Psalms 27:1. The Lord is my light and my salvation;
First comes light, and then salvation. We are not saved in ignorance; the knowledge of our sinfulness is revealed to us, we discover our true condition in the sight of God, and then we perceive the mercy and the love of God. We see first the light and then the fullness of salvation, for this is not a matter of the past only, but of the present. At this very hour, each believer can say, "The Lord is my light and my salvation." Can you say that, dear friend? If so, there is more real eloquence in that little sentence than in all the orations of Cicero.
Psalms 27:1. Whom shall I fear?
"There is nobody that I have any need to fear. I need not fear the powers of darkness, for ‘the Lord is my light.’ I need not fear damnation, for ‘the Lord is my salvation.’ Then, ‘Whom shall I fear?’"
Psalms 27:1. The LORD is the strength of my life;
Is not that a wonderful expression? Ordinarily, a man lives by the strength of his constitution, but the spiritual life lives by the strength of God within the soul.
Psalms 27:1. Of whom shall I be afraid
"For, if God be my strength, then am I strong as Samson, and I may slay the lion or the Philistines with equal ease."
Psalms 27:1. The Lord is my light and my salvation;
First comes light, and then salvation. We are not saved in ignorance; the knowledge of our sinfulness is revealed to us, we discover our true condition in the sight of God, and then we perceive the mercy and the love of God. We see first the light and then the fullness of salvation, for this is not a matter of the past only, but of the present. At this very hour, each believer can say, "The Lord is my light and my salvation." Can you say that, dear friend? If so, there is more real eloquence in that little sentence than in all the orations of Cicero.
Psalms 27:1. Whom shall I fear?
"There is nobody that I have any need to fear. I need not fear the powers of darkness, for ‘the Lord is my light.’ I need not fear damnation, for ‘the Lord is my salvation.’ Then, ‘Whom shall I fear?’"
Psalms 27:1. The LORD is the strength of my life;
Is not that a wonderful expression? Ordinarily, a man lives by the strength of his constitution, but the spiritual life lives by the strength of God within the soul.
Psalms 27:1. Of whom shall I be afraid
"For, if God be my strength, then am I strong as Samson, and I may slay the lion or the Philistines with equal ease."