119 41-48
May your unfailing love come to me, O LORD, your salvation according to your promises;
then I will answer the one who taunts me, for I trust your word.
Do not snatch the word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws.
I will always obey your law, for ever and ever.
I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
I will speak of your statutes before the king and will not be put to shame, for I delight in your commands because I love them.
I lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I meditate on your decrees.
What is God's unfailing love?
Father loves his Son and Son loves Father (John 17:24). This is God's unfailing love for us. So our God the Father sent his Son for us, we are confident of his love.
God's salvation came according to God's promise. God promised Ahaz through the prophet Isaiah that the virgin would be with child and would give birth to a son.
His name is Immanuel -God with us.
He kept his promise.
Jesus came and became a man. From time to time, I am overwhelmed by God's love for me. Which is easier? For the virgin to be with child or God be with me. I think it will be the pure virgin to be with child.
When I see the odds of God being with me and its impossibility -how costly for him to be with me and to love me, I can only say, "I put my hope in your word."
One of the most traumatic event was for passing the qual for my Ph.D. It was so difficult and I studied so much. By God's grace, I passed. But for a while, I had nightmares. In my dream, I got a letter stating that I could not pass. I had to go to my wife and told her that I failed. Then I got up full of sweats.
It was just dreams but the bad news was so overwhelming. So I wrote down in a piece of paper, "Sam you passed" and put it next to my bed or in my pocket. As soon as I got up from this nightmare, I read it. It was so good to read. I passed.
Likewise, it is so good to read the good news of God. Jesus paid all my sins on his body. I can walk in freedom.
I can speak of your work to anyone.
I delight your commands.
I love your good news. I meditate on your decrees. "It is done. It is finished."
Thank you for your finished work. I put my trust and hope in your unfailing love. Your love never fails. Your words are sweeter than my honey.
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