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VIETNAMESE ARTICLES
11 January 2008
Trust in God’s Mercy (Part 1)
What do you
think about this New Year? Many wish to have a peaceful and prosperous
New Year with good health. Many trust in their capacity, power or
riches. Christians pray for God’s guidance, protection and blessings
upon them and their loved ones. However, to trust in God’s mercy, even
when not knowing what may happen to us tomorrow, is a firm foundation.
David was
anointed to be king of Israel when he was a teenager (about 15 years
old), keeping his father’s sheep, but he did not yet come to his throne
then. He experienced God’s mercy, delivering him “out of the paw of
the lion, and out of the paw of the bear” when he bravely delivered
his father’s sheep (1 Sam 17:37). With such precious experience, David
bravely trusted in the Lord, who helped him defeat the giant Goliath
while King Saul and his people “were dismayed, and greatly afraid”
(1 Sam 17:11, 24, 45-51). After that David was envied and hunted for
life by King Saul. Although encountering his future with a lot of
challenges, difficulties and dangers, he composed Psalm 52, saying,
“I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever” (v 8). Truly,
by God’s mercy, later David became king of his tribe, Judah, when he was
23 years old (2 Sam 2:4) and officially became king of the whole nation
Israel when he was 30 years old (2 Sam 5:4). King David praised the
Lord, “Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the
heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. He is the tower of
salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David,
and to his seed for evermore” (2 Sam 22:50-51). David was grateful
to the Lord because He “sheweth mercy to” him just as he trusted.
Do you trust
in God’s mercy for this New Year? Please read our next article.
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