Posted by: Bill Hornbeck | March 14, 2010

“For my eyes have seen Your salvation”

Today’s devotion covers Luke 2:21-32 which covers Jesus being presented to the Temple and being seen by Simeon:  “it had been revealed to him (Simeon) by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.”  We will focus on verses 26 through 32.
 
“26  And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 
                                     
 27  And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to carry out for Him the custom of the Law,

 28  then he took Him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
    29  “Now Lord, You are releasing Your bond-servant to depart in peace,
         According to Your word;
    30  For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
    31  Which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
    32  A LIGHT OF REVELATION TO THE GENTILES,
         And the glory of Your people Israel.”  Luke 2:26-32 (Emphasis added.) 

We may think:  “How wonderful it would be, to be the shepherds and see the glory of the Lord and hear the angel proclaim the good news of great joy and see the multitude of the heavenly host praising God!”

We may think:  “How even more wonderful it would be, to be Simeon and to see the child Jesus and take him into our arms!”

But, how much more wonderful is it for us to see and read the sum of salvation through Scripture of all the historical events and all the explanations that are recorded in Scripture!  

How much more wonderful is it for us to see with our own eyes what God has done for us, personally!

God tells us:  “With a long life I will satisfy him And let him see My salvation.”  Psalm 91:16.  We see our salvation through the reading and hearing of Scripture.  We see our salvation through our own personal observations of our own experiences of how all things work together as part of our salvation .  We even feel our salvation through the testimony of the Holy Spirit within us.

Once again, we are reminded of the comfort of salvation that we experience through all of our life shown in Question and Answer 1 of The Heidelberg Catechism:

Question 1.  What is thy only comfort in life and death?

Answer.  That I with body and soul, both in life and death,  am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ;  who, with his precious blood, hath fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil;  and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head;  yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, he also assures me of eternal life, and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him.

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