# 29. 2018 Dev. Ps. 40:1,2. A firm Place to Stand! Read all of Ps. 40. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw Gremar and I closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Psalm 40:1,2 “I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.
2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.”
In Ps.38, 39, David despaired for his life and his salvation. We also have times that we are overwhelmed with life, not just sin necessarily but with the things that happen to us and to loved ones, the things that are happening in the world but certainly sin is included because sin is never far from us. Satan accuses us, often falsely, sometimes he sows doubt, we despair of our faith, we question our salvation, how does God love the likes of me?
How? Ps. 40 shows us another side of God dealing with us. David waited patiently for God. God answered him! “Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord”. Those who do not look to the world and the things of this world. God places their feet on solid ground, on the rock that is Jesus Christ.
David speaks for us: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.” Good works is not what God wants but a willing heart, that pounders on his law. God wants those willing to speak of His deeds in their lives, ones who speak of God’s faithfulness and of his salvation, those who witness to God’s love and faithfulness to all.
Again David speaks for us: “Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord;
may your love and faithfulness always protect me. For troubles without number surround me;” Yet we are encouraged: “But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, ‘The Lord is great!”
Along with David we are dependent on God: “But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.” Whether we admit it or not we all need a firm place to stand and Jesus the rock is the place to Stand. “Make sure to place your feet in the right place then Stand firm” (Abraham Lincoln). Thanks be to God!
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