“In repentance and rest is your salvation” (Isaiah 30:15). Repentance is an ongoing part of our Christian experience - 2 Corinthians 12:21
emphasizes the need for continuing repentance. We have been saved. We
continue to sin. We must seek, by God’s grace, to maintain our
repentance. Rest is part of our redemption in Christ. To be “redeemed
from the hand of the foe” (Psalm 107:2)
means the beginning of rest, the beginning of deliverance from
the oppressor. This does not mean that the perfect state has been
reached. Still, there is “wandering in desert wastelands, finding no way
to a city where they could settle” (Psalm 107:4).
In Christ, we have entered into our rest. Still, however, there is
restlessness - a God-given restlessness - as we continue to hunger and
thirst (Psalm 107:5) for “a city where they could settle” (Psalm 107:7),
a heavenly city that is permanent, and not merely transient. In His
faithful love, God assures us that He will lead us to this heavenly city
where we can settle forevermore (Psalm 107:7), rejoicing in “His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds for men” (Psalm 107:8) and praising Him who satisfies our hunger and quenches our thirst.
Psalm 48:1-14 Lord, we worship You in the place of worship – “Within Your Temple, we meditate on Your unfailing love.” Help us to go out from there, and play our part in seeing that Your praise “reaches to the ends of the earth” (Psalm 48:: 9-11). How will other people know of Your love, if we don’t tell them? How will they find their way to Your House, if we don’t invite them? When we share Your Word with others, help us to remember Your promise: “My Word… will not return to Me empty, but will… achieve the purpose for which I sent it” (Isaiah 55:11).
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