Psalms 27:1. _The LORD is my tight and my salvation; whom shall I fear?_ If a man has a light that can never go out, a sun which will never set, and a salvation which must always save, and God is all that and more to everyone who trusts him, then what ground has he for fear Psalms 27:1. _The Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 27:1. _The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?_ If all your light comes from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning, you need not be afraid of losing your light. «The Lord is my light and my salvation.» If your salvation comes from the... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 27:1. _The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?_ A sort of trembling seems to have been creeping over him, so he argues thus with his own heart, «Why should I be dismayed? Am I afraid of coming darkness? ‘The Lo... [ Continue Reading ]
David is in the darkness of sorrow, his enemies are many and mighty, and they make a dead set against him, and seek utterly to destroy him; but he finds his comfort where every true believer must ever seek his solace; that is, in his God. Thus sweetly does the psalmist sing. Psalms 27:1. _The LORD... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 27:1. _The Lord is my light and my salvation;_ First comes light, and then salvation. We are not saved in ignorance; the knowledge of our sinfulness is revealed to us, we discover our true condition in the sight of God, and then we perceive the mercy and the love of God. We see first the lig... [ Continue Reading ]
Very much of the language of David used here, I trust, we can make our own. May the Spirit of God lead us to understand, by experience, what he has written. Psalms 27:1. _The LORD is my light and my salvation;_ I find no comfort anywhere else but in him, and expect salvation from none but himself.... [ Continue Reading ]