Thursday, February 14, 2008
PSALMone Whose Love Never Fails...

After reading Psalm 44, it was clear to me that God’s love never fails.

To be a Christian, suffering for God’s sake would be something that we should expect. But why must we suffer?

In psalm 44:1-8, the psalmists recall of the things that God has done for them in the past, praising His name all day long for His goodness. However, a huge contrast can be seen from v9 onwards. The psalmists felt that God was not with them. They suffered persecutions after persecutions though they have not forgotten God nor have they been false to God’s covenant. They also acknowledged that God knows the secrets of their heart and would have long discovered whether they have sin against Him. They were confident that their hearts were faithful towards God. However, they had to face death all day long for God’s sake. Why must they suffer?

There maybe times where we may not feel God’s presence in times of troubles though we may have been doing what is right in God’s eyes. There may even be times where our prayers and faith in God have not produced any result. So why do we have to go through all these sufferings?

As seen in Romans 37-39, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. We need to know that nothing would be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. God allows us to face death all day long because He has something good in store for us. We have to die more to ourselves and be more alive in Christ. It is said in the bible that the truth will set you free, since Jesus Christ is the truth; it means that in Him we will be set free. Set us free from what then? Free from the laws of sin and of death.

We have to act on what Gal2:20, which says ‘I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.’
If there is one thing that makes us different from the psalmists, it would be that we were made known to the good news of what Jesus did for us. The psalmists did not know about the good things that were in stored for them.

In psalm 44:26, the psalmists ask God to rise up to help them, to redeem them. Know that when Christ died for us, we were redeemed by the blood of the lamb. Why did God sent His One and Only Son to die for us? For God so love the world, His love never fails. I am sure that though the psalmists faced death all day long, they knew that God would indeed redeem them because of His unfailing love.

Maybe you might have some unanswered prayers today that God has not given you the desires of your heart, but would you trust that God would answer it in His own time, in His own pace. For God’s love never fails and He wants to bless you with only the best.

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