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GOD’S WORD PRESERVES
LORD’S DAY, MARCH 17
Psalm 119:149-151

Psalm 22:11-21

 

“Be not far from me;
for trouble is near;

for there is none to help.”

 

GOD’S WORD PRESERVES
 
The psalmist seeks God’s listening ears. The context suggests that there are mischievous people who attempt to turn him away from the faith. As a child of God, he knows he can always depend on His Father in heaven, so he cries before the LORD to lend a loving ear to his matter. He seems to be tired and down, and he needs the LORD’s intervention badly. He beseeches the LORD to preserve his life.
 
When the mischievous draw near: When the mischievous are advancing and ready to crush the psalmist, he has no one to turn to except the LORD. They, fearless and merciless, are ready to shed blood. They want only to make God’s children suffer and be exterminated. All they have in their minds are bad thoughts toward others. They devise wicked and lewd acts against the LORD’s people. Far from the truth, they do not know God’s law. They may have learned about it but they never believe in God’s righteous decrees. They are lawless, doers of iniquity, and servants of the enemy. All they have in mind is to go against the will of God.
 
When the LORD is near: The nearness of the enemy is countered by the intimate closeness of the psalmist to his LORD. He is in every believer’s heart and His children are indwelt by His Spirit. No one can separate him from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus. He thinks of the LORD all the days of his life, and he partakes of His spiritual provision daily. This great union with the LORD through Christ and His Word is inseparable. It is eternally bound to remain together for eternity. Read John 10:28.
 
God’s Word will preserve the people of the LORD for it reminds them of the truth that He is truly near and one with them. The Word by God’s Spirit will lead him to understand the truth of God’s presence in his life. The Bible, when read always, will bring to mind the verity of the Lord’s promise that He is with the elect always, even unto the end of the world.
 
Dear reader, preservation through God’s Word is communing and partaking of it all the days of your earthly life. Make it a part of your daily practice to remind yourself how God is so near you.
 
THOUGHT: Am I near to God through His Word?

PRAYER: Father, remind me that Thou art near me.

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