Psalm 27 is a dear favorite of mine, as it also is for many people. The overall tone & message is one of great confidence in the care & love of the Lord all the days or your life. Here is the first verse; I commend you to memorize so the Holy Spirit can bring it to your mind in times of fear or trouble.
Psalm 27:1, 9, 14
1 The
Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the
stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be
afraid?
There are many verses and sections of this psalm worthy of your study, but today let's focus on verse nine, which really gets to the heart of your issue with God.
9 Hide
not Your face from me.
Turn not Your servant
away in anger, O You who have been my
help.
Cast me not off;
forsake me not, O God of my
salvation!
You & I are sinners, through and through. We DAILY sin against God in our thoughts, our words and our actions. We were all born sinful, and can do nothing to change our sinful condition. We fully deserve to be angrily cast off and forsaken by God. Why wouldn't God turn His face away from us? The answer is so simple, it is literally hard to believe.
Because God loves you more than you can ever imagine, He promises NEVER to leave you, forsake you or cast you off! Throughout His Word [the Bible], God makes this promise for all people of all time and all places. Perhaps the most well-known example is found in John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life."
Psalm 27 closes with the following verse, which is a good closing for this devotion.
14 Wait
for the Lord; be strong, and let
your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
Because God loves you incredibly, and forgives your sins continually, you can be afraid of nothing, and be strong in the Lord!
Your servant in Christ,
Pastor Mark
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS Burton, Michigan
office: 810.744.1188
We are Pilgrims with a Purpose:
Sharing God’s Love & Mercy with Each Other & the World.
Soli Deo Gloria
"The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble." Psalm 9:9
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