(Psalm 16:1-2)…..Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust. 2 O my soul, you have said to the Lord, “You are my Lord, My goodness is nothing apart from You.”
We must, like David, trust in our God. So many Christians today feel insecure, helpless, alone, defeated, etc., which are true feelings, true emotions that many feel from time to time. But these are feelings or emotions that should occupy the ungodly and not the true believer in Jesus Christ. Because, while the Christian may feel insecure, the reality is that he/she is very secure (Proverbs 3:25-26) (Hebrews 4:16). While the Christian may feel helpless, the reality is that he/she has great help (Psalm 27:4-5) (Romans 8:31). While the Christian may feel alone, the reality is that God is always at his/her side (Matthew 28:20) (Hebrews 13:5-6).
What helped David when such emotions would try to grab hold of him, was to remember and acknowledge that God was his Lord (16:2). Why is it that David could trust God? Why is it that can we trust Him? Because He is Lord (my Lord) – (my Adonay; Ad-o-noy). He has authority and power and is matchless in His being. That’s Who is with us, every moment of every day.
David wrote, “The LORD said to my Lord…”(Psalm 110:1). Thomas said, “My Lord and my God!” – (John 20:27-28). Paul wrote, “…Christ Jesus my Lord” (Philippians 3:7-8). Peter also proclaimed Jesus as Lord to the Jews at Pentecost (Acts 2:36), and to the Gentiles at Cornelius’ home in (Acts 10:36). All of these proclamations of course are being declared by virtue of His death and resurrection (Romans 14:8-9).
To a true Christian Jesus is the only Lord he/she has in their life (1 Corinthians 8:5-6) (Ephesians 4:4-6). This rules out any other “lords,” such as my ourselves (Luke 9:23-26) (Galatians 2:20), such as the world (Galatians 6:14). Who is Jesus to you…? You might acknowledge Him as “the” Lord, you might join others in praising Him as “our” Lord, but have you submitted to Him in such that you can rightly say Jesus “my” Lord?
(John 15:4-5)…..As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit for without me ye can do nothing.
Charles Spurgeon wrote:
You know how the branch is in the vine, it is a component part of the vine; but do not forget that the vine is also in the branch,-that the sap, which is the very life of the vine, flows into every living branch. So we are in Christ, and Christ is in us, and he says to us, as the marginal reading has it, “Severed from me, ye can do nothing.” What! not even a little, Lord? Can we not do something good, something acceptable apart from thee? No; “Without me, ye can do nothing.”
You see, you and I are nothing without Christ. We are nothing apart from Him. It is the Lord who preserves us! It is the Lord who has authority and power and is matchless in His being. Without Him, who are we? Even our goodness is nothing apart from Him. There is no success (or good fortune) to us outside of the Lord (Romans 7:18). And yet He is our (my) God, our (my) Lord, and in Him we have everything, and can do all things. There is really no reason for us to feel insecure, helpless, alone, defeated because we can trust Him.