Many of the psalms begin with the psalmist calling to the Lord out of his distress. In this one he is calling after being rescued by the Lord out of his distress.
He loves the Lord because God heard his cry for mercy. There is nothing at all wrong with loving the Lord for what He has done for us. Indeed it is perfectly right and proper to do so. The psalmist learnt from the incident, so he dedicated his whole life to the Lord.
He had been overwhelmed by circumstances, his very life in danger. Then he called upon the name of the Lord.
The Lord is gracious and righteous, He protects the unwary. We can become obsessed with what might go wrong in life. Indeed society encourages us to be like this. We are told to take out insurance for this that and the other, then there are programmes on various health scares, then another one on how people can steal your identity, and how various companies can defraud you, next how you are going to lose your job next year. And so it goes on. Now we absolutely should be prudent and careful, and there is nothing wrong with insurance. But we cannot cater for every eventuality, we cannot foresee all the things that might or will happen (in fact you will end up fearing lots of things that will never happen). Our source of security is the Lord. He protects us.
Our soul will only find rest in the Lord, not in insurance policies or whatever.
And the Lord rescues us so that we can walk in the land of the living, so that we can live as God's people in this world.
So how do we respond to the Lord? We lift up a cup of thanksgiving to Him, we fulfill our vows to the Lord. We live a life of obedience and service to the Lord.
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