Trust God’s Loyal Love!

Psalm 33

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, April 20.

The conclusion of the matter is to trust the Lord for His lovingkindness – to wait upon Him and to put your hope in His loyal love. Psalm 33:18-22 declares David’s faith in God’s character:

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope for His lovingkindness, to deliver their soul from death and to keep them alive in famine. Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. For our heart rejoices in Him, because we trust in His holy name. Let Your lovingkindness, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in You. [emphasis added]

Twice in this conclusion, David used the Hebrew word hesed to describe God’s character. Hesed is difficult to translate into a single word because it “combines the ideas of unconditional love, generosity, and enduring commitment.”[1] God revealed Himself to His chosen people through His loyal love, His covenant faithfulness, which is His hesed (Exodus 34:6). When we see God for who He is – the God of loyal love, we can wait upon Him to keep His promises. We can hope in Him because we trust His covenant faithfulness. God keeps His promises, every time on time! God’s hesed was revealed to us through His Son Jesus Christ, as Paul described in Titus 3:4-7:

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Seize the moment and pray Psalm 33, meditating upon the loyal love of God made known to us through Jesus Christ (John 3:16).

God bless you!

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