Psalms 86:10

Psalms 86:10 says, For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.  As David said, God is great and does wondrous things, and He alone is God.  This always has and always will be true.  Verse eleven adds, Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.  We, like David, need to ask God to teach us His ways, and when He does,then we need to unite our hearts with His laws.  Verse twelve continues, I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.  David said he would praise God, his LORD, with all his heart forevermore.  Before we can praise God, He must be our God through accepting Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, and once He is we should praise Him with all our heart forevermore.  Verse thirteen states, For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.  As David said, as Christians, God's mercy is great towards us and He has delivered us from hell.  Of course, God's mercy is great towards everyone, but unless each individual accepts God's salvation, then he or she will not benefit by being delivered from hell.  Verse fourteen adds, O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.  David said men filled with self pride had risen against him and sought his soul, because they had not set God before them.  Ultimately, if we allow those in power in the world to come between us and accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, it is our soul that they will cause to suffer, even if we are successful in this lifetime.  Those who refuse to put their faith in God will always try to lead others away from Him.  Verse fifteen declares, But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.  God always was and always will be a God full of compassion, grace, and longsuffering Who is full of mercy and truth.  Anyone who meets God as a God of justice against sin instead of a God of mercy Who has forgiven their sins does so because of their own choice.  Verse sixteen adds, O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.  When we, like David, call out to God to have mercy on us and give us strength to follow Him, He always will. Verse seventeen continues, Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.  The token, or sign, that we have today of God's grace is the sign of the cross of Jesus, and there is no other sign that we can show people to prove the grace of God, and we must accept this by faith.