"A Song of Deliverance"

PSALM 40 [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] No matter what you might think about that last Psalm, whether or not it inspired hope, you can bet your life that God has delivered you from the pit of hell; therefore, here we are with this wonderful Psalm of deliverance, as the title reads above it in my Bible. Actually, this is another Psalm that has two parts, as there is another title written above verse twelve that says, "A Prayer for Help"; it seems that no matter what condition that we are in, or where we are in our relationship with God, we will always be dependent upon God; and so it should be with our hearts and minds, because we should never think that we have arrived until we are actually standing in His presence. I like the fact that this moves from hope to deliverance, because it is the fact that we have been delivered from all sin and death that we have our hope in the first place, so in this we are being assured the more. I just can not hear or read it enough that "Blessed Assurance Is Mine", especially in these wicked days that we are living in. If I didn't know any better, I would think that everyone was on drugs the way those that are in charge of things are changing the culture in which we live; but it is a thing called power that has grabbed hold of their very souls; so much so, that they do not believe they are accountable to anyone else but themselves. Do not be mistaken, God is still on the throne, and He is still in control; this world might be spinning out of control, but it cannot spin out of His hands, and all will be judged for their wickedness. I would like to liken this Psalm to Daniel chapter three, which is the story of "The Fiery Furnace" and "Shadrach, Messhach, and Abednego"; it has all of the elements of how power corrupts, the power of God, and how we are to take the side that is more powerful, no matter what way things may appear... "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up." (Daniel 3:16-18)