AUGUST 19, 2021 CAC LIVING WATER DEVOTIONAL : TOPIC – HELP IS ON THE WAY!
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Thursday, August 19, 2021. – World Humanitarian Day
HELP IS ON THE WAY!
Read: Psalms 46:1-11
Psalms 46:1-11 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
Though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Come and see what the Lord has done, the desolations he has brought on the earth.
He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
MEMORISE:
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. (Psalms 46:1).
EXPOSITION
The Psalmist, under inspiration, saw far ahead what the future holds, part of which is that there would be fearful events and such turbulence that would cause fear for the true believer and all mankind. Of a truth, there have been various national upheavals, tribal disagreements, leadership tussles, global warnings, ozone layer agitations, political instabilities of do or die, needless wars and bloodsheds, unending lack and loss of jobs, lowering morale, loss of faith, etc.
In all these, God is our hiding place, strength and sustaining present help. He is forever our present help because He is the omnipresent. That He is present connotes the idea of being there endlessly. It is an eternally continuous thing. Today’s text assures that God, in today, which is world Humanitarian Day, is not silent::
● a hostile, aggressive world that has consistently rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ, holiness, and peace (line 2);
● a noisy earthly system of roaring waters and haughty mountains of proud men and ideologies that opposes truth and righteousness (line 3, cf.2 Cor.10v4,5),
● the rage of murderous kings and nations that are anti-God, anti-christ and anti-church, i.e. Babylon, the mother of all harlots and abominations on the earth (line 6, Rev.17v1-5ff), and
● the noise of the drums of wars. He will cause desolation in the camp of the enemy and break to pieces (render ineffective)all their weapons of disrespect against the Most High God (line 8-10).
He is in His holy Temple! He indwells His people in power and irrefutablely great glory! He will confirm and comfort His people. He will put a complete stop to all the threats of the Enemy-Avenger (lines 4-7,11).
Surely, help is on the way for us today. Praise the Lord!
PRAYER POINTS
1. Thank God for the help He has sent from heaven to all His saints.
2. Ask God to reveal those He has sent to you for your deliverance and comfort. Pray that you would also be sent to someone.
3. Pray for those waiting on the Lord for His intervention in their seemingly hopeless situations, that He would bail them out, as He never shatter the hope of His people.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Psalms 48:6 – 51:11, Romans 10:17 – 11:17