With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
God Himself promises to satisfy with long life and to reveal His salvation and saving power to the one who trusts Him, loves Him, and knows Him. This belongs to those who dwell in the secret place of the Most High and abide under His shadow, whose truth is their shield, whom He answers, stays with in trouble, delivers and honors, as His commandment-keeping people kept under His protection in obedience. It is to be read, believed, and taken hold of for personal experience by living faith rather than by one's own understanding or trust in man, with confident assurance that He will be strength and guard with all heaven pledged to help and with power waiting to bestow. To see His salvation they must come close to Him in earnest, believing prayer, hid with Christ in God, emptied of selfishness, clinging to Jesus, drinking of the free water of life, spending much time on their knees, and resisting the enemy while urging souls to care for their own souls. The promise reassures the wanderer that God remains true and calls him to return, but it is given to those who heed the warning to flee sin and bring forth fruits of repentance while the world that cries peace and safety and rejects mercy is overwhelmed in swift ruin.
Promise and Its Recipients
The verse is God's own promise to satisfy with long life the one who trusts and loves Him and knows Him, and to show that person His salvation. To show salvation is to reveal His salvation and His saving power. This assurance belongs to His commandment-keeping people who stand under His protection. It is given as blessing of obedience to His commandments.
The promise stands as the conclusion of the psalm's assurances of deliverance and protection and of God's presence in trouble. It belongs to those who dwell in the secret place of the Most High and abide under the shadow of the Almighty, with His truth as their shield and buckler. He answers them when they call on Him, stays with them in trouble, and delivers and honors them, then gives them satisfying life and reveals His salvation.
It is promised to those who heed God's warning to separate from sin and sinners and flee for their lives. It is promised to those who heed His warnings and bring forth fruits of repentance. While they are sheltered, the great mass of the world dreams of prosperity and peace, cries peace and safety, rejects mercy, and is overwhelmed in swift and irretrievable ruin as Sodom was.
Trusting and Seeing Salvation
The promise is to be read, believed, and taken for personal experience, giving confident assurance of seeing divine salvation through trusting in divine faithfulness. He will be strength and front guard and rearward, with all heaven pledged to work for help and strengthening and with power waiting to bestow, so the heart need not become discouraged by perplexities. Trust is not to be put in man nor in the arm of flesh, but hold is to be kept upon Him.
Seeing His salvation is linked to trusting Him and cultivating faith, and to taking hold of His promises by living faith rather than relying on one's own understanding. It is connected with walking humbly with God and knowing the grace of Jesus Christ. He is merciful, knowledgeable, and powerful, and these are available to those who trust what He says. The promise to satisfy with long life reassures the person that God remains true and offers hope while calling him to return to the Lord.
The promise of seeing God's salvation applies to the school, where God will work in its affairs and His salvation will be seen. It applies also to parents who teach their children that Jesus loves them and how to come to Christ and believe in Him, so that faithfully correcting neglect in this work brings God's blessing and allows them to see His salvation. God will reveal His salvation to those who come close to Him in earnest, believing prayer. To see it they must be hid with Christ in God, emptied of selfishness and of taking the glory God should have, and cling to Jesus with living faith. They must come to the fullness in Christ and drink of the free water of life instead of staying away and complaining of thirst, spend much time on their knees, believe that God hears prayer, resist the enemy with all tact and skill and capability, and with diligent persevering effort urge souls in need to care for their own souls.
God Himself promises to satisfy with long life and to reveal His salvation and saving power to the one who trusts Him, loves Him, and knows Him. This belongs to those who dwell in the secret place of the Most High and abide under His shadow, whose truth is their shield, whom He answers, stays with in trouble, delivers and honors, as His commandment-keeping people kept under His protection in obedience. It is to be read, believed, and taken hold of for personal experience by living faith rather than by one's own understanding or trust in man, with confident assurance that He will be strength and guard with all heaven pledged to help and with power waiting to bestow. To see His salvation they must come close to Him in earnest, believing prayer, hid with Christ in God, emptied of selfishness, clinging to Jesus, drinking of the free water of life, spending much time on their knees, and resisting the enemy while urging souls to care for their own souls. The promise reassures the wanderer that God remains true and calls him to return, but it is given to those who heed the warning to flee sin and bring forth fruits of repentance while the world that cries peace and safety and rejects mercy is overwhelmed in swift ruin.
Promise and Its Recipients
The verse is God's own promise to satisfy with long life the one who trusts and loves Him and knows Him, and to show that person His salvation. To show salvation is to reveal His salvation and His saving power. This assurance belongs to His commandment-keeping people who stand under His protection. It is given as blessing of obedience to His commandments.
The promise stands as the conclusion of the psalm's assurances of deliverance and protection and of God's presence in trouble. It belongs to those who dwell in the secret place of the Most High and abide under the shadow of the Almighty, with His truth as their shield and buckler. He answers them when they call on Him, stays with them in trouble, and delivers and honors them, then gives them satisfying life and reveals His salvation.
It is promised to those who heed God's warning to separate from sin and sinners and flee for their lives. It is promised to those who heed His warnings and bring forth fruits of repentance. While they are sheltered, the great mass of the world dreams of prosperity and peace, cries peace and safety, rejects mercy, and is overwhelmed in swift and irretrievable ruin as Sodom was.
Trusting and Seeing Salvation
The promise is to be read, believed, and taken for personal experience, giving confident assurance of seeing divine salvation through trusting in divine faithfulness. He will be strength and front guard and rearward, with all heaven pledged to work for help and strengthening and with power waiting to bestow, so the heart need not become discouraged by perplexities. Trust is not to be put in man nor in the arm of flesh, but hold is to be kept upon Him.
Seeing His salvation is linked to trusting Him and cultivating faith, and to taking hold of His promises by living faith rather than relying on one's own understanding. It is connected with walking humbly with God and knowing the grace of Jesus Christ. He is merciful, knowledgeable, and powerful, and these are available to those who trust what He says. The promise to satisfy with long life reassures the person that God remains true and offers hope while calling him to return to the Lord.
The promise of seeing God's salvation applies to the school, where God will work in its affairs and His salvation will be seen. It applies also to parents who teach their children that Jesus loves them and how to come to Christ and believe in Him, so that faithfully correcting neglect in this work brings God's blessing and allows them to see His salvation. God will reveal His salvation to those who come close to Him in earnest, believing prayer. To see it they must be hid with Christ in God, emptied of selfishness and of taking the glory God should have, and cling to Jesus with living faith. They must come to the fullness in Christ and drink of the free water of life instead of staying away and complaining of thirst, spend much time on their knees, believe that God hears prayer, resist the enemy with all tact and skill and capability, and with diligent persevering effort urge souls in need to care for their own souls.