God’s Love and Faithfulness in Trials: Psalm 57
God sends his power to deliver us, but he also sends us the sure word of his faithfulness, even as we languish in the midst of difficult times, still awaiting his deliverance.
God sends his power to deliver us, but he also sends us the sure word of his faithfulness, even as we languish in the midst of difficult times, still awaiting his deliverance.
As Christians, we should always see ourselves as a part of this grand, redemptive story that stretches across time, around the globe, and even spans heaven and earth!
The church of Jesus Christ is the most ethnically, socially, and linguistically diverse movement in the history of the world.
Jesus is the victor who, after his suffering and humiliation, has been crowned with glory and honor.
One of the defining identity markers for Christians is that we are resurrection people. This means that we understand that God always has the last word.
Psalm 7 portrays God as the great warrior who stands by our side in the battle against evil in which we are engaged.
Although David was battling enemies here on earth, the psalm portrays the whole earth rocking and quivering under the power of God as he thunders forth with his presence and power.
In the Bible, death is nothing more than sin made visible. Thus, God’s victory over sin must, ultimately, be a visible victory over death.
It is fitting that at the very moment Jesus was, quite literally, shedding his blood for us, he addressed God as Father, thereby modeling for us the new and living way that was being opened to all of us through the gospel.