(I encourage you to click on the scripture references and read them for yourself. Better still, go to the verses in your own Bible!) Be encouraged…
From the pastor down the road…
Isaiah 12:2 “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.”
“First declared by Moses around 1500 B.C. (Ex 15:2) and then declared by David 500 years later (Ps 118:14); it is now here declared by Isaiah some 300 years after David. It will be declared again by the Tribulation saints (Rev 15:2-3).
“God is our salvation”. “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else” (Isa 45:22). That is, no other God and no other salvation. Vain is the help of man. Persons, politicians and parties all perish; guns, governments and gurus are all dust. There is salvation in none other than The Lord Jesus Christ (Act 4:12).
“As I often state, this doesn’t mean we aren’t to prepare our horse for the day of battle. We are to prepare; have a means of self-defense; seek to influence government with godliness and pray for our leaders. Yet, all the while, understanding that salvation only comes from The Lord. We fight, but the battle is The Lord’s. Victory will only be found in Him and through Him. We may have and utilize material things, but we trust in none of it. Salvation is not by might, nor power – but by The Spirit of God (Zec 4:6).
“”God is our strength”. “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Ps 27:1). Without His strength, we are only charging Hell with a water pistol. The Lord is our High Tower; our Fortress; our Solid Rock; our Deliverer; our Shield (Ps 18:2). Therefore, we boast in our weakness and not our strength. Why? Because when we acknowledge our weakness and trust in HIS strength – we are then strong (2Cor 12:9-10). Strength, power and courage is by The Spirit that dwells within us.
“”God is my song”. Because God is my salvation and strength, He is my song. He is my praise (Dt 10:21). It is He who we worship; rejoice in; glory in; boast in; magnify, extoll; bless and exalt forever. God inhabits our praises (Ps 22:3) and sets us free (Act 16:25-26). Strength comes through praising God and it stops the enemy (compare Ps 8:2 with Mt 21:16). When we worship and praise God, He goes out before us to defeat the adversaries (2Chr 20:21-22). The joy of The Lord is our strength (Neh 8:10).
“As we’re witnessing great darkness and evil being loosed upon the earth the closer we approach the end of the age (1Tim 4:1, 2Tim 3:1-5); we must sing the song of Moses. We must continually declare, “God is my salvation. I trust in Him and I’m not afraid. God is my strength and He is my song.” This is how we will persevere through the fiery trial that is to try us (1Pt 4:12-19).”
In HIS Love,
Pastor J.D. Link, Abundant Grace Fellowship Church
Blanco, Texas
