Psalm 21:1-13

There is a clear contrast between those who trust in the Lord those who turn away from the Lord.  David has been blessed in marvelous ways because of His trust in God and love for God.  He has experience far more grace than he could ever deserve and for that he now praises God with a heart full of thanksgiving.  By contrast those who hate God and turn away from His commandments find themselves the objects of God’s wrath.  They live in fear and dread because they know that God’s judgment is upon them.  The life of rebellion against God is not nearly as glamorous as Satan would want us to believe and its end will always be destruction.  We must choose which of these two options we want to follow.

THOSE WHO RELY ON THE LORD WILL REJOICE IN THE LORD: A life of rejoicing is available to every man who is willing to trust in the Lord and rely upon Him.  God delights in our recognition of the fact that we need help and in our leaning on Him as our only source of strength.  When we trust God, He gives us strength, salvation, He answers our prayers, gives us material blessings, long life, positions of honor and joy that permeates every circumstance of our lives.  All of these gifts come to us by grace when we trust the Lord.  His presence in our lives grants us so many blessings and allows us to live a life of rejoicing.  We must learn to rely upon Him and not our own strength.


THOSE WHO REBEL AGAINST THE LORD ARE REJECTED BY THE LORD: There is another type of life that so many choose.  Instead of relying upon the Lord the rebel against the Lord so they live lives that are full of regret because God rejects them for their lack of obedience and trust in Him.  It is impossible to hide our sins from the Lord, He always knows all that we do and He will judge sin with the fire of His wrath.  Those who choose this life of rebellion will be consumed by fire, their children die, they are unsuccessful, and they run from God’s presence but are overtaken and die young.  Any pleasure that they might enjoy is short lived and leads them into a path of destruction before the Lord.  We must always remember the consequences of sin so that we can be received into the presence of the Lord with rejoicing instead being rejected by Him because of our rebellion.

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