Just a Coincidence?

Psalm 118:14
14 “The LORD is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.”

Sometimes it’s fun to just play with the Bible. Sometimes God’s personality and depth is revealed in what could be considered pure coincidence. There are 1189 chapters in the Bible. There are 549 chapters from Genesis 1-Psalm 117 and 549 chapters from Psalm 119-Revelation 22. Guess this makes Psalm 118 the “middle” chapter of the Bible. Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter in the Bible with only 2 verses. Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible with 176 verses. Psalm 118 has 29 verses.

Now, there is some math involved in this, but not too much. 29 divided by 2 is 14.5. We’ve all heard it said, “Let’s get to the heart of the matter.” So what is at the “heart” of what matters to God? This is what we are about to learn.

What matters to God is you! God wants you more than He wants anything else in the world or universe or whatever else is out there that He has created. He wants you so much that He was willing to allow His son to be crucified and die on a cross for your sins. He let His only son walk with us and teach us how to live, and after being the perfect example for our lives, He let Him go to the cross and become the atoning sacrifice for us all.

God gave us His Word in spoken, written, and human form. At the center of it all was God’s purpose. When He spoke to the Israelites it was to let them know that He was going to rescue them. He was their provider and He was their defender and He was their SALVATION! When He came in human form it was to demonstrate that He was the provider, He was the Healer, He was the Sacrifice, He is our SALVATION. At the very center of His written Word He has let us know; “He has become my SALVATION!” (Psalm 118:14.5)

Coincidence? I think not!