I Am is with Me (Psalm 23; John 10:11-18)
/God’s people can be content and find comfort in the midst of great affliction because God goes with them into that affliction and shields them from the danger—eternal wrath—by bearing it for them in love.
God’s people can be content and find comfort in the midst of great affliction because God goes with them into that affliction and shields them from the danger—eternal wrath—by bearing it for them in love.
David mistakenly accuses God of abandoning him in his darkest hour, something Christ willing endures in order that he might draw near to his people in love and save them.
The confidence of God’s people lies in their heavenly king who has accomplished salvation on their behalf and this confidence ought to lead them to be a people of prayer.
The Law of the Lord is glorious and life-giving because it reveals a Redeemer who is able to forgive and conquer sin and it is this Redeem that we meet in Jesus Christ.
The hope of God’s people to enter into his heavenly temple, lies in the righteousness of their king who is willing to walked the road of suffering to save them.
In Psalm 17, David ultimately finds comfort in the midst of injustice by remembering that the Lord is his inheritance, not this world.
Psalm 16 is a portrait of a worshipper who is wholly devoted to the Lord and the confidence that belongs to him in such devotion.
Psalm 15 paints a picture of a hope that rests in the fact that God is both perfectly righteous and a God of grace who is willing to suffer for those whom he loves in order to bring them into his presence.
According to the Scriptures, a fool is one who refuses to turn from his sin and seek refuge in the only God who can save him.
Psalm 13 moves from pain to praise by remembering the character of a kind and gracious Lord.
The Lord delays in delivering his people from affliction because victory must come through the grave and it is through affliction that we most clearly see that the Lord is our hope.
The Lord has not called us to avoid adversity but to endure it, hidden safely in him.
There are times when God does not tell us why he is doing something so that we can learn to trust his character and to praise him even in the midst of adversity.
The fact that any good happens to man is not a result of man's worthiness, but of God's gracious love and his willingness to suffer for those whom he loves.
God delivers his people by suffering unjustly for them and then uses unjust suffering to draw them to greater faith and godliness.
Biblical confidence is based upon the work of Christ and confidently looks to him for deliverance at the resurrection.
Biblical confidence is based upon the work of Christ and confidently looks to him for deliverance at the resurrection.
Knowing that God will judge the wicked on the Last Day should drive you to pray for the salvation of your enemies.
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