Reading: Acts
2:25-26
“For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before me, for
he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken; therefore my heart was
glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh will live in hope.’”
Peter shifts his audience’s knowledge once again to remember
history—to remember prophecy fulfilled in David, by God’s hand.
Despite the battles—the betrayal—the barriers David faced throughout
his life he never doubted God’s word.
“I will not be shaken,” he
said. Despite his own sin, his family torn apart, political power struggles,
lies, jealousies and much more, David chose life and faith and hope.
“To live in
hope,” he had continued. How under the grueling wars he waged did he claim
gladness of heart?
I wish I could say that even when I’m holding tightly to my beliefs I
maintain gladness of heart and am not shaken, but I cannot. Even when I cling
to hope my emotions still ricochet all over the place at times. I think because
I keep looking at the darkness resignation enters and courage weakens.
But David looked at the Lord at his right hand. His sight kept focus
on God’s promises and power. A power that overcame Jesus’ death.
Lord, help us to see Your light and live in it—regardless of our sin
and our circumstances. Let us see the gladness of Your timeless Presence in the
midst of our own history and respond with a thanksgiving that cannot be ignored
or silenced.
Psalm of Worship: Genesis 1:24
“And God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every
kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.’
And it was so.”
