Psalm 119:81-82

Psalm 119:81-82

My soul longs for your salvation;

I hope in your word.

My eyes long for your promise;

I ask, "When will you comfort me?"

Our souls' greatest need is God. It is when we are in distress, feeling distant from Him, that we begin to realize our need of Him. When we lack of Him, we call to Him. It is for Him we long.

But on what premise can we rightly trust God? How do we know He is faithful? Our hope comes from His word. We know God stands because His truth stands; it is unbound perfection (v. 96). His word will never fall (Is. 40:8).

As Jacob persisted for a blessing (Gen. 32:26), so our prayers must also be persistent in times of adversity. Let us always be hoping in God's word and longing for His promise and comfort. May we never give up seeking Him. Rather, long for Him, for in seeking we shall find.

Psalm 50:1

Psalm 50:1

The Mighty One, God the LORD,

speaks and summons the earth

from the rising of the sun to its setting.

God has supreme power over the universe in a way we cannot comprehend. Lest He command a star to shine, it does not shine - it cannot. Not only has God created the earth, but He also commands it. It has its existence because God speaks its existence. It spins and travels only to where God calls it.

The care and command of the Mighty One never rest. He is actively involved in His creation; this is the ultimate denial of Deism. He uses seemingly random and catastrophic acts of the weather to move people from one place to another (see vv. 4-5). "He causes His sun to rise, He sends the rain."1

God's activity in His world is unfathomable. His power none can grasp. "Did He speak the world into existence? Does matter exist apart from Him? Is it still here? Are you still here? Then He is still speaking."2

Notes

1. Jerry Bridges, Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts (Colorado Springs, CO: NAVPRESS, 1988), 102.

2. N.D. Wilson, Notes from the Tilt-a-Whirl (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2009), 31.