Inside Information

Psalm 62:7 - My victory and honor come from God alone.  He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.

David, despite his shortcomings from time to time, knew the score.  He knew that every good thing came from God and God alone.  Every victory over his enemies was because God had ordained it.  He had been successful against his enemies, because God had made him unreachable.

David didn't necessarily have the inside information on God's plan for humanity that was fulfilled in Jesus Christ.  But he knew where everything started (and ends).  With God.  We have the advantage of living in the times that we do, where we have a little more inside track than David did.

We've read the last chapter, and we know that God wins.  When we surrender our hearts and lives to Him, obey His will and experience life with Him as He accomplishes His work through us, we win too.  Jesus told us that He is the vine, and we are the branches, and that as long as we remain in Him (obedient to His will), He will remain in us, and we will bear much fruit (John 15:5).  He also tells us in that same verse that apart from Him we can do nothing.

That was the inside information that David knew all those centuries before Jesus told us.  David knew that he could accomplish nothing apart from God.  We don't bear the fruit that Jesus promised for our glory.  It isn't about us.  We bear it for His glory, because without Him, there is no fruit.

Since we are finite creations, it is impossible for us to comprehend things from an eternal perspective.  We simply aren't built that way.  But if we keep our hearts and minds focused on being in God's will, and being His branches, he is faithful to reveal His plan for us little by little.  As each day goes on, as we study Him in His Word and talk to Him through prayer, He gives a little more inside information of His detailed plan for us.  And this plan is not some humdrum existence either.  It is a great and mighty plan (Jeremiah 33:3).  It is a plan for a future and hope (Jeremiah 29:11) that allows us to share in the glory of Jesus Christ for eternity!

Dear Abba Father, thank You for inviting me into Your Kingdom.  I pray that I will remain in Your will, and obedient to Your calling for me every day, as You reveal Yourself to me more and more.  I know I am not worthy because of my sinful ways, but Your unfailing love and amazing grace have made me worthy and righteous to be called Your child.  I pray for those that don't experience You in the amazing way they can.  In the amazing way You have planned for them.  My prayer is that they will begin to trust You through obedience, and that through this obedience, they will experience life with You, and You will accomplish Your work through us all, Your children.  In Jesus' name, Amen!



God Bless!!!