The Lord is on My Side

 Psalm 118:5,6
I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
God is on the side of those who will trust in Him. When we find ourselves up against insurmountable odds, we can take comfort in knowing that God is with us. When David faced Goliath, David came in the name of the Lord, his confidence was secured in knowing that the God he served was with Him. The Lord was with David when he flung the stone. God directed the stone to the head of Goliath, destroying the enemy that dared to come against the God of Israel. The spiritual application we can gather from David’s determination is to trust God that He is in control of the things that happen in our lives, we don’t have to fret or fear our circumstances. The enemy of our soul is out to destroy us and cause us to doubt God’s love and care. He is the one that we fight against. “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” (Eph 6;12) Satan will often work through others, but our real enemy is the devil. We cannot stand up against Satan on our own power. We need to call upon the Lord, and He will come to our side and deliver us from our enemy.

Open Our Eyes

2 Kings 6:16 Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them…And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man.

The odds don’t appear to look good. It appears that the enemy of our soul is getting the best of us. We take one step forward and two steps back. At every turn in the road, we face another set back. We find ourselves surrounded by unfortunate events. The enemy surrounds us with discouragement, disappointment, and desires to destroy our faith and trust in God. What appears is not always what it seems. Faith is the evidence of things not seen. Behind the scene of this temporal world, God is working on our behalf. We but need to open our eyes and see what God is doing. He is the God of impossibilities and has us surrounded by “horses and chariots of fire”. We need not fear for tomorrow or our current blight. The Lord of host is with us. He will fight the battle for us. At the right time, He will show himself in our behalf. May God open our eyes and see that God is for us. Seize the day, for God is in control.

God is Good

Gen. 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.

Every blessing that we receive is from the Father above. He does all things good. He works all things for good and according to His purpose. Evil, the hideous curse of our world is the work of Satan. He seeks to destroy and cause God’s creation to turn away from their creator. The battle of good and evil started in cordials of heaven, when Satan challenged the holiness of God and His authority by asserting his will above God. Created as an angel, he was cast out of heaven, and now is the princes of darkness that seeks to destroy the apple of God’s eye. Because God is good, He sent His son to destroy the work of the devil and deliver man from evil. To those who serve God, their eyes have been open to truth, and see God in all of His goodness. “Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life.” God is good, all the time!

I Will Not Fear

Ps. 18:6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

The wicked hearts of men are able to kill the body. They are able to afflict suffering beyond imagination. Those that hated Jesus spit, whipped, pierced, and hung Him on a cross to die. Jesus said,  “Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” The reality is that in this earthly life, sin respects no one. It is natural to fear people who have no conscience and are bent on doing harm to anyone who gets in their way of selfish desires. We are reminded that we should not live in fear of such evil for the Lord is on our side. I don’t claim to understand the evil of our day and why God allows such wickedness to prevail. Even toward those who are serving God, life can be quickly taken away as a result of evil doers. No man can destroy or kill the life one has in Christ. If Christ be in us, who can be against us. I will not fear for He is with me no matter what man can do.

When Jesus Comes

Luke 9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.

Christians sometimes have an OT mentality, “Destroy those who seek to do me wrong”. Such is the sentiment in many OT scripture. God hates sin, and in His time God will judge the sin of this world. For whatsoever a man sows that will he reap. We would like to set all the wrongs of this world right. Rebuke those who live contrary to God’s word. No doubt, we need to stand against the evil of this world and show others the path of righteousness. But Jesus came not to condemn the world, but through Him the world may be saved. The answer to sin is not to change people’s opinion, but to come to the saving knowledge of Christ. When Jesus comes, He changes the heart and the desires of people to live in harmony with God. God does not need us to judge the world of it’s sins, He needs us to live a life without sin, so that others may know that God is real and is able to keep a person unspotted even in a world surrounded by sin.