majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Psalm 70:5,
"I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and
my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay."
Although I am sure that most folks become discouraged with themselves
from time to time, most of us don't think too badly of ourselves.
Whenever I share the gospel message with someone and ask the question,
"Would you say you are a good person?", I have yet to encounter anyone
who said they were not. Most say that they try to treat others as they
would want to be treated or they don't disrespect others, they haven't
committed horrible crimes, etc. There is no feeling of impending doom
headed their way - in the form of God's judgment. I attempt to
disabuse them of the ignorance of that certainty by showing them how
they have broken God's law at some point or another.
Where David appealed to the Lord out of some event in his life that
caused him great desperation, his words remind me we are all "poor and
needy". We all need God to come to our aid and to come quickly. Even
if we are wealthy, even if we feel safe and secure. Proverbs 11:4
tells us, "Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness
delivers from death." We all come into life facing God's judgment of
sin. Through Adam we have all sinned and nothing about our wealth, our
relative security, our health, our station in life, the good things we
may have done will relieve us from that "fiery lake of burning
sulfur", the second death. We need a righteous standing before God on
judgment day.
When we reach out to God in faith, when we place our trust in him, he
comes to us quickly. When we approach him as the truly poor and needy
people we are, he does not delay and becomes our help and deliverer.
He will cloak us with the righteousness of his Son, Jesus Christ. Our
God is so faithful we will all be able to say with David, "This poor
man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his
troubles." Psalm 34:6.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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