Give Me Understanding

[Christsfreeservant]

“I have done justice and righteousness;​

Do not leave me to my oppressors.​

Be surety for Your servant for good;​

Do not let the arrogant oppress me.​

My eyes fail with longing for Your salvation​

And for Your righteous word.​

Deal with Your servant according to Your lovingkindness​

And teach me Your statutes.​

I am Your servant; give me understanding,​

That I may know Your testimonies.​

It is time for the Lord to act,​

For they have broken Your law.​

Therefore I love Your commandments​

Above gold, yes, above fine gold.​

Therefore I esteem right all Your precepts concerning everything,​

I hate every false way.” (Psalm 119:121-128 NASB1995)​

If our lives are surrendered to Jesus Christ, and if he is truly Lord of our lives, and if we are his followers, his servants, his messengers, as we ought to be, and if we are following the example of Jesus and of Paul and of the other apostles, with regard to how we ought to live, as followers of Christ, we will face opposition from the enemy like they did. We will be hated and persecuted and rejected and cast aside as though we are worthless by some, even by some pastors and elders of “church” congregations, and by others who profess faith in Jesus Christ, but who are living more worldly lives.

Especially in the day in which we live, when so many who profess faith in Jesus Christ have gone the way of the world, and have altered or have accepted an altered and diluted “gospel” message, which does not require death to sin and walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands, if we are teaching what Jesus taught, and what his apostles taught, in context, we will be outcasts. We will be accused of being teachers of “works salvation” because we teach the necessity of dying to sin and of walks of obedience to our Lord as necessary components for salvation and eternal life with God.

And so we may cry out to God for protection from the enemy, and for relief from our oppressors who do us harm, and not good. And we may pray for the salvation of those who hate and persecute us without cause, that they will realize the error of their ways, and that they will humble themselves before God, and repent of their sins, that they might be turned from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those sanctified by faith in Jesus Christ (see Acts 26:18). For we want to see them delivered from sin.

And then we may pray to God for our own spiritual strengthening, that we might live the lives God has marked out for us to live with all sincerity and strength and wisdom and conviction, and that we might not waver out of fear or discouragement. And we might pray that God will correct us where we are wrong and that he will continue to draw us to what is truth so that we continue to teach what is truth for the salvation of human lives. For so many today are teaching and believing the lies of Satan, and not the truth of the Scriptures taught by Jesus and his apostles, in the correct context.

For the truth is that faith in Jesus Christ, which is biblical faith, and which results in salvation from sin and eternal life with God, and which comes from God, and which is not of our own doing, will submit to Christ as Lord, die with him to sin (not just once, but daily), and follow him in walks of surrender to his will, in obedience to his commands, in holy living, for the glory and praise of God. For if we profess faith in Jesus with our lips, but then we continue in deliberate and habitual sin, and not in walks of obedience to his commands, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Your Servant Witness

An Original Work / March 13, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Humbly I bow, Lord, before You,
Bringing my requests to You.
May I listen; hear You speaking.
May I follow You in truth.
Gently lead me in Your service.
Guide my steps and strengthen me.
Fill me with Your love and mercy.
May I live for Thee!

Let me be Your servant witness,
Telling others of Your grace.
May I always share the gospel
With those I meet face to face.
May I show the love of Jesus,
Caring for the needs of men;
Be Your servant witness always
For my Lord, Amen!

My desire to be like Jesus,
Living for Him ev’ry day.
May I obey all His teachings
Given me, so I’ll not stray.
Love You, Jesus, Lord, my master.
You are the King of my heart;
Follow You where’er You lead me;
Not from You depart!

Give Me Understanding
An Original Work / August 1, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love