Psalm 116
Almost everyone can remember a time when, as a child, they found themselves in a dangerous situation from which they could not deliver themselves. Our immediate reaction is to begin looking for someone to help us. We usually will call out for help and look for a familiar face that can rescue us.
As adults, when we are delivered from a crisis, do we reflect and consider that there may be a greater purpose behind our deliverance? These crises and, ultimately, death serve to point us to a higher power and purpose for our lives. It helps us focus our attention on spirit.
Psalm 116 records the thanks that King David of Israel felt and expressed to God for delivering him from danger that could have resulted in his death. He acknowledged that God is real and that there is only one true, living God. King David knew that if he called on God, he would be heard. Do we have that same assurance today? The God of King David is full of grace, mercy and compassion toward those who call on His name. In this Psalm, David drinks from the cup of salvation (the cup of blessing) and calls upon the name of the Lord.
During this Lenten season, as lead up to the dark days of the sacrifice and deliverance of Jesus Christ, are we paying attention to the Spirit of God? Jesus Christ, through the sacrifice of His body and voluntarily giving up his life, drinks the cup and becomes the salvation of God to everyone who believes.
Though we face tough and challenging times today and have many questions about the future, the salvation of God, in Jesus Christ, is our ever present help in time of trouble.
We have been helped, we have been delivered. Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord!
Danny Underwood
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