DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- GOD IS ON OUR SIDE

DAD'S RAMBLING – GOD ON OUR SIDE

Psalm 124:1-2 – "Had it not been the LORD who was on our side, ' Let Israel now say, 'Had it not been the LORD who was on our side…..."

David, the writer of this psalm, implies that he understood and was confident that the LORD was on his side. But he kind of leaves you hanging and does not answer the question until vss. 4 and 5: "Then the waters would have engulfed us, the stream would have swept over our soul; then the raging waters would have swept over our soul." If God was not on our side, we would be overwhelmed with life.

It is the LORD who takes us through the raging floods that would sweep over our being. The raging waters can be deep and strong. But God is greater than the flood.

"When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him." This was a promise to a people who fear the Lord.

One time, I and my brother got into a rock fight with a bunch of neighborhood kids. We were outnumbered 6 to 2. The rocks were coming fierce and heavy, and I got hit and was wounded. My heart was filled with fear. I was glad to have my big brother – who is three years older than I – on my side. He delivered me from certain destruction!!! But greater still is to know that God is on my side. He delivers me from the raging water that sweep over my soul.

God is on our side. "If God be for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31b).

Love, Dad