“Our Declaration in the New Year”

“Our Declaration in the New Year”

 

May all who search for You be filled with joy and gladness in You.  May those who love Your Salvation repeatedly shout, “The LORD is great!”   Psalm 40:16

 

This Psalm of David begins with a celebratory past instance of God’s DELIVERANCE, for David from his TROUBLES.  David tells us that he WAITED patiently for God to help him, and God turned to David and HEARD his cry.  Then God lifted David OUT of the pit of DESPAIR, out of the MUD and MIRE.  And He set David’s feet on SOLID GROUND and STEADIED him as he walked along.  

 

Part of David’s DECLARATION appears in verse three, “He has given me a NEW SONG to sing, a HYMN of PRAISE to OUR God.  And HOPING that MANY will see what He has done and be AMAZED.  And that they will put their TRUST in the LORD. Oh, what JOY for those who TRUST in the LORD, and has NO CONFIDENCE in the UNBELIEVER.   David DECLARES that the PLANS for God’s Children are too numerous to list.  And that God has NO EQUAL! 

 

Another DECLARATION of King David was that he takes JOY in doing the WILL of GOD. Because God’s instructions are written on David’s heart. In verses eleven through fifteen David’s CELEBRATORY instance becomes a DESPERATE instance.  It seems as though David’s iniquities had brought him NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES, which resulted in some INTENSE pleas for God’s COMPASSION and DELIVERANCE.  Then David turns his ATTENTION from himself to others who SEEK GOD, and his hope is that they would REPEATEDLY SHOUT: “The LORD GOD IS GREAT!”

 

That SHOULD BE our DECLARATION NOW and in the NEW YEAR to come.  If you are a CHILD of the LIVING GOD, then you KNOW that the “LORD GOD is GREAT and GREATLY to BE PRAISED!!”

However, if you are NOT a CHILD of the LIVING GOD, your KNOWLEDGE of GOD is probably LIMITED in scope.  And you have very LITTLE to PRAISE Him for and your DESTINY is not looking GOOD at all.  In order to have His BLESSINGS and His COMPASSIONATE HELP, YOU MUST come to His ONLY SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who DIED for YOU and to be able to have FORGIVENESS of your sins and an ETERNAL LIFE in Heaven, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  And to be able to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE once you are there. You MUST BE DRAWN by the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD, and you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, Jesus.  You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for YOU, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and DECLARE that: “The LORD GOD is GREAT!!  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!