"Salvation"

"Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation." (Psalms 38:22) Have you ever prayed for something to pass, only to get further discomfort? There is really only so much pain that this human body can take, and then it starts to ignore the pain and focus on something else. If we want something spectacular to focus upon, then let it be the salvation that awaits this broken vessel, and the glory that is to come, for all eternity! I always say, there is only so much that can happen to me here, my soul is secure in Christ; in other words, they can do whatever they want to destroy me, but they can't take my soul. Actually, the quickest thing that God can do to help us in any situation is to quicken us with His Spirit; not that have not been made alive already by His Spirit the moment we were born again, but that He might revive His Spirit within us in the time of our greatest need. Sometimes we just need to have a little change of direction to the way that we see things, and then all of our worries are totally gone; and the majority of our pain is associated with worry, which weakens our strength and endurance. The greatest asset that we have is our salvation, and there is nothing that can compare to being saved from death; "O death, where is thy sting?" is our's to keep, because the death of this body only brings life unending. We really do need to get busy sharing this gift with everyone that we know, because time is running out, and we need to share the hope that is within us... "For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope; for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And He that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because He maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:22-28)