SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION!

Today’s prayer is taken from Psalms 31:1-5

OUR PRAYER!

In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
[2]Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
[3]For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
[4]Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
[5]Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

COMMENTARY!

Faith and prayer must go together, for the prayer of faith is the prevailing prayer. David gave up his soul in a special manner to God. And with the words, Psalms 31:5, our Lord Jesus yielded up his last breath on the cross, and made his soul a free-will offering for sin, laying down his life as a ransom.

But David is here as a man in distress and trouble. His great care is about his soul, his spirit, his better part. Many think that while perplexed about their worldly affairs, and their cares multiply, they may be excused if they neglect their souls; but we are the more concerned to look to our souls, that, though the outward man perish, the inward man may suffer no damage.

The redemption of the soul is so precious that it must have ceased for ever, if Christ had not undertaken it. Having relied on God’s mercy, he will be glad and rejoice in it. God looks upon our souls, when we are in trouble, to see whether they are humbled for sin and made better by the affliction. Every believer will meet with such dangers and deliverances until he is delivered from death, his last enemy.

When dangers threaten, it is good to retire and lie hid; when we commend ourselves to God to hide us, he will hide us either under heaven or in heaven. Thus, we shall be safe and happy in the midst of tribulations. It is but for a short time, as it were for a little moment; when over, it will seem as nothing.

God’s place is the mercy-seat; there he delights to be: when he punishes, he comes out of his place, for he has no pleasure in the death of sinners. But there is hardly any truth more frequently repeated in Scripture than God’s determined purpose to punish the workers of iniquity.

Let us keep close to the Lord, and separate from the world; and let us seek comfort in secret prayer. A day of vengeance is coming on the world, and before it comes, we are to expect tribulation and suffering. But because the Christian looks for these things, shall he be restless and dismayed? No, let him repose himself in his God. Abiding in him, the believer is safe. And let us wait patiently the fulfilling of God’s promises.

Robert a humble obedient servant to Yeshua and his Father in heaven Yahewa. And all of God’s children said Amen and Amen.