We Can Rest On His Promises

Psalms 132:1-2 Lord, remember David and all his afflictions; how he swore to the Lord, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob.

In this Psalm we read a plea to God that He remember the afflictions that David suffered as God's anointed king; and his desire to build the Temple and restore worship to what it should have been, for the glory of God. But more importantly, it was also a plea that God would remember His promise, His covenant, with David. Today, we too can make a plea to God that He restore true worship in His Temple, which God tells us in His Word that it is our body, the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). We can also make a plea that He remember the afflictions of, and promises by, our Lord and Savior. During David's life and reign he suffered many trials and challenges for different reasons. However, through it all, the desire that He had for God's glory made him a man after God's own heart. God's promise to David was that his throne would be established forever, through his lineage; but the throne would only be eternally established through Jesus Christ our Savior, and Israel's Messiah. So when trials and persecutions came, the plea would be that God would fulfill His promise to Israel by way of the Lord's covenant with David. Today, as we walk with the Lord through life's trials, tests, and persecutions, we can plea for the Lord to remember the afflictions that Jesus suffered in order to bring us eternal life and have life more abundantly (John 10:10). We can pray the Word of God and remind the Lord (not that He is a forgetful God) of what He has promised us in Christ Jesus. When afflictions come, we can praise the Lord that Jesus suffered the ultimate afflictions for us, so that we would not suffer the ultimate punishment...eternity without Him. Instead we can find comfort, peace, and joy, knowing that we can hold on to the promises we have in Jesus; because no matter what we suffer in this life, it cannot compare to what has been promised to us, who are God's children, in the life to come (Romans 8:18; 2 Corinthians 4:17). The bottom line is that we can rest on God's promises.

Today, God extends an invitation to you to accept His free gift of salvation (Rom 7:23). Will you accept it? Anyone who calls on Jesus, by faith, in repentance, confessing your sins, will receive eternal life. Do not put off calling on Him, and receive His free gift of salvation today (Rom 10:13).