DAILY DEVOTIONAL – March 15, 2024 God Will Not Walk Out By David Wilkerson Psalm 107 has been called “the Old Testament love feast.” One of the most encouraging passages in all of God’s Word, it is for those needing forgiveness, deliverance or restoration. The final verse promises the reader an understanding of who God truly is. “Whoever is wise will observe these things, and they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord” (Psalm 107:43, NKJV). "Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! For his mercy endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; they found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them" (Psalm 107:1-5). Here is a classification of people who once knew the fullness of the Lord and at some time in their life discovered glorious deliverance. Now, however, they are in a solitary wilderness, wandering alone, and they cannot find the city. "The city" in the Old Testament is always Zion, which represents God's true church.  Today, of course, it signifies the true body of Christ, those who worship in spirit and in truth but cannot seem to find “the city.”  They no longer attend church, refusing to worship with any body of believers because there is little or no spiritual reality to be found. Indeed, there are multitudes of starving Christians who go from church to church today, trying to find their place.  In the end, they give up even seeking a good church because they are determined that there are none.  Perhaps you say, "Brother Dave, I can't find a Christ-centered, holiness-seeking church in my area. I can't find the city." Beloved, God has provided a solution. "Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city for a dwelling place" (Psalm 107:6-7). God says, "I will show you the body; I will lead you right to them."  Rest assured, Jesus has his body of believers all over the world; and if you cry out to him, he will miraculously bring like-minded Christians to you. Read and Listen OnlineForward to a Friend

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