Bible Verse of the Day Friday October 28th, 2022

 Psalm 27:13-14 I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

The words in this Psalm came through one that, as a young man, had never been in combat but slew Goliath, the enormous giant taunting the Army of God daily. This Philistine soldier, that stood over 9 feet tall, was challenging any soldier in the Israelite army to come out and fight him, but all the soldiers in the Army of God were horror-struck and frightened. This poetic exquisiteness was composed by a man that was said to have slain tens of thousands. Yet his advice to all whose eyes fall upon this precious counsel is to wait on the Lord. When Samuel rebuked Saul for not waiting on the prophet of the Lord to offer the sacrifice, Saul told him that his kingdom would fall and that God had sought after one that He considered to be "a man after his own heart" (1 Samuel 13:8-14).

David’s faith in God was to him like a redolent fragrance that rejuvenated his exhausted soul or an oasis in the desert that satisfied the thirst of weary travelers. To David, his Hope in the one true God was a relieving balm that smoothed his wearying soul and an energizing and revitalizing faith that were waiting on God would bring rewards that humanity could never grasp or fathom.

For all followers and believers in Christ Jesus, the power of that Hope is to hold tightly to the truth of God’s Holy Word concerning His Promises to us. This attribute of David made him a man after God’s own heart, someone that placed his faith and trust in God’s Word. David did not only know beyond a shadow of a doubt that God would supply all of his needs but held firmly to the notion that God would deliver him from the hands of all that meant him harm.

All can possess the same Hope that David had and be a pleasing aroma to God when we unconditionally and enthusiastically place our faith and trust in God’s Word that He will provide for our every need and protect us from our enemies.

God’s Word tells us that we live in this world, but we don’t have to be of this world (Colossians 3:2; Philippians 3:20). As long as we place our faith and trust in the promises of the Word of God, just as David did, we can hold on tightly to the security of the Hope in Christ Jesus. We can know that no matter how rough our paths become, we will not be walking them alone because God promised us that he will never leave or forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6; Hebrews 13:5 ).