- Salvation
Psalm3.8
Salvation belongeth unto the Lord:
Thy blessing is upon thy people.
The promise of blessing upon God’s people is salvation with the emphasis being upon the fact that salvation is all of God’s doing; He owns and controls and dispenses it how, when, where, and to whom He wills; salvation has nothing at all to do with what man can do. God chooses to give salvation to His people as His blessing. God chooses, God speaks, and God does; God blesses and God saves. There are no conditions attached to salvation. It is unconditional, unmerited, undeserved and unearned. God chooses to save because He has chosen to bless.
The only unanswered question left open is whether or not I am a part of His people. If I am His people I have His blessing; His blessing is salvation. The answer is: Yes! I am one of His people: He loved me thus and so; he was born for me; he died for me; he rose again for me; he blessed me in the heavenly places; he baptized me; he forgives my sins; he preaches the gospel to me; and so on. I have no doubt that I can claim this promise any time and all the time. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 1:3. What other help could I possibly need?
Salvation means so much more than just being rescued from something bad; it also means being placed into something really good. Salvation = health, wholeness, and wellbeing, everything needed physically, emotionally, mentally, socially, financially to live a full and richly experienced life. Salvation belongs to the Lord; health, wholeness and wellbeing belong to the Lord; I, myself, and everything I enjoy belongs to the Lord. Meaning: He could take it away any time He chooses; He could give, provide, restore, repair, heal, and make whole any time he wants. My life and salvation is completely in His hands, under His control; my times are in His hands. I can and will gladly release control of my life and entrust myself entirely into his power and will. I trust Him; He is my Salvation; I belong to Him.
“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God.” Revelation 19:1.