https://odb.org/MY/2022/09/17/deep-water-rescue
I remember two occasions falling into the water and my father pulling me up. Once when I was barely 5, probably around 4, when I fell into a drain leading into a river and my dad was quick enough to pull me up. The other was when I fell into a pond after I took a wrong step and my dad was also quick enough to pull me up. I think I was probably around 7 or 8 then. The first was particularly dangerous as I could have been swept into the river and drown. The second was less dramatic but I went all the way in before resurfacing. Needless to say I was totally drenched as I was not wearing swimming clothes!
In Psalm 18:19, David exalted the LORD by proclaiming that the LORD rescued Him because He delighted in him. David was confident at that time that his conduct before God then was impeccable. He was true and faithful to God and it was the LORD who got Samuel to anoint him as King and now he had the present King Saul chasing after him to kill him. So David sort of know and was fully confident that God will be his salvation and rock since it was his obedience to the calling of God upon his life that led him to his predicament then.
The question today I think we should ponder in is not so much the deep water and storms and floods of life that we may face. But more of what is our standing before Him. Granted we have the blood of Christ covering us and our sins, making us white as snow and unblemished before Him. But strip all that, who are we before God? Beyond our human frailty and imperfections, is our heart pure and true to Him? Is our conduct impeccable? Are we faithful to Him and His cause? Have we responded to His calling upon our life? Dare we say like David that the LORD rescued me because He was delighted in me. Or can we only say God rescued me because Jesus paid the price for my sins?
I think it is imperative that as much as Jesus has cleansed us of our sins by His death on the cross of Calvary, we must be able to stand before God and testify of His goodness and that we have been true and faithful to Him and His Word as much as we could humanely do so. We have been and are giving Him our all, our best. Beyond that it is the blood of Christ but up to that point, we have done our best. If we fail or fall, we pick ourselves up and start again. We are always striving ahead. Pushing on in our Christian walk. Always responding and stepping out in faith, knowing that if we were to fall into deep water, Jesus will rescue us and pull us up like my dad did for me when I was a child and as Jesus did for Peter when the latter walked on water to meet Him in the sea. Will the LORD rescue us because He is delighted in us?
Ronnie's Thoughts 