If. ( Psalm 145 )

Psalm 124 is a Psalm of Davids, and as he looks back ,he declares,'If the Lord had not been on our side ,Let Israel say',he wants the nation to remember Gods deliverance,As a nation we have recently celebrated V E day, victory in Europe,we praised those who fought and defeated a  very wicked enemy. But what sadden me was the fact that God received very little praise,for make no mistake about it ,if it had been for the Lord,things would have been awful,a nightmare.But the godly David would have none of that,he reminded the nation how much they owed to God not to David. Let no one forget, or think, that they have escape all the dangers there are in life,without the Lord,He protects from the womb to the grave .David could look back and remember the dangers he had faced,and how God had preserved, and protected him,from a lion and a bear,from a giant,from Saul,from the enemies of Israel,from his own son Absalom,who sought to kill him. If it had been for the Lord,David would have perished,likewise Israel, that tiny little nation.Can we not all look back and say if it had been for the Lord,things would have been so different. David finishes this lovely little Psalm ,by reminding the people and himself, nothing has changed,he says,'Our help is in the name of the Lord,the Maker of heaven and earth.' So take heart dear child of God, remember,as John Newton wrote ,'His love in times past , forbids me to think. He'll leave me at last in trouble to sink; Each sweet Ebenezer I have in review, confirms His good pleasure,to help me quite through'.