Saturday, January 26, 2008
PSALM Testimonies, PSALM Breakthroughs..

Psalm 21 was a psalm that I found joy reading as it has made me glad with joy in God’s presence.
God is truly a God who answers you when you are in distress. I found the breakthrough that I was looking forward to in psalm 21. Just one day after calling out to Him, He is quick in giving us the victory that we are looking for.

I have recently took my oral assessment for marketing as well as presented my group project marketing plan and I was please to find out that I have did well in doing both of it despite the short amount of time I had as well as being terribly sick the day before.

God knows my desire to do well in my studies and indeed He has blessed me with the desired results that I wanted, just as it is said in Ps 21:2 ‘You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips.’

I was also really encouraged by v11-12, ‘Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed; for you will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow’. No matter what kind of trials and persecution I go through, I know that God will be there to help me. Just like what Deuteronomy 31:8 say, ‘The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

It seemed to me that reading psalm 21 seemed to be like an aftermath of what I read in psalm 20.

In psalm 20, we see what God is willing to do for us.
V4-5
‘May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. We will shout for joy when you are victorious will lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your requests.’

In psalm 21, we see that God has done what He has promised in psalm 20.
V1-2
‘O LORD, the king rejoices in your strength. How great is his joy in the victories you give! You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips.’

He is indeed the God who keeps His promise and I know that He has made me glad with the joy of His presence.

Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might – Ps21:13

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