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UNSHAKEABLE CONFIDENCE
in God and His Word!
May 19, 2010
We need a visitation of God in our land! It has always been my contention that a “wake up call” to a nation will not come unless there is a stirring and a revival of God’s people. For a “spiritual awakening to happen on a national scene” there must be a “revival in the midst of God’s people” in the church. There must be a returning to the “unshakeable confidence in God and His Word!”
In our nation’s history there was a period of time that theological historians have written about called “The Great Awakening”. One observant of that moving of God was a man by the name of Jonathan Edwards. His words were, “ God is visiting us!” and he went further in his statement by adding, “It is an instance of glorious triumph of the grace of God!” Wouldn’t it be great to experience a moving of God like that?
David Brainerd said that “God’s wells of salvation came at a time which I had the least hope, and, to my apprehension, the least rational prospect of success.”
On Wednesday’s my pulpit ministry has been in the Psalms (Theme: Refreshing Our Souls in the Psalms) and a recent study was the 27th chapter. This great “Song of Personal Appeal” is one that David possibly wrote in what has been called his “fugitive years.”
There were at least two times in David’s life when his “flight” was better than his “fight.” The first of those times was during the reign of King Saul who was an insecure leader. Being very jealous of David, he became so bitter against him that he “hounded him” and “chased him” to take his life. The Scriptures teach us that David exercised grace and could’ve taken Saul’s life but chose not to “touch God’s anointed.” For David this was the right thing to do.
Later, David fled from the wrath of Absalom, his own son. He wanted to over-throw the kingdom and steal the throne from his father David. Instead of killing his son, David took to security and safety in the “clefts of the rocks.” Apparently the caves of Adullam or Engedi were favorite places for David. It was in these places of security that David penned a number of the Psalms, the 27th being one of those.
With adverse circumstances pressing upon him, his attitude was one of confidence!
- “..though a host should encamp against me….my heart shall not fear...”
- “…though war should rise against me…in this will I be confident…”
Did you get that last statement? Unshakeable confidence! Why and how could this be?
Verse one sums it up: “The Lord is my light, my salvation and my strength..." Students of the Hebrew languages tell us that the word for “light” here is often used in connection with military victory. The word “salvation” carries the wonderful truth of personal deliverance in time of great conflict and peril. The word “strength” is the word from which we get “stronghold” and it suggests that the Lord is our safety and security.
What does it all mean? The clear answer comes ringing back, “unshakeable confidence in God and in His Word!”
Blessings, Pastor Sears
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