come to mind. I remembered the first few verses of this 103rd Psalm, “Bless the Lord, 0 my soul,” and all that. I could get down to, “Who for- giveth all thine iniquities, and who healeth all thy diseases” without any problem. Then I was able to go ahead, beyond this ph rase with, “Who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies.” Obviously, there was something left out. Finally it dawned on me that I had skipped, “Who redeemeth thy life from de struction.” Just about that time I looked down at my automobile speed ometer. There I noticed the many thousands of miles I’ve traveled in my little Volkswagen without any accident or difficulty whatsoever. The Holy Spirit reminded me, “Think how many times your life has been redeemed from destruction.” I just thanked God right at that moment for the way in which He had watched over me. To be sure, there had been so called “narrow escapes.” “Who re deemeth thy life from destruction.” Haven’t you had similar experiences ? My wife might come home from a meeting where she had played the piano or organ and, breathing a sigh of relief, report, “I just about got hit tonight. There was some fellow (and, of course, with me it would be some woman) who signaled the wrong way. He cut right in front of me. A second more and I would have had a terrible wreck.” The fact of the matter is, we have no idea of the unseen forces which keep our lives day by day from de struction or death before God’s ap pointed hour. Scripture reminds us of the fact. For instance, in the 91st Psalm we read, “He shall give His angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways:” Do you believe in angels? I do, because God tells us that He has given us angels to min ister “to them who shall be heirs of salvation.” Now this wonderful state ment is in the ever-present tense. It says, “W! o redeemeth" (right this
which basically are merely the symp toms or manifestations of iniquity in the human heart. Now your sin may not be the same as mine and mine may not be the same as yours. You have a certain besetting sin which weighs you down and which you absolutely abhor. When Satan comes to tempt you with it, and you succumb, becoming involved in the matter, you say to yourself, “I will absolutely never, never do that again by God’s strength!” Yet you have yielded, because this thing may have such a fatal attraction for you. Lis ten, the Bible says that God, through Jesus Christ, heals all of our dis eases. Nothing is too hard for the Lord. In verse four of the 103rd Psalm, we’re told that God redeems our life from destruction. Let me just share this little thought with you. I was trying to memorize this portion just the other day so that it would be more meaningful to me. It’s one thing to read Scripture over the air, but it’s another thing to have it in the heart and into practice in the life. I had hit a mental block while driving along. This phrase wouldn’t
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Dr. Ray A. Myers (right). Chairman of Biola's Board of Directors for more than 30 years, was saluted on his 74th birthday in a special Chapel service. Mr. Bob Thune, president of the student body, presented to him a birthday card signed by students, faculty and staff.
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