upon us, and cover us with
its ruins, to our sorrow and confusion. All that Nature spins time will
unravel, to the eternal confusion of all who are clothed therein. The
Psalmist was wise, he rested upon nothing short of the Lord’s work. It is
the Lord who has begun the good work within us; it is he who has carried
it on; and if he does not finish it, it never will be complete. If there
be one stitch in the celestial garment of our righteousness which we are
to insert ourselves, then we are lost; but this is our confidence, the
Lord who began will perfect. He has done it all, must do it all, and will
do it all. Our confidence must not be in what we have done, nor in what we
have resolved to do, but entirely in what the Lord will do. Unbelief
insinuates- “You will never be able to stand. Look at the evil of your
heart, you can never conquer sin; remember the sinful pleasures and
temptations of the world that beset you, you will be certainly allured by
them and led astray.” Ah! yes, we should indeed perish if left to our own
strength.
If we had alone to navigate our frail vessels over so rough a sea, we
might well give up the voyage in despair; but, thanks be to God, he will
perfect that which concerneth us, and bring us to the desired haven.
We can never be too confident when we confide in him alone, and never too
much concerned to have such a trust.
C.H.SPURGEON
SOLI DEO GLORIA!
Yes! Amen, and Amen! With our Own Eyes, we shall See it; Glory to the Name of our Faithful God!
"They Shall be Mine," Says the Lord of Hosts, in that Day when I Make Up my Jewels.
And I will Spare them as a Man Spares an Obedient and Dutiful Son.
Then you will See the Difference between God's Treatment of Good Men and Bad,
Between those who Serve him, and those who don't. (Mal.3:17,18)