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HOPE OF SALVATION IN GOD’S WORD
TUESDAY, MARCH 26
Psalm 119:166-168
1 Thessalonians 5:6-10
“…putting on the breastplate of faith
and love; and for a helmet,
the hope of salvation.”
HOPE OF SALVATION IN GOD’S WORD
The idea of hope here is to wait for God’s salvation. Waiting is not often easy especially if it is taking longer. Many of us can lose our patience and proceed to do what we think is right and proper when we cannot see God’s hand working on our side. We simply cannot wait upon the LORD. We want instant results and we want them quickly. Waiting, for many, is just a waste of time and we would rather act right away, even in the absence of God’s direction.
In my soul: The psalmist is different, he can wait upon the LORD. It is most proper that he states first the covenantal name of God, “LORD.” He begins by addressing God by the name that will clear it all. Since He is the faithful God, He is worth waiting upon for. Many a times, we may find that His timing is different from ours, but knowing Him as a promise keeper, we can wait. He will not fail because His promises are true. The believer’s soul continues to hope in God. He would rather wait than doubt and question the LORD. For who he is to argue with God? What is a man before the Creator of the universe that he dares to tell Him what to do? The psalmist knows his place. He is only a recipient of a speck of God’s wisdom; he has no right to even suggest to the LORD what He must do.
In my ways: Instead of finding his way, the psalmist resolves to follow the LORD in His ways. He keeps God’s precepts and testimonies in the Word. He dares not decide his ways. He knows the faithful LORD already has the blueprint for his life, so he better wait upon Him to be his guide. Surely, he who trusts in the LORD’s work will reach His destined place for him. No turning back and no turning to another way, for the LORD’s way is the only way that he can hope for his salvation. Why should we look for another way? All ways apart from the way of God are false ways, ways that will lead man to destruction.
Dear reader, is your soul able to wait upon the LORD of your salvation? Do you obey God’s Word and wait upon Him to direct you? Do you wait upon the LORD for the salvation of loved ones and friends? Learn to hope in the LORD and you can do that when you are always in His Word.
THOUGHT: Do I hope in God in everything I do?
PRAYER: Father, in everything may I wait upon Thy perfect timing.