“Praise be
to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. Our God is a God
who saves; from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.” Psalm
68:19-20
David’s
Psalm is one of encouragement and praise. He shares about the greatness of God
to protect and bless His children. David
wants us to know that burden bearing is one of the characteristics of Almighty
God. We no longer need to carry them,
for our God will bear them for us. We
simply need to give them over to Him; however, this isn’t always easy. Sometimes we’ve carried them for so long that
it’s difficult to put them down. They’ve
become a part of us. As we learn to
trust God more we will begin to let that which weighs us down go.
God
saves us. What does He save us
from? Our sin and ourselves. Until we recognize that we are sin-laden we
will never truly be free. Just as a drug
addict or alcoholic must admit they have a problem to be cured, so we must
admit our need of forgiveness for the sins we have committed. Once we admit
that we are ready to receive the full forgiveness for each and every sin we’ve
ever committed. If you’re reading this chances are you’ve already done
that. It never hurts to be reminded that
we are a forgiven people as long as we have surrendered to the cleansing power
of Christ’s blood. We are then told in
effect to “go and sin no more” (John
8:11).
Our redemption, the act of
being bought back from the slavery of sin, has allowed us to escape death. Those who have been born twice shall only
experience one death; that of their fleshly bodies. We shall reside in heaven with the Lord for
all eternity. What a blessing that will
be! Until next time, walk with the King
and be a blessing!
