God Is My… (Psalms), 80

 ~ God Is My Deliver, 6 ~ 

 

Introduction  ~  Previously from July 16, 2017 through January 6, 2019 ALN posted a series of 60 posts of “Jesus is…,” and now we look exclusively at who “God is…” from the Book of Psalms.  While not a complete list these posts occur are in the same order they are in the Psalms.  

 

Passage  ~  “Blessed be the Lord my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle —  my lovingkindness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and the One in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me” (Psalm 144:1-2).    

 

Other Passages  ~  “I will love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies” (Psalm 18:1-3). 

 

“But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in Him” (Psalm 37:39-40). 

 

“Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! For You are the God of my strength; Why do You cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?” (Psalm 43:1-2).

 

“But I am poor and needy; make haste to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay” (Psalm 70:5). 

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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Myth, 119

 ~ Life’s Goal Is Personal Satisfaction ~

 

Myth  ~  The only real purpose in life is to be happy and satisfied.  This is expressed in overt ways such as.  “You only go around once.”  “Live life with all the gusto you can.”  “Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die.”  This philosophy is also expressed in many subtle ways – often ways that are not even recognized by those who live this way.

 

Reality  ~  Mankind was made in the “image of God” (Genesis 1:27, 9:6).  Our Creator desires a relationship with each of us and we will never find real satisfaction until we have that relationship.  “You [God] will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isaiah 26:3).

 

Scripture  ~  King Solomon, purported to be the wisest man to ever live sought satisfaction through all our normal human efforts – yet it was elusive until he found mankind’s purpose.  This is how he summarizes man’s purpose:

 

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: fear [revere] God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.  For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil” (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14).

 

Quotes  ~  “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” —Jim Elliot 

 

“Don’t sacrifice the permanent on the altar of the immediate.” —unknown

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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7 Life Essentials, 3

 ~ Basic Need: Food ~ 

Introduction  ~  In this series we will look at the four most basic physical needs for a human to survive, and how Jesus Christ satisfies the parallel spiritual needs.  Then we will look at three additional critical factors related to both our physical and spiritual needs.

 

Physical Needs  ~  According to basic physiological understanding mankind needs four basic elements in order to survive physically: water, air, food, and light.

 

Jesus satisfies the parallel spiritual needs.  Jesus is the Living Water (John 4:10-11, 7:38).  Jesus provides the Breath of Life (Genesis 2:7, Colossians 1:16-17).  Jesus is the Bread of Life (John 6:35, 48).  Jesus is the Light of the World (John 8:12, 9:5).

 

Key Scriptures  ~  “And Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life.  He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst” (John 6:35). 

 

Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.  I am the bread of life.  Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead.  This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.  I am the living bread which came down from heaven.  If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world’” (John 6:47-51). 

 

Comment  ~  Our spiritual lives are just as much in need of food as the our physical lives. 

 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.

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