“I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word” (Psalm 119:58).
TEXT — Psalm 119:57-64
Message
The question has come to many people many times: in times of a life-threatening crisis, who will you trust for relief? God and His promises in the Bible or some seemingly potent earthly cover and its fleeting protection? Those who are disposed to transient power and their authority and pleasures would easily fall for what is handy, with hardly a thought of waiting for God and His assurances.
A beleaguered psalmist who understood where true deliverance lay did not hesitate to cry unto God. The “bands of the wicked [had] robbed” him of the peace and joy he wanted. He appeared to face more enemies than he could contend with. Being so overwhelmed, he said, “I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments”. That was when he learned that his personal efforts of being pushed from pillar to post were fruitless. Only then did he recognize that God’s mercy was all he needed.
A troubled world with wars, low-intensity conflicts, political instability, urban violence, economic crisis, immorality, youth restiveness across the nations, untamed health challenges and pandemics, food shortages, and a host of other distractions, is unable to deliver itself after applying all known therapies. These assaults on mankind result from alienation from God and His laws. We must seek help from Him as did the psalmist.
The Lord is patiently waiting for individuals and nations of the world to come to Him so He can bring calm into their raging storms. It is not an endless wait, however. God will one day end His long-suffering watch and close the door of invitation to those who have gone astray and are languishing in sin. According to His Word, He will not turn away those who resort to Him penitently, with faith in Jesus Christ.
Thought for the day
Every question of man has an answer in God’s word.
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
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Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near and Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Indeed, Every question of man has an answer in God’s word.
BIBLE. I have enjoyed BIBLE answering my questions on several occasions. BIBLE is GOD in written form to me. Thanks YOU LORD for having YOU in my life.
The teaching of personal holiness and commitment to the practical Christian living by our father in the Lord is worthy of emulation. I pray that God will give him more aboundant grace to continue and complete the good work that he has started in the lives of His people.
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near and Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Indeed, Every question of man has an answer in God’s word.
BIBLE. I have enjoyed BIBLE answering my questions on several occasions. BIBLE is GOD in written form to me. Thanks YOU LORD for having YOU in my life.
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The teaching of personal holiness and commitment to the practical Christian living by our father in the Lord is worthy of emulation. I pray that God will give him more aboundant grace to continue and complete the good work that he has started in the lives of His people.
Thank you Jesus for your faithfulness and mercies. Your word has kept me indeed.
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