Confidence of All the Ends
of the Earth
Psalm
65:5 (NKJV)
By
awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us, O God of our salvation, You
who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of the far-off seas; …
When we view ourselves
as insignificant or meaningless it can give way to fear. Everyone wants to
think they matter. Everyone wants to think somebody loves them and knows that
they exist. The good news is that Somebody does!! The psalmist, David, wrote
these words many years ago but they still ring true today. God is the Confidence of All the Ends of the Earth.
If you live on the
outskirts of town, or in some remote village in a remote part of the world, God
still knows you by name. He loves you as much as anyone else. He stands ready
to be your Confidence as you live your life for Him.
Even if you are the
reason you are in a remote place, God is still there!
Psalm
139:7-10 (ESV)
Where
shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I
ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If
I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
Do you remember Jonah?
He purposely ran from God, attempting to get as far away, geographically, as he
possibly could from the place that God sent him, only to find that God was
there, too. If you will embrace this attribute of God it will help you by
knowing you can never be taken away from God’s presence. If this was true of
those in the Old Testament how much more so for the Believers that have
embraced the New Covenant?
When Jesus ascended to
be seated at the right hand of the Father, He did as He promised and sent the
Holy Spirit to abide IN the Believers FOREVER! Once you have been baptized into
Christ you can never be separated from Him again. The Holy Spirit (God Himself)
indwells your spirit. He is now your Confidence
of All the Ends of the Earth. There are many passages that give us the
assurance of this.
Luke
1:37 (ESV)
For
nothing will be impossible with God.”
Romans
8:31 (NKJV)
What
then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Philippians
4:13 (ESV)
I
can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Acts
1:8 (ESV)
But
you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be
my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the
earth.”
Matthew
28:20 (ESV)
“…
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with
you always, to the end of the age.”
The bottom line for us
is this: God is always there, wherever “there” is! This is true for everyone,
but for the Believer He is not only present. He also abides within us. And will
forever!
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