Last week, we studied about how God revealed Himself in His world that He created. All this week, we have been thinking about how God has spoken to us, revealed Himself, in His Word.
What's our response?
Our God is awesome.
He is mighty.
He is our Creator.
His Word is authoritative.
Does this make us want to "turn tail" and run?
Perhaps the thought of this almighty God fills us with dread.
But let's read the ending of the Psalm:
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)
Notice that in spite of the three types of sins that we studied yesterday, David now responds to God as a "rock" and "redeemer" -- David did NOT say accuser or "judge."
A rock refers to a place of refuge, a hiding place where a sinner can run for protection and rest.
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. (Psalm 18:2)
"Trust in the LORD forever, For in GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock. (Isaiah 26:4)
A redeemer refers to one who has protected or rescued another person from bondage and slavery, someone who has paid the necessary price.
knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. (I Peter 1:18-19)
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." (Matthew 20:28)
And look at the word "my" in that verse in Psalm 19 . . . David is testifying here to a personal relationship. He has, himself, been protected and redeemed by almighty God.
Dear reader, God wants to be your rock of refuge and your redeemer; He wants to rescue you from the bondage of sin and death. He paid the price to rescue us from slavery to sin by sending His only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. (John 3:16-17)
Jesus died in our place, each of us, so that God's judgment for our sins falls upon Christ. God is now able to forgive and accept us if we will simply accept that pardon that He offers in His Son.
Instead of being the God Who accuses us, and Who condemns us, He can now be the God Who forgives us and welcomes us to take refuge in Him.
God's world shows us in beautiful, easy-to-see ways that God is awesome and powerful. God's Word shows us how we can be right with Him and lead a truly blessed and peaceful life. Our response to these revelations should be to face our sin and accept His gift of salvation, to submit to the living and faithful God.
He is faithful.
Always.
And He loves us.
Always.
Praise Him!
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