Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your anger toward us to cease. Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations? Will You not revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You? (Psalm 85:4-6)
As I studied the text, something jumped out at me that is of the beaten path from what I am speaking on tomorrow night. Notice the first sentence....Restore us, O God of our salvation.
God is referred to as the "God of our salvation". Indeed He is. But think about this. There are those who teach that they have a part in the salvation process - in their own salvation. They teach (or are taught) that they can do something or must do something of themselves to be saved. They forget about anchor verses of the Bible such as Titus 3:5, which says, "not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit". Verses like this make it clear that it is not by works, but by the grace and mercy of God that we are saved!! And then there's the famous Ephesians 2:8-9 that gets overlooked.
My point is this: When we get into the habit of thinking that we can earn our salvation or that we can maintain our salvation on our own merit, we become of the "god of our salvation", and not Jehovah God! If we had anything to do with our salvation, we'd have so say something like this:
"I'm Myke Harbuck...the god of my own salvation".
But that's ridiculous. God is the God of our salvation!
So let's stop and thank Him for saving us according to His mercy, and His mercy ALONE! Amen!
In His Grip!!!
Myke Harbuck
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