Psalm 34

"This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him
and saved him out of all His troubles" [ps. 34]

We have to really cry out to God what we are struggling with and not say simply the religious cliches we're supposed to say, or God doesn't usually, really change us.

"Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.
Turn away from evil and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it." [ps. 34]

We pursue these things because it will go well with us. Because this is the only way to 'have life' and 'love many days', to learn to live this way, only in Christ. Simply because this is true life, this is the way Jesus lived and the way we will live in Heaven, the way God empowers us to live through the life of Christ in us; and because we are sealed with the Holy Spirit, our inheritance is secure and we have new power within us- new power! Every day we have new power, which is never, not, new power.

"I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh I live by faith [trustful, relinquishing-all-self-reliance, dependance on Jesus] in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me." [Galations 2:20]

Many are the afflictions of the righteous
but the LORD delivers Him out of them all.
He keeps all his bonesl
not one of them will be broken. [ps. 34]


That is our Jesus. That is our Jesus whom we love! We are in relationship with Him, whose bones were not broken [John 19:36], and He helps us, hallelujah. Jesus is our righteousness, Jesus is our security. Jesus fulfilled all of these demands for us, and secures forever forgiveness with His blood. We can hope in Him, Him alone, forever. He will help us, He will be with us, He will redeem us make us holy, and glorify our bodies with Him; we are His inheritance.

Bless your name- You are good; You are faithful- we should always trust in You!
In your Son, my Savior,
Ashley