IF IT HAD NOT BEEN THE LORD WHO WAS ON OUR SIDE…

WEDNESDAY, 8TH NOVEMBER, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE

Topic: IF IT HAD NOT BEEN THE LORD WHO WAS ON OUR SIDE…

MEMORIZE: " If it had not been the LORD who was on our side," Let Israel now say " Psalm 124:1.

SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 124:1-8.

“If it had not been the LORD who was on our side," Let Israel now say- 2 "If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, When men rose up against us, 3 Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us; 4 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul; 5 Then the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul."

 6 ¶ Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we have escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.”

EXPOSITION:

Psalm 124 was written by David upon occasion of some great deliverance which God wrought for him and his people from some very threatening danger, which was likely to have involved them all in ruin, whether by foreign invasion, or intestine insurrection, is not certain; whatever it was, he seems to have been himself much affected, and very desirous to affect others, with the goodness of God, in making a way for them to escape. To him he is careful to give all the glory, and takes none to himself as conquerors usually do. 

 

He here magnifies the greatness of the danger they were in, and of the ruin they were at the brink of, Psalm 124:1-5. Later in Psalm 124:6-7, he gives God the glory of their escape, compared with Psalm 124:1-2. He then takes encouragement thence to trust in God, Psalm 124:8. In singing this psalm, besides the application of it to any particular deliverance wrought for us and our people,  in our days and the days of our fathers, we must have in our thoughts the great work of our redemption by Jesus Christ, by which we were rescued from the powers of darkness. You will then recollect that truly if it had not been the Lord, who had been on our side, what would we have been saying by now? Enemies would have prevailed. But thanks be to God who has given us victory. By his grace and help, we are who we are today. Hallelujah!!!

PRAYER POINT: Appreciate God for his grace and love that is keeping us alive and healthy.

ii. Pray for God’s protection over you and your loved ones from the hands of wasters in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  John 19-22.

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ANCHOR OF LIFE is the daily devotional guide written by PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE, General Overseer, Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l. It is an extraction of God’s word designed to draw the sincere seekers closer to God on a daily basis through an insightful exposition and analysis of God’s Word. 

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