No Fear

Meditations on the Psalms

August 9, 2022

No Fear

“I live with integrity. So redeem me and show me mercy. Now I stand on solid ground, and I will publicly praise the Lord”

Psalm 26:11-12

That there will be a great day of accounting where all people will be judged by God is the theme of the Old and New Testaments. In Psalm 26, David presents himself to God in anticipation that his life will be vindicated. David was trusting in his integrity as well as the faithfulness and mercy of God. This vindication called forth a desire to worship God, which led David to plead for God’s protection. David ends the psalm resting in the assurance of God’s care.

David was called by the grace of God and anointed by God to be King. He knew God’s favor and sought to present his life as one who followed the ways of God. Today, the followers of Jesus have been saved by the grace of God and anointed by God to be the children of God. Our mission is to present ourselves as those who have experienced a Great Awakening and have turned our lives from sin to God.

David’s plea for vindication rested entirely on God. It was God who, by grace, called and anointed David. It was God who showed David the way of life and gave David the capacity to live for God. It was the complete trustworthiness of God that would vindicate David.

My Takeaway: As the followers of Jesus, our vindication rests entirely on the faithfulness of Jesus. Through our faith in Jesus, it is God who shows us the way of life and gives us the capacity to live for God. Yes, there will be a great day of accounting where all people will be judged by God. Because it is the complete trustworthiness of God that vindicates us, we should have no fear of that day! 

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.

 

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