“My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips. Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David: his seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before Me” (vs34-36).
This fact is unchangeable, taken by faith, and it revives our hearts in the end: we are not forsaken, because we can't be, because God CAN'T forsake Jesus Christ (vs34-37). He says, “My covenant I will not break”, and again, “I will not lie to David” who pictures Christ the King (2 Sam 7:12-13; Acts 2:30). To say the promises are dead and God is unfaithful is saying that He won't reward Christ for what He's done, His promises to Him, and that is impossible. Christ MUST have His reward, so you and I must have ours too, if we believe.
Let the trouble of today bring you to the everlasting covenant, so that you praise instead of doubt God, so that you rejoice, rather than weep.
We feel distressed! He says, “But You have cast off and abhorred, You have been furious with Your anointed. You have renounced the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground”. Yes, the wife of our bosom who should bring us joy, brings grief. The church isn't loyal as she should be, and your job is a hassle. Yes, the smile is gone! The optimism has been replaced with pessimism, and we see all things against us. We are miserable, desire to be alone, and we are tempted to HATE God because, after all (we think), He's forsaken us. We say, “What's the point” because of trials and hardships. We feel misery and depression. We are DOWN.
But, like David, let us encourage ourselves in the Lord. We read, “Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God” (1 Sam 30:5-6). Let us go back to our Father, covenant in hand, and say, “Why? Why am I so miserable, if all of these things are true”, and then, as we bring our hurt to the throne of grace BY faith, we'll see the pain and tears of now cannot erase the promises and blessings of eternal faithfulness. God is NOT against you! God is for you, and believing this, excites joy and hope in the storm. Knowing God's unchanging love in Christ changes us!
Can God be unfaithful to Christ? This CANNOT be (vs41-45). He says, “You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; You have made all his enemies rejoice. You have also turned back the edge of his sword, and have not sustained him in the battle. You have made his glory cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. The days of his youth You have shortened; You have covered him with shame.” I could see Him turning to do me harm or being tired of the whole church... I could see Him leaving us to fend for ourselves, ruined. But, I can't see God breaking promises to His obedient Son, the One who laid down His life agonizingly, at God's command, redeeming the church. Therefore, I can't see God against His people, for to be against us means that He's forsaken the Obedient Son. He says, “I will not lie to David: His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before Me; it shall be established forever like the moon, even like the faithful witness in the sky” (vs35-37). It is impossible that He fail us, the seed or children of Christ.
Let how you feel be touched by reality, and God's hand will elevate your spirit. We're prone to say, “It's over. I've had more than I can take. I'm forsaken.” But, God says, “Look at Christ and My covenant with Him. Look to His obedience, and see if I can let you down”. Then, unbelief shrinks, joy returns, and power is GIVEN to love.
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