We must trust in
God’s “mercy”, which “lasts all day long” (Psalm 51:1; Psalm 52:1). We
need God’s mercy, because we are sinners - “Everyone has fallen away.
Together, they have become rotten to the core. No one, not even one
person, does good things” (Psalm 53:3). When we come, as sinners, to the
Lord, we find that He is our Saviour. We pray to Him, “O God, save me
by Your Name” (Psalm 54:1). He hears ans answers this prayer for
salvation. We say, “God is my helper! The Lord is the provider for my
life... Your Name rescues me from trouble” (Psalm 54:4,7). Knowing the
Lord as our Saviour, we are filled with a spirit of praise to Him. We
say, from the heart, “I will give thanks to Your good Name, O Lord”
(Psalm 54:6).
We read about Elijah in his high-points of strength - the triumph over the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:36-39) - and his low-points of weakness - he is ready to give up: “I’ve had enough now, Lord” (1 Kings 19:4). How did Elijah get into such a mess? He forgot this: “The Lord’s power was on Elijah” (1 Kings 18:46). In all life’s ups and downs, we must hold on to this: The Lord has sent His Spirit of power to live in us (2 Timothy 1:7). How are we to live in the power of the Spirit? We need to feed on the Word of God and drink in the Word of God (1 Kings 17:4). We need to pray that the Lord will send His showers of blessing (1 Kings 17:14). We are to live our life “according to the Word of the Lord” (1 Kings 17:16). For our life of faith to be strong in the Lord, we need to listen attentively to the preaching of God’s Word (1 Kings 17:24).
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