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OUR LIFE IS DOUBLY ASSURED UNDER THE HAND OF AN ALL-SAVING GOD
TUESDAY, JUNE 18
Psalm 139:1-24
Romans 11:33-36
How great Thou art!
OUR LIFE IS DOUBLY ASSURED UNDER THE HAND OF AN ALL-SAVING GOD
When God permitted Satan to test Job by bringing great loss to his possessions and death to his children, he could only bow down in humble submission, “The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD” (Job 1:21). Under further testing that miserably affected his body and skin, he abjected himself further, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him” (Job 13:15). What is your understanding of your God?
David’s understanding of his God may be judged the highest and most sublime as expressed in Psalm 139. Let me present you a most beautiful outline given by an American professor in four parts. Through this analysis you have as clear as crystal a description of God’s attributes.
1. Genius of God’s Omniscience (vv.1-6)
2. Grandeur of God’s Omnipresence (vv.7-12)
3. Greatness of God’s Omnipotence (vv.13-18)
4. Glory of God’s Omniperfection (vv.19-24)
Dear reader, are God’s attributes precious to you? Then hold to them. “Never be led astray by those philosophic fools who preach up an impersonal God, and talk of self-existent, self-governing matter. The Lord liveth and thinketh upon us, this is a truth far too precious for us to be lightly robbed of it .... If the Lord thinketh upon us, all is well, and we rejoice evermore.” (Spurgeon)
THOUGHT: With such a great God I can rest with David, “I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety” (Ps 4:8).
PRAYER: I thank Thee, Father, for protecting me from all harm even as I rest through the night.