A Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm 71

 A Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm 71
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

In You, O Lord, I put my trust; Let me never be put to shame.
For You are my hope, O Lord God; You are my trust from my youth (Psalm 71:1,5).

Psalm 71 gives us two more affirmations of David’s trust in the Lord. It’s a good reminder that we’re never too old, or too young, to put our trust in the Lord. If you’re a student or a professor, a servant or a king, poor or wealthy, unknown or in the spotlight, you are in the perfect place to put your trust in the Lord. 

If you need to make an important decision, put your trust in the Lord; if you are facing a crisis, put your trust in the Lord; if you have a material need, put your trust in the Lord. It’s better to put your trust in the Lord at any time or in any circumstance, than to put your trust in a plan.
 
Putting your trust in the Lord is not wishful thinking, it’s not a cliche or a slogan. It’s real, it’s true, it’s wise, it’s life changing, and it’s spiritually transforming. Think about it…we are putting our trust in THE LORD! Let a few verses from the first three chapters of the book of Revelation help our faith see more fully the qualifications of the One in whom we put our trust:
 
Revelation 1:8, 17-18
Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last. The one who lives and once was dead. He is alive forevermore. He has the keys of Hades and of Death. 
 
Revelation 2:18
Jesus is the Son of God. He has eyes like a flame of fire, His feet like fine brass.
 
Revelation 3:7,14
Jesus is holy. He is true. He has the key of David. He opens and no one shuts, He shuts and no one opens. He is the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Origin of the creation of God.
 
How many times have we put our trust in someone or something else that will fail? Jesus has no match, no equal, and no competitor. 
 
On a recent trip around the moon, one of the astronauts exclaimed, “This is a new level of amazing!” If going around the moon is deserving of that kind of exclamation, what would we hear out of the mouth of someone who could travel through space to another galaxy and what exclamation will come out of our mouths when we look upon the One who made it all!
 
Insight: There aren’t enough “levels of amazing” to describe Jesus.

Insight: Any youth that puts their trust in the Lord, will never look back on their life with regret.

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