Reflections From the Psalms
Salvation belongs unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. (Ps. 3:8)
Don’t think of this statement, “Salvation belongs unto the Lord,” as a matter of God possessing the right to mete out salvation to whomever He pleases. That is not the point here. Rather, salvation belongs to the Lord in that He alone is LIFE. God has given life in the Son — indeed, Jesus said, “I AM the life.” Thus, salvation belongs to the Lord because Jesus Christ is THE life, the ONLY life, and it is only as we come to Him and receive Him by grace does He become OUR LIFE. (Col. 3:4)
We need to see that God does not simply give us a THING, or a classification, called LIFE. Rather, God gives us Jesus Christ, IN WHOM there is all life. If Christian people would wrap their minds around just that one Truth, and carry it through to what it really means, it would then adjust our thinking on so many other things. Jesus Christ is THE LIFE, and it is only as we are joined to Him in spirit, and abide in Him, that we are alive with His life.
If Jesus Christ is our life, then Jesus Christ is our everything — for there is NOTHING that is outside of life, except death. Thus, we are to abide in Christ, and to live from out of Him by faith for ALL. In Christ God has given all that He has to give to humanity. And there is nothing that is outside of Christ that God has to give. God’s blessing is upon His people solely in His Son.