Absolute Dependence On God

How do you view God? Does He seem faraway or distant? Is your relationship with Him close and sustaining? From the book of Psalms we are given some meaningful insights into the possibilities of our relationship with the one true and living God. Please consider the following statement from David, “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn and my salvation, my stronghold” (Psalm 18:2).

Without realizing it, we may allow ourselves to think that there is a lack of connection between God and this world. But most assuredly, we serve a personal God. For example, the apostle Peter declared, “For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers” (I Peter 3:12). Another example is the following assurance to Christians from the apostle Paul, “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make a way of escape, that you may be able to bear it” (I Corinthians 10:13).

A strengthening reminder is that God desires a close relationship with us. The Psalmist David, in following the Lord, approached his life in light of the Lord’s desires. This is a good reminder for us. We can absolutely depend on the Lord. As the apostle Paul exclaimed in praise to God, “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us” (Ephesians 3:20).