Ps 20 4 May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed."
When we are saved we are implanted with the word of God. Our old will is destroyed and we receive Gods desires. God saves us by giving us grace to believe and to receive salvation. If our salvation depended upon our wills then God could not free us until we "come clean." Some people teach that we cannot saved be unless we acknowledge the whole truth about our condition. But we believe that God cannot accept our own repentance. It doesnt matter how bad we feel, how much we confess, whether we get to a point where we understand salvation. The only hope we have is for God to do a work in our hearts that does not depend upon our understanding.
If salvation depended upon our own repentance then we could never meet the standards of the truth that God requires for our our old will to cross the line of acceptability. This work of destroying the will is a secret work of God. This is why there are people who grow up in the church who never had a time where they prayed a prayer. At some point the inward work of the Spirit changed their wills. This is what we are taught in the Psalms. There are people focused on a decision. If we are confident in the strength of our decision then we can be confident in our salvation. But this will not teach us assurance. Rather if a person is struggling with whether they were sincere the Psalmist teaches that we must rehearse how God saves us.God gives us grace in order to repent. He gives us grace in order to receive our new desires and He settles the question by our resting in His gift of salvation.
We must understand that a christian is no longer divided in the will. The Psalmist teaches that we are required to unite our desires as a community by speaking a blessing on all other christians who want their desires fulfilled. This Psalm teaches the rule in christian relationships. When we speak or describe anything about another christian that is not based upon the pronouncement of blessing to other brothers and sisters then we are sinning. I am speaking of unity in doctrine. Just like the law teaches us the line that we cannot cross so this Psalm prevent us from paganism by being the rule in which we speak to one another in christian fellowship. When we speak this Psalm on a daily basis it teaches us to control our tongues. 1 May the LORD answer you when you are in distress;
may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
2 May he send you help from the sanctuary
and grant you support from Zion.
3 May he remember all your sacrifices
and accept your burnt offerings.
Selah
4 May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.
The Psalm teaches us that we all are seeking the same goal that makes all of us the happiest. When we are saved we put down the arms to change each other. And in seeking the blessing of each other we become successful. 5 We will shout for joy when you are victorious
and will lift up our banners in the name of our God.
May the LORD grant all your requests.
6 Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed;
he answers him from his holy heaven
with the saving power of his right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
8 They are brought to their knees and fall,
but we rise up and stand firm.
The christian spirit that prays for all the believers desires to be fulfilled leads to the unity that wins all battles. The apostle teaches that our christian fellowship is like marriage. In marriage the two partners are a reflection of one another. The success of one person depends upon his belief that the other person should be treated like he wants to be treated. God has made oneness to be expressed as one self. In other words when we describe the other person we speak like we are describing ourselves. We speak as if the love for ourselves and our own success is dependent upon what we say about the other partner. And this is the same reflection that all share in our doctrinal relationships within the church. This Psalm is our fall back position when we see the abuse of language spoken about other christians. So we meditate on this Psalm in order to withdraw from these abuses. 4 May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.
5 We will shout for joy when you are victorious
and will lift up our banners in the name of our God.
May the LORD grant all your requests.
We see that when one brother is blessed and successful then the whole body is blessed and successful. Its just like marriage.
When we are saved we are implanted with the word of God. Our old will is destroyed and we receive Gods desires. God saves us by giving us grace to believe and to receive salvation. If our salvation depended upon our wills then God could not free us until we "come clean." Some people teach that we cannot saved be unless we acknowledge the whole truth about our condition. But we believe that God cannot accept our own repentance. It doesnt matter how bad we feel, how much we confess, whether we get to a point where we understand salvation. The only hope we have is for God to do a work in our hearts that does not depend upon our understanding.
If salvation depended upon our own repentance then we could never meet the standards of the truth that God requires for our our old will to cross the line of acceptability. This work of destroying the will is a secret work of God. This is why there are people who grow up in the church who never had a time where they prayed a prayer. At some point the inward work of the Spirit changed their wills. This is what we are taught in the Psalms. There are people focused on a decision. If we are confident in the strength of our decision then we can be confident in our salvation. But this will not teach us assurance. Rather if a person is struggling with whether they were sincere the Psalmist teaches that we must rehearse how God saves us.God gives us grace in order to repent. He gives us grace in order to receive our new desires and He settles the question by our resting in His gift of salvation.
We must understand that a christian is no longer divided in the will. The Psalmist teaches that we are required to unite our desires as a community by speaking a blessing on all other christians who want their desires fulfilled. This Psalm teaches the rule in christian relationships. When we speak or describe anything about another christian that is not based upon the pronouncement of blessing to other brothers and sisters then we are sinning. I am speaking of unity in doctrine. Just like the law teaches us the line that we cannot cross so this Psalm prevent us from paganism by being the rule in which we speak to one another in christian fellowship. When we speak this Psalm on a daily basis it teaches us to control our tongues. 1 May the LORD answer you when you are in distress;
may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
2 May he send you help from the sanctuary
and grant you support from Zion.
3 May he remember all your sacrifices
and accept your burnt offerings.
Selah
4 May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.
The Psalm teaches us that we all are seeking the same goal that makes all of us the happiest. When we are saved we put down the arms to change each other. And in seeking the blessing of each other we become successful. 5 We will shout for joy when you are victorious
and will lift up our banners in the name of our God.
May the LORD grant all your requests.
6 Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed;
he answers him from his holy heaven
with the saving power of his right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
8 They are brought to their knees and fall,
but we rise up and stand firm.
The christian spirit that prays for all the believers desires to be fulfilled leads to the unity that wins all battles. The apostle teaches that our christian fellowship is like marriage. In marriage the two partners are a reflection of one another. The success of one person depends upon his belief that the other person should be treated like he wants to be treated. God has made oneness to be expressed as one self. In other words when we describe the other person we speak like we are describing ourselves. We speak as if the love for ourselves and our own success is dependent upon what we say about the other partner. And this is the same reflection that all share in our doctrinal relationships within the church. This Psalm is our fall back position when we see the abuse of language spoken about other christians. So we meditate on this Psalm in order to withdraw from these abuses. 4 May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.
5 We will shout for joy when you are victorious
and will lift up our banners in the name of our God.
May the LORD grant all your requests.
We see that when one brother is blessed and successful then the whole body is blessed and successful. Its just like marriage.
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