A Beautiful Thing

“But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.” – Ps. 13:5 (NIV)

It’s a beautiful thing to trust in the unfailing love of the Lord. It means that you lay all worries aside because you know that God will take care of all things. It means that you bury all fears because you know that God’s power is greater than anything man can do to you. It means that all doubts are erased because you know that God has proven Himself without fail to be faithful and true.

It’s a beautiful thing to trust in God’s love. You know that He watches over your ways. You know that He guards your steps. You know that He’ll keep you from falling.

And even when it seems like He may be slow in answering, even when it may seem as if you’ve been forgotten, even when it may seem as though His face is hidden from you, yet you know He will answer and deliver.

Even when you wrestle long and hard with your thoughts, even when sorrow pierces your heart, even when your enemy gains an upper hand, yet you know He will rescue and redeem.

So you cry out in confidence, pleading with God to look upon your struggles and answer. You implore Him with great urgency to give light to your eyes, lest you sleep in death and your enemies boast in victory and your foes rejoice at your fall. You know you’re not just shouting to the wind and your prayers vanish in the breeze, but that your deepest, innermost longings and tears will reach the ears and the heart of a God whose love will not fail.

For He is there! He hears and He is not silent. He does not slumber. His eyes do not fail to see your sufferings. His wisdom is not lacking in how and when He responds. His purposes are not misguided. His arm is not too short to save. His help is not far away.

You trust. You wait. You hope. You endure. You persevere in prayer. You never give up. You never despair. You never worry. You never fear. You never doubt. You know that He will come. And when He comes, all will be well. It already is.

And in His salvation your heart rejoices. He has made His salvation known. His name is Jesus! There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. The battle is His. The victory is His. The glory is His alone. By His death and resurrection. No righteousness of my own, but that which is through faith in Christ – the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. Sin is atoned and hope is alive for those whose trust is His unfailing love!

In your Savior your heart rejoices and you sing to your Lord a song of thanksgiving. You sing a song of praise. You sing a hymn of gladness. You sing a melody of joy. For you sing a victory song. “Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

He has been good to you. He always will be. It’s a beautiful thing to trust in God’s unfailing love.