“Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thing hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth forever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.” — Psalm 138:7-8
"David Playing the Harp" - Jan de Bray, Public Domain Image
Here we have an Old Testament appeal to eternal security. That both our life and our sanctification are the sovereign work of the Lord and we can rest in his faithfulness when the race seems too impossible for us. If our sanctification were up to us, we would fail. But God's grace is always ready to compensate for our frailty.
Matthew Henry’s commentary on Psalm 138:8 reads, “Whatever good work God has begun for His people He will perform it. Every good man is most concerned about his duty to God and his happiness in God, that the former may be faithfully done and the latter effectually secured; if indeed these are the things that our hearts are most upon, there is a good work begun in us, and He that has begun it will perfect it, Phil. 1:6.”
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” -Philippians 1:6
Amen!
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