"Unmovable"

"I have set the LORD always before me: because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved." (Psalms 16:8) This is a verse that can only be attributed to Jesus Christ; for He alone can justly proclaim what is proclaimed within this verse. He alone was without sin, and could say, "I have set the LORD always before me"; for the Bible clearly says that there are none righteous; none this is, except He who came from God! David could not have been applying this verse to himself, for he himself had fallen short in the area of holiness. This also was declared by Peter, who, after the pouring out of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost, said, "For David speaketh concerning Him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for He is on my right hand, that I should not be moved". (Acts 2:25) We can also see that Jesus was determined to go to the cross; being driven not only by the will of the Father, and His love for the Father, but also by the joy that was set before Him: being that which He would accomplish through His sufferings, death, and His resurrection. It was the utmost certainty of what should be accomplished that caused Jesus to have such joy to face something that others would never look forward to; primarily because we can only hope in what we believe, but Jesus knew with all certainty that He would rise again on the third day; of which, He proclaimed over and over again. Even the angels knew that He knew, and were quick to proclaim this as the women stood amazed that the tomb was empty, for they said, "Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay". (Matthew 28:5 & 6) Okay then; now that we have that straight, let's look at what God can do in an ordinary man. Some might think that the apostle Paul was no ordinary man; or even David, who slew Goliath with just a stone; but these were mere men, who like you and I, did not have the privilege of being born the Son of God; but what they did have, was a promise of something that was greater than this life; something that would take them past this world which is present, and into a world that is beyond what we see in our every day lives. This is the difference between those that live for this world and those that live for heaven; not that they just believe that there is another life after this one; but that they see it, and know in their hearts that it is waiting for them on the other side. I believe that David saw this, and that he was chosen by God to partake in that life; as did Paul, who having been so radically saved, believed that though he would be stricken by whatever this world had to dish out, he would end up in the arms of Jesus! This is what it means to be unmovable; not because we have any power or strength within ourselves to be such, but because Jesus was unmovable, we can rest in what He has done... "Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." (Hebrews 12:1 & 2)