Part Nine, Behold, His Yeshua! Psalm 91:15–16

 “He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With a long life, I will satisfy him and let him see My salvation” (vv.15–16).

I will answer him: Religious Jews pray three times a day—morning, afternoon, and evening. These times were model by the Patriarchs:Abraham prayed in the morning, Genesis 19:27; Isaac prayed in the afternoon, Genesis 24:63; Jacob prayed at night, Genesis 32:9–22. God heard the psalmist prayers and answered Him.

 I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him: God is reassuring him that he will be protected from the enemy of physical or spiritual harm. God is reminding the psalmist that He will hold his hand and that He will help, saying “Do not fear” and I got you! (Isa. 41:13; cf. John 14:27).

And honor him: God will take away his troubles, and his neighbors will honor him as he was victorious over his enemies. His status in the community has now changed as he acknowledges it was God who brought the victory.

Long life: Psalm 90:10 reminds us of the shortness of life. However, sometimes, God gives us a long life with favor and satisfaction.

Satisfy comes from the Hebrew root saba or sava which means to be satisfied fully, continually. It is also the word used for grandfather—saba. A long life often brings the blessing of children and children’s children. A grandparent is satisfied fully, indeed.

See My salvation: Our word “salvation” is Yeshua in the Hebrew. Yeshua is the Hebrew word for Jesus. Those who love God will see His Yeshua. Jesus said, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). Those who love God will behold Jesus. To love God is to love Jesus, for Jesus is God (John 1:1, 14).

Points to Ponder

• Why do Jews pray 3 times a day?

1. Blessings come when the sun rises; therefore, we praise Him (Lam. 3:22–24; Ps.       90:14).
2. In the afternoon, as the sun begins to go down, we become concerned, we worry,      and we begin to fear, so we pray (Ps. 94:19;       118:6).
3. At night, in the complete darkness, danger lurks, and we cry out to God (Ps. 34:17–19).

• Our days are numbered (Ps. 90:10, 12).

Whether we have a long life or a short life, for those who love God, our eyes behold His Yeshua (Jesus, Salvation); therefore, day by day and moment by moment, in the blessings and during trials, we will see Jesus! May our eyes be full of Jesus during days of testing!

In the evening and morning and noonday we praise Thee, we thank Thee, and pray Thee, Master of all, to direct our prayers as incense before Thee. Let not our hearts turn away to words or thoughts of wickedness, but keep us from all things that might hurt us; for to Thee, O Lord, our eyes look up, and our hope is in Thee: confound us not, O our God; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. – Eastern Church Vespers

Our Father and our God, we pray that in this period of crisis in our world that the Holy Spirit will use it to remind us of our need of Thee and our relationship with Thee and we pray that tonight if our relationship is not right that we’ll make it right through Jesus Christ our Lord who came to die on the cross because He loved us. For we ask it in His Name. Amen.
— Billy Graham (Sacramento, California 1983)