I Love You, LORD

February 27, 2017

I Love You, LORD

I love you, LORD;

    you are my strength.

Psalm 18:1

As a Christian, I believe one day God’s Kingdom will be established on earth. This is why I join my voice with like-minded Christians and pray, “Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven.” I long for the day when the rule of the evil one who has devastated God’s creation will be put to an end, and when God’s love, mercy and justice will flow like rivers of living water. The foundation for my belief is rooted throughout the Bible, including Psalm 18.

The New Testament writers believed Psalm 18 was fulfilled in God’s vindication of Jesus. God’s Kingdom was launched through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. In these early stages, the Kingdom is being established in the lives of the followers of Jesus. These believers are working to prepare earth to receive her King, as we live out our faith, day by day. In God’s time (kairos), our King will come and complete the restoration of Eden.

The foundation for Israel’s belief in God’s Kingdom was established upon their experience of God’s grace. Psalm 18, David’s magnificent Psalm of Praise, is also found in 2 Samuel 22. David’s praise was born of his experience with God’s saving grace.

How have you experienced God’s grace? Has there been a time in your life when you felt as though adverse circumstances might overwhelm you? How did God bring you safely through the storm? How would you explain your experience to another person? Your experience is your own psalm of praise. Maybe this morning you’ll want to sing your praise to God. Here, allow David to give you the opening lines of your song,

“I love you, LORD, my strength.

 The Lord is my solid rock,

    my fortress, my rescuer.

My God is my rock—

I take refuge in him!—

        he’s my shield,

        my salvation’s strength,

        my place of safety.

 Because he is praiseworthy,

    I cried out to the LORD,

    and I was saved from my enemies.”

Psalm 18:2-3

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

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