"Servitude" -2

"Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from then that rise up against me." (Psalms 59:1) If you really stop and think about it, God serves us more than we could ever serve Him. Take all of this that we take for granted; life itself, the sun, the stars, the very air that we breath; all of it God has made for us to enjoy and to thrive in; and He continues to hold everything in it's proper place. We really do take a lot for granted; just the thought of what would happen if God stepped away, that should be enough for us to pay attention to all that He has done and is doing for us; most of which we can't even see. I was thinking this morning about the title over this Psalm in my Bible, "A Prayer for Deliverance", and how this 'prayer', although it is not much different from many of the others that ask for protection, or for relief, or for help, it does add a little different angle to the perspective of accountability; that is if you consider that this Psalm is a continuation of the last. I do not believe that there is anything random within God's Holy Word; we might randomly select from His Word what we want when we need it, but His Word is definitely not random. Which leads me to another point about God's servant nature, in that He would go through so much effort to give us His Word to study; not for us to just read it, as if it were one big story; but that we could study it, never being satisfied by what we know, but always diving deeper and deeper into the heart of our God; the God that loves us, and came down here, and died upon that cross for us. As I finished the book of Leviticus yesterday, I had to ask myself why it was not one of my favorite Books to read; actually, before this last week, it was my least favorite Book in the Bible; but it shows us the seriousness of sin, and how God deals with the sin in the lives of His people; His people includes all those that believe upon His Name, which includes me. It all pretty much goes back to the simple question that God asked Cain, "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door: and unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him." (Genesis 4:7) Or, if you will, the NLT puts it like this: "You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master." Pretty interesting, don't you think... "Yes, Adam's one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ's one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone. Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous. God's law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God's wonderful grace became more abundant. So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God's wonderful grace rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 5:18-21) NLT