I am the Lord Your God (part 5)

And God answers me. In Ps 50:15, He promises to deliver and He knows I will glorify Him in this. He hears me when I ask of Him mercy. (Ps 61:1,2, Ps 64:1,2)He will save me, only He can save me, and when I acknowledge this over and over, that He is capable of saving me and is capable of incredible mercies (Ps 54: 1-3; Ps 57:1,2; Ps 70:1,2) He is also capable of dreadful judgment, meaning those that cause dread and fear within my soul for fear of Him casting me and my people away from Him, leaving us in realm of shock, and in which I acknowledge that no one but God can help me and us. (Ps 60:1-3,11) When I realize that God answers me and that He hears me, then can I truly say the words of the psalmist, in Psalm 71:1,2,4,9,12, “In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me and save me. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the unrighteous and cruel man. Cast me not off in the time of old age, forsake me not when my strength faileth. O God, be not far from me. O, my God, make haste for my help.” And in faith, I can ask “Why, God? Why me? Why us?” (Ps 74:1,3,10,11,19,21-23) because I know He will hear me and He will answer in a way only He can. He knows my suffering, He knows when I am overjoyed. For He is the God Almighty and powerful. And He knows my heart. And He promises me redemption, mercy, and grace, even when I don’t think I am worthy of any. And He tells me that I am to be holy as He is, that I am separated from the world so that I can come to Him and so that I can come into His presence. (Lev 9:22; Deut 10:8) and He gives me a responsibility that as one of His chosen I must perform (Deut 11:29,30; Deut 21:5) And the whole key to this is not only for God to minister to me, but also for me to minister to God and by doing so, minister to His people. And there are things about me that pleases God and will bless Him and things about me that don’t and He will cut off from Himself. (Deut 27:11-13; Joshua 8:33) And what I don’t realize is that every time I say God I cannot do this or that, He says yes I know, do it, because the less is blessed of the better. (Heb 7:7). That is, I am made complete in Him, and am incomplete without Him, and all my inadequacies show themselves when I don’t allow Him to be in control. But when I willingly submit my will to His, knowing His judgment is best then I can truly be blessed and separated from the world that insists on telling me that I cannot.