PSALM 54.1-7--HOPE

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

4:58 AM

This Psalm is an example of how God 's grace works deliverance into our lives.

 

Psalm 54--

Vv.  1-3--David's enemy of the moment:  "Ziphites" were seeking to kill him.

Vv.  1-2--David faced these enemies with time in prayer with God. 

Vv.  4-5--David's prayer confidently asserted his expectation that God would

give victory over these enemies--

"Surely God is my help…in His faithfulness He will destroy them."

 

Vv.  6--David is able to praise God because he knew that God is Good.

"Your Name, Lord, is good."

 

Vv.  7--The Praise of v. 6 is based on the past experiences of God's goodness. 

"You have delivered me from all my troubles, and  my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes."

 

 

God had given victory over every preceding enemy attack.

David was confident that God would bring

deliverance and triumph over this enemy, too.

 

 

Romans 5.1-5 urges us to trust in God's providing grace for us
just like He did for David.
 

 

Like David,

Our access to God's grace is by Faith in Christ's faithfulness. Vv. 1-2

By Grace the Holy Spirit works in our every Tribulation,
            to develop Patience, Experience, Hope, and Love. Vv. 3-5

 

"Surely God is my help…in His faithfulness."

"Your Name, Lord, is good."

 

Like David, we must have faith in God's faithfulness to us.

 

"We have access by faith into this grace
wherein we stand."



Romans 5.2

 

"Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us

an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen,

since what is seen is temporary,

but what is unseen is eternal."

2 Corinthians 4.17-18

 

The enemies of our lives today are defeated as we trust God's faithfulness just like David did in Psalm 54.

 

We need to spend time in prayer like David did.

"Save me.  Hear my prayer; listen to the words of my mouth."

 

We need to trust in God's faithfulness, just like David did.

"God is my help; the Lord is the One Who sustains me…in His faithfulness."

 

We need to believe in God's goodness, just like David did.

 "I will praise Your Name, Lord, for it is good."

 

We need to trust the Holy Spirit to work

Patience, Experience, Hope, and Love

into our hearts during our tribulations.

 

 

"You have delivered me from all my troubles,

and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes."

2 Corinthians 4.16