God’s faithfulness is His utter reliability and trustworthiness to keep His promises to His people.
Through Psalm 34, we see 4 aspects of God’s faithfulness meeting desperate people
I. The Result of God’s Faithfulness–Strengthening Praise
Psalm 34:1-2 - I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul will make its boast in the Lord; the humble will hear it and rejoice. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.
II. The Experience of God’s Faithfulness–Sheer Desperation
Psalm 34:4-8 - I sought the Lord, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces will never be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and rescues them. O taste and see that the Lord is good; how blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
III. The Condition of God’s Faithfulness–Fear of God
Psalm 34:7 - The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and rescues them.
Psalm 34:9-10 - O fear the Lord, you His saints; for to those who fear Him there is no want. The young lions do lack and suffer hunger; but they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.
A. The “fear of God” results in integrity in your:
1. Speech that does not participate in fraudulently seeking to achieve your own deliverance
Psalm 34:11-13 - Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Who is the man who desires life and loves length of days that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
2. Actions that are consistently returning good for evil and are not retributive
Psalm 34:14 - Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
IV. The Promise of God’s Faithfulness–Absolute Deliverance
Psalm 34:15-22 - The eyes of the Lord are to the righteous and His ears to their cry. The face of the Lord is against evildoers, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones, not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned. The Lord redeems the soul of His servants, and none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
A. Notice the Lord’s Disposition (His face) toward people
1. Toward the broken hearted–those whose face is toward Him
2. Against the proud–those whose face is against Him
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