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Daily Devotion: December 2, 2019

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Psalm 125:1-2   "They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. (2)  As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever."

How important is trust? We place our trust in many things. Every time we place the key (push the start button) in our car's ignition, we trust the car will start. That list goes on and on concerning things in which we place our trust. There are other things that we trust will happen without even exerting the energy to express trust. We trust the sun is going to rise every morning. We trust it will set every evening. We trust the four seasons will arrive on time each year. How can we exert this trust without effort? The truth of the matter is that God is faithful. He has promised and He will perform.

Today's Psalm speaks of trusting God: both its importance and its impact on our lives. Be assured God is faithful to all His promises, but for us to have that peace that passes all understanding, we must believe and place confidence in Him. When we feel alone, we must believe that He has promised never to leave us. He is always with us. Sometimes, it is important to just state that fact audibly. God knows it. We know it. But the spirit of loneliness does not always know it. We speak the truth of God and loneliness must go. There are other spirits in the world that attack us and will try to cause our lives to be shipwrecked. We must speak the truth of God in absolute belief and confidence of God's faithfulness. The Scriptures speak of confessing with the mouth and believing in the heart. That salvation (deliverance) comes to us from those thoughts and emotions that attack us, trying to destroy the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

When we hold the truth of God in true belief and trust His glorious power, we are as the mountains. We are surrounded by the Word. He is our shield and our help. He defends us and protects us. We can be sure that when we speak the truth of God's Word into emotions that try to destroy us, our God will defend. As you read a promise from God that speaks to your heart, confess it to be absolute truth. Believe the Word of God. Speak the Word of God. Early in Psalm 119, the writer declared that he would hide the Word of God in his heart. Why? So he could pull the "spiritual sword" out of its scabbard and use it as a defense. May we also hide the Word of God in our hearts.

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