Christ - True to Perfection

Whenever we are afflicted, whenever we are persecuted, whenever we are oppressed in our spirit because of the oppositions and oppressions of the evil one and evil men, we need to turn to our God in prayer, and ask Him to revive us. This is what King David is telling us that he did, in this passage of Scripture. God answered him with doing wondrous works on his behalf. And these marvelous works and these wonders will also be done for you, the praying believer, in order to strengthen you, in order that you might continue to do the will of God, and that you might glorify God in the time of affliction and trial. The revival of the spirit of the oppressed believer comes through God taking His blessed Word, and bringing home certain truths to their heart with power. God will bring you strength through the strength of Christ which is given to you. How did Christ purchase this strength? Christ purchased strength for you who believe, though his perfect obedience to God in His life, and his dying on the cross for our sins. One of the great applications of this redemption is strength to your heart, in order that you might be able to bear up under oppressions of spirit. The Lord Jesus prayed these same prayers of David’s when He was oppressed in spirit. He prayed, as David did, that God would consider 3 things which were true to perfection in him. They were not true to perfection in David, although David is probably the author of this psalm. And they are not true to perfection in any other man; but they were true to perfection in our Lord Jesus Christ.