“Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation! Selah Our God is the God of salvation; And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death.” (Ps.68:19-20)
Of all the names of God, surely this should make us rejoice the most. God is our Savior! He Himself is our salvation. He doesn’t give it apart from Himself, but it is in a personal relationship with Him that we are saved.
He calls us by His Spirit—opens our blind eyes to our need. The Father has sent His Son to bring us salvation in Christ’s death and resurrection.
The death the psalmist refers to goes beyond salvation from physical death, but deliverance from the second death. This second death is what we call Hell—the everlasting state of torment for the wicked. It is what I deserve and from which I can do nothing to evade. That is why I need a Savior, and what God is to me.
The old hymn states it like this:
I was sinking deep in sin,
far from the peaceful shore,
very deeply stained within,
sinking to rise no more;
but the Master of the sea
heard my despairing cry,
from the waters lifted me;
now safe am I.
Souls in danger, look above,
Jesus completely saves;
he will lift you by his love
out of the angry waves.
He’s the Master of the sea,
billows his will obey;
he your Savior wants to be -
be saved today.
Love lifted me!
Love lifted me!
When nothing else could help,
Love lifted me.
Love lifted me!
Love lifted me!
When nothing else could help,
Love lifted me.” (James Rowe)
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