Monday, July 14, 2008

Hope of Salvation

I thank my Lord for He has given me a chance to praise and glorify Him today. It all started with a very bad head ache, I was not able to sleep because of it. I sat up and start praising and glorifying God. I began to claim His healing. Now I am amazed of how it led me into worshipping the Lord. Later, the pain just vanished. It was no more! Praise God!! Praise God that He healed me. But I would praise Him even more for changing my painful circumstances to praise and worship - glorifying my Lord.

During my worship, I remembered a very stupid prayer I once prayed. My vehicle tires was frequently being punctured. It was around 3 to 4 times. If I fix it in the morning, and when want to return home, I would find my tires flat. Then I would fix it, but when I would take it to work in the morning, there would be a flap again. I wasted around Rs. 15 every time I fix it. More than the money, I was frustrated. I was so agitated, that I prayed in faith that the tires on my bike will never have flap till it has worn out. Since then, praise God - there has not been a flat tire on my bike. It would have been a year since I prayed this silly prayer. I was just thinking that if God could answer this, how much more the present needs of the hour. Thank God, that He is faithful.

My meditation of the day was Psalm 38. I saw a King on his knees, with grief in his heart for all the sins and inequity that has drowned him. He walks with a long face through out the day. Quiet in his sorrow, he hopes in the Lord. For God is his salvation.

Though I may be a sinner - wretched to the core, Jesus says, "There is hope for you. I am your Hope! I grieved not for myself in the garden but for you. I long to fellowship with you. Even more I died for you, that you may have hope for salvation. I am your Hope of Salvation. I am the resurrected Lord, your miracle working God."