Title: What and Who Are the Enemies of Your Peace?
Text:
Psalm 42:5 (HCSB)
5 Why am I so depressed? Why this turmoil within me? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Observation:
The pain of the Psalmist is common to God’s people of every generation. Who among us have not cried out with words that were similar to his? When we face difficult times we are prone to ask these three questions: why me, why this, and why now?
It is not possible for any of us to escape the presence of the world, the flesh, and the devil. It is a universal problem that only the blood of Jesus can atone for. We are all in the same boat.
Ephesians 2:1-3 (HCSB)
1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins
2 in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient.
3 We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.
We may all be in the same boat, but we are not without hope if you are able to say like the Psalmist, “My Savior and my God”.
Ephesians 2:4-5 (HCSB)
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us,
5 made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!
The cure for the presence of sin is the presence of God. Have you received the grace gift of salvation? It’s only a step to salvation; if you have not taken it, why not take it now? If you have received the gift of salvation, then seek God’s face; do not fear, and listen to what God says to you, and obey it. Remember, you are never alone when you are walking with the Lord holding your hand.
Prayer:
Father God, my dear Father, I praise Your name above every other name on earth and in heaven. Father, there is no place I would rather be than in the safety and security of Your everlasting arms.
Father, I am so glad that I can say like the Psalmist, “My Savior and my God”. Father, I thank You for the perfect peace I find when I am close to You, and leaning on Your everlasting arms. Father, I am praying and singing in the name of Jesus, Amen.
John 14:27 (ESV)
27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
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Psalm 119:105 (HCSB)
105 Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path.
Psalm 2:8 (HCSB)
8 Ask of Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession.
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