His Heart is Steadfast

"His Heart is Steadfast" - Psalm 112:7-10 Do not be afraid of bad news. We live very afflicted waiting for bad news. The phone rings, the heart is fluttering, waiting for the worst that has come into our lives. And we must know that life has ups and downs, the whole thing is to know that God will not allow the elect to be unstable. What we have experienced, everything that is around us, is leading us to mental imbalances, even if you don't believe me.

I. We are stimulated by everything around us.

A. Stimuli from the outside.

1. What you live, see or hurt affects you; that did not affect you, reason to stop being just.

2. The satisfaction and stability of the saints (6): He shall never slip; for he shall enjoy a good and sure reputation.

3. Freedom from fear. (7)

4. You don't have to live in constant fear of bad news, business setbacks, or natural calamities (disasters).

5. Trust in Jehovah; "and he knows that nothing can happen to him without God's will: and there is a day when we evaluate it as a bad memory; God will deliver me to get out of what I have to live well.

6. Even if you suffer adversity, they will not take away your calm, for your trust in God will help you to endure them with strength of mind.

7. His heart is firm.

8. To establish, to create in a courageous way, "let your steadfast heart be courageous."

9. So, Moses, with the Red Sea before him and the Egyptian enemies behind him (Exodus 14:13); for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will see them no more; (14) The Lord will fight for us, and you will be still.

10. Jehoshaphat before the people of the Ammonites as invaders (2 Chronicles 20:12, 15, 17) (12) O our God, will You not judge them? For in us there is no strength against so great a multitude that comes against us; we do not know what to do and we turn our eyes to You; (2 Chronicles 20:15) Jehovah says to you thus: Do not be afraid or afraid before this great multitude, for war is not yours, "but God's"; (2 Chronicles 20:20) Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be secure; believe his prophets, and you will prosper." (2 Chronicles 14:9-12) Zerah the Ethiopian, and his army of a thousand (1 million) and three hundred chariots; and he came as far as Mareshah (city of the tribe of Judah) (11-12) And the Lord destroyed the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

11. Compare David's fearless confidence (brave, courageous, not afraid of danger).

12. The one persecuted with Saul's panicked feelings in the Philistine invasion who goes to visit the sorceress for help.

13. How bold the three young men were before Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace!

14. What a courageous Stephen before the council!

15. Basil could say in response to the threats of the brave Caesar: "These scarecrows only frighten children."

16. Athanasius said of the Roman emperor and philosopher, his persecutor: "It is a fog that will soon disappear." A. R. Fausset

17. (8) Trust when attacked.

18. Not even "his enemies" change his composure and calm.

19. He is confident that, although they seem to have the upper hand, their fall is assured, and he is on the winning side.

20. Whoever fears God fears no one else.

21. Faith in God is the most effective remedy for strengthening and affirming the soul.

22. It is not strange that such a man can look at his adversaries with a look of superiority and victory.

23. (9) He distributes, he gives to the poor.

24. What he has received he distributes and distributes it to those who need it most.

25. He was God's reservoir (storehouse), and out of his abundance flowed rivers of generosity to supply the needy.

26. If this is one of the marks of a man who fears the Lord, there are some who are surprisingly destitute of it.

27. There is a lot of stockpiling (accumulation, storage), but little distribution; They rejoice in being blessed by receiving, but they rarely taste the greater joy of giving.

28. "It is a more blessed thing to give than to receive"; they may feel that the blessing of receiving is enough for them. C.H.S.

29. (10) The envy of the bad guys.

30. When "the wicked see" vindication (justifying, proving that something is right, high, and the permanent honor of the godly), they will be grieved and envious.

31. They will gnash their "enraged" teeth, and then they will waste away and disappear.

32. All that they have lived for will perish with them.

33. The righteous will prosper and be happy; they will be able to carry out their plans; they will be respected as long as they live, and remembered when they die; they will find that God intervenes on their behalf even in the darkest hours; they will be firm and calm in the day of danger and "evil"; they will put their trust in the Lord and all will be well with them. "There are surely advantages to being a friend of God." Amen