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Psalm 34:15
The Lord’s eyes are on righteous people. His ears hear their cry for help.
Psalm 34:17
Righteous people cry out. The Lord hears and rescues them from all their troubles.

Do we really believe the Bible? Honestly, truly, without question, do we believe that what the Word of God says is true and accurate? I’m not too sure. It seems to me that, in a lot of Christian circles, there is a disconnect between the brain and the heart when it comes to full belief in the Word of God. My assumption is that this flaw in believing is due to centuries of inaccurate teaching and unintentional misrepresentations of the Bible.

Power, freedom, peace, and rest are found in the Psalms. They were written for our edification, our learning, and our spiritual growth as followers of Christ (2 Timothy 3:16). They contain within them the strength to endure and the power to overcome. They hold secrets that God, through David’s writing, intended for us to discover. They provide us unique insight into who our Creator, our Savior, and our God really is. They are a blessing for the blessed ones (that’s us, those who have placed our faith in Christ Jesus)!

Unfortunately, some of us have been taught incorrectly about the cross of Jesus Christ and what it has done for mankind. We have been (correctly) led to believe that Christ died to get us into heaven, but also (incorrectly) that our righteousness is dependent on our ability to live rightly as a Christian. This kind of believing actually takes away from the awesome power of Jesus’ finished work here on earth. When we have an insecure base for the foundation of our beliefs, we inadvertently limit the restorative power of the cross in our lives.

There is no work or deed that can be done by any man, woman, or child that is capable of bringing us into a right standing with God. The whole “get right with God” concept is inaccurate and false doctrine. The truth is that we were made right with God by the perfect and finished work of Jesus Christ. It is only through His blood that we have forgiveness of sins. It is by His stripes we have healing for our bodies. It is by His perfection that we have been made perfect. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something.

All who have placed faith in Jesus, who have found peace in knowing that He has perfected us, are righteous, regardless of any wrongdoing done or to be done. That means that wherever the Bible makes a promise to the righteous, we can claim it. Here that promise is this: the Lord hears the cries of the righteous and He rescues them from all their troubles.

When we believe right we will live righteously, knowing that we are righteous through the grace of God (2 Corinthians 5:21). It is because of His righteousness, which has been imparted to us, that God rescues us from all our troubles. Stand up, cry out, be rescued!