Between now and Thanksgiving Day, November 24, I am spending time in the psalms. I am praising my Redeemer for Who He is and thanking Him for who I am in Him.
Yesterday, I started in Psalm 3, titled in my translation, “Confidence in Troubled Times.” And I praised and thanked the LORD for being a shield around me, my glory and the one who lifts my head.
David, who wrote Psalm 3, did not stop with just those three things. Before he finishes, he adds two more.
“I lie down and sleep, I wake again because the LORD sustains me.” Then He adds, “Salvation belongs to the LORD ….” [vs 5, 8 HCSB]
Sustains! The word in Hebrew means, “to lean, lay, rest, support.” What a wonderful picture.
In this world where nothing is permanent, sometimes including relationships, the LORD is the One person we can always depend upon to support us. We can lean on Him when everything else is crumbling. We can lay our head upon His Breast when everything else is rocky and unstable. We can rest in Him when there is only unrest surrounding us. He is our support in troubled times.
Salvation! Deliverance, health, helping, welfare, victory, aid – all those things are wrapped up in that word.
Pretty soon we will be reading the Christmas story and we will hear the declaration of the angels to the shepherds, “Today a Savior, who is Messiah the Lord, was born for you in the city of David.” [Luke 2:11]
Thank you, LORD, today our praise focuses on You as our Sustainer and our Savior. We thank you for coming to us when we could not come to You. Amen