Psalm 84: 11 March 8, 2014

Katharine Lovvorn           

Psalm 84: 11       

March 8, 2014

For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory:  no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

“Come Thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing Thy grace.” How many times have we sung these words to claim God’s mercies and promises? He has promised His believers that He will supply every need, even that as basic and life-giving as the sun, and every protection with His shield.  What we are required to do is to claim Him, proclaim Him, and live according to His commandments.  The Lord will give grace.  We will not earn it; we cannot earn it.  Grace was given to us in His Son, Jesus Christ, before time eternal.  Glory, He gave by sending that very Son to bring salvation and eternal life to His people.  The cost of keeping that promise was great beyond all comprehension.

“O to grace how like a debtor daily I’m constrained to be.  Let that grace now, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to Thee.”  The psalmist said that no good thing would be withheld from them that walk uprightly.  It is our duty and privilege to keep our part of the covenant, to make ourselves worthy of that promised, hard-earned glory.

  

“Here’s my heart, O take and seal it; seal it for Thy courts above.”  Amen.