Our God Our Help in Ages Past
Posted: December 31, 2007
Category: Pastor Steve's Blog
TAGS: new year
Have you ever heard that hymn? Our God Our Help in Ages Past. That means a lot as we go from 2007 to 2008. This one line from the hymn says a lot about what I can expect in the coming year. Just saying “Our God” says a lot. It says something about being together. It says that we belong to the same God. It means that the God of heaven and earth has called us together that we can say “our.” Jesus taught His disciples to pray that way…”Our Father.” It means belonging to one another and to the Lord. To say, “Our Help” indicates that we anticipate need. We had need in the past and we will need help in the future. It is His Help that has been faithful. It is His help that we can speak of because it came at the right place and time.
To look ahead to another year is to know where our strength has come from in the past. It takes away fear and adds confidence. “If God is for us…who can be against us?” The question Paul asks is answered here. He is for us…and He continues to be for us.
Ages Past says something too. It’s just not our past. It’s the past that includes 2000 years ago. It’s His work 2000 years ago that seals the first part of this phrase. It was His sending of Jesus that makes it truly “Our God, Our Help.” Psalm 46 says, God is our fortress and strength. That is our God of the manger and our God of the cross and empty tomb. He is the God of the past and 2008. You may not know the song to sing…but you know the words to live it.
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