Psalms 86:13 - Homilies By R. Tuck

The plea for more grace.

What God has done is made into a ground for pleading that he would do even more abundantly. A psalmist can ask great things when he is well assured that he who has given much grace can give more grace. The plea based on what God has done is made to include two things—soul redemption, life benediction. These are well expressed in the Revised Version of Psalms 56:13 , "For thou hast delivered my soul from death: hast thou not delivered my feet from falling?" The review is more complete in Psalms 116:8 , "For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling."

I. WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US SHOWS US WHAT HE CAN DO .

II. WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US SHOWS US WHAT HE WILL DO .

III. WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US GIVES US AN ARGUMENT TO URGE WITH HIM .

IV. WHAT GOD HAS DONE SETS US UPON MAINTAINING THE CONDITIONS ON WHICH THE BLESSINGS HAVE COME TO US . For we are not straitened either in God's power or God's will. If straitened, it can only be because we fail to respond to the Divine conditions.—R.T.