Today in the Church, we had a verse which said that the Lord will deal bountifully with us.
I really liked the verse and dug deep into the verse.
It is located in Psalm 116:7 "Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee."
It is also located in Psalms 13:6 "I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me."
In these Psalms, we find that David is reflecting on God's goodness in his life.
If we look back into the history of David, we find that he was a shepherd boy, taken light by his own family, not given any importance in the family things. We can clearly see a distinction between the sons of Jesse.
The first few sons had a good job at the Army of Saul, the others were successful in farming, the last son, (the 8th son) was left to fend for himself. He was given a few sheep and was asked to take care of the sheep. I personally feel that the people in David's town wouldn't know him very well. He would rise up in the morning to take the sheep to the pastures, and would return only when it is dark. He was insignificant in the eyes of the world.
He sat with the sheep, but his thoughts were filled with the goodness of the Lord. He meditated on the sayings which he heard about the Lord God Almighty from his ancestors.
I really liked the verse and dug deep into the verse.
It is located in Psalm 116:7 "Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee."
It is also located in Psalms 13:6 "I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me."
In these Psalms, we find that David is reflecting on God's goodness in his life.
If we look back into the history of David, we find that he was a shepherd boy, taken light by his own family, not given any importance in the family things. We can clearly see a distinction between the sons of Jesse.
The first few sons had a good job at the Army of Saul, the others were successful in farming, the last son, (the 8th son) was left to fend for himself. He was given a few sheep and was asked to take care of the sheep. I personally feel that the people in David's town wouldn't know him very well. He would rise up in the morning to take the sheep to the pastures, and would return only when it is dark. He was insignificant in the eyes of the world.
He sat with the sheep, but his thoughts were filled with the goodness of the Lord. He meditated on the sayings which he heard about the Lord God Almighty from his ancestors.
We read in the word of God that from a shepherd boy, God lifted him up and anointed him to be a King. He was a man after God's own heart.
At one point of his career, his own son Absalom wanted to kill him and become the king of Israel. God protected him and restored his kingdom back to him, though in the process, Absalom got killed.
In the 116th Psalm, David speaks to his own soul, and affirms his soul to be at rest. He reminds himself of how the LORD dealt bountifully with him in the past.
How true it is! The LORD deals bountifully with all of us. It is upto us to take his bounty or to leave it. The choice is ours.
In Eph 3:20 - The word of God says, that God gives more than we can ask, or expect - according to His plans and not our expectations.
In John 10:10 - The Bible says "the thief comes to steal,kill and destroy but i have come to give life,life in abundance.
in 1 Cor 2:9 - we read in the bible that God has prepared things which eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, and the heart has not understood for those who love him.
We need to claim these wonderful promises and understand the depth of them.
Also, it is not a man that is promising these things, it is the Lord God Almighty who is speaking.
In Numbers 32:23, we read that God is not a man that he should lie, and he is not a son of man that He should repent.
So, let us be confident in the assurance that the Lord will deal bountifully with us. We do not deserve such dealings, but it is the goodness of the Lord which does this.
In the lives of the children of Israel, we find that it is not their goodness, but it is the promise of God to Abraham that made him deliver them.
We too, are like the children of Israel, lost in our own world. But God has promised that He will deliver his children.
Let us be assured that the Lord has dealt bountifully with us.
Amen!
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