JULY 26

GOD IS…

“God is our refuge and strength a very present help in trouble.” (Psalm 46:1)

The lofty heights of revelation are beautifully balanced with the practical outworkings of truth received through the nitty-gritty processing’s of the day. Hindsight reveals that God has marvelously worked in our past. The veiled, unknownness of the future compels us to commit whatever lies ahead unto Him, to work it out and bring forth His will in every part. So that leaves us with the immediate present to deal with, and joyfully walk on a day at a time. To find in Him a total sufficiency for today. This is the day the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” (Ps. 118:24).

The Psalmist began on a very positive note, “GOD IS…” And this is in line with Hebrews 11:6, “for he that cometh to God must believe that HE IS, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.”

“Thou believest that there IS one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.” (James 2:19).

“The fool (Hebrew, empty person) said in his heart, there is no God.” (Psalm 14:1).

“The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in his thoughts.” (Ps. 10:4). Or, as the margin gives, “all his thoughts are, There is no God.”

Wicked, foolish, empty persons – no, we would not be numbered among them, for we have sought the Lord, we have walked with Him, talked with Him, and know the joy and reality of His blessing. HE IS! The very fact that we cry out, “Lord, help me!” indicates that we do believe that HE IS, that He not only exists, but that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.

It is when we do not believe that HE IS, and that HE WILL DO HIS OWN WORK, that we begin to promote our own schemes for a “do-it-yourself” type of program. But when we know that HE IS, we can “commit our way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.” (Ps. 37:5).