Trust in the Name of the Lord Our God

 

Psalm 20

 

January 2, 2022

 

 

Trust in the Name of the Lord Our God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble!  May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!   May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!  May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah

 

May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans!   May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners!  May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!   Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand.  Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.  They collapse and fall, but we rise and stand upright.  O Lord, save the king!  May he answer us when we call.

 

We were sound asleep it’s Jan’s birthday, and it had been a great Sunday, with me making breakfast, going to a worship service at church, having brunch at a friend’s house with members of the adult class we share our lives with each Sunday morning, and coming home and having a neighbor brings over a card and flowers for Jan, and ending the day with reading in the book of Genesis the first three chapters.  And then our times of giving thanks for the blessing of God.  In doing so we share some desires of our heart, they were not for us but for some people very close to us whom we love and want then to have a personal relationship with our Redeemer, Jesus Christ.  Our sweet daughter called about 10:40, waking up both of us, wanting to wish her mother a happy birthday, and I was not able to go back to sleep.  Not a very thankful spirit till I began to read Psalm 20, and WOW, what a Father and He always keeps His word.

 

I’m not sure you notice, but we kind of are living in a time of trouble, and God has protected both of us.  But it was the opening verse of the second paragraph that woke me up, “May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans!”  The desire of our hearts is not for stuff, but for those, we love to have a personal relationship with Jesus, and we understand each person makes that choice, God will not force His love or desire on any of us. 

 

I’m not sure what you are trusting in on this new year of 2022, but let me share that if it is anything other than the grace of God, and the free gift of His Salvation, its faith with a big hole in it, Jan and I have our trust in the name of the Lord our God.  So, to say I’m sure happy Jan got that call, and I got to tell you that Psalm 20, is a great wake-up call, a reminder of our God never sleeps nor does He slumber, and He will always answer our calls.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice

P.S. We had no knowledge of what January 26, was going to bring in our lives, but God, did and was faithful.  Two months later almost three, I came home very weak in my body and mind still looking to our God to do it all for us.