The psalmsist in Psalm 118:14-16 wrote, "The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. The right hand of the Lord is exalted; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly." Paul wrote in Romans 8:37, "Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." How could these 2 men experienced God's strength, God's joy and God's victory? The answer is in Romans 8:18 that says "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Similar with what I shared yesterday that King David looked forward to God's reward, here, Apostle Paul already had the vision that the glory that shall be revealed IN him are far greater when compared with the sufferings of this present time. Learn from these and fix our eyes on Jesus, the Pioneer and Perfector of our faith (Hebrews 12:2) https://twitter.com/EstherOngHC
Day 187 - Have Fear of God Read: Psalm 145; Proverbs 6:28-31; Revelation 6; 2 Samuel 15-16 2 Samuel 15 & 16 15:13 A messenger came and told David, “The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.”14 Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword.” To me, as a parent, it is so sad to note that King David got to run for his life from his own son, Absalom. His own son schemed for 40 years (15:7) to topple his own father - could you believe that? This is our Bible - it will not hide - all the successes and failures of God's people are truthfully reported. Why did King David suffer this? It started with his own sin of adultery with Bathsheba (11:3) Even though God had forgiven him when he sincerely repented by recognising that he sinned against the Lord (12:13), King David nee...
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