Making The ‘cast’

Psalm 44: 1 – 26

Making the ‘Cast’

To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah.

1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, the deeds You did in their days, in days of old: 2 You drove out the nations with Your hand, but them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out. 3 For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Bbecause You favored them. 4 You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob. 5 Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us. 6 For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me. 7 But You have saved us from our enemies and have put to shame those who hated us. 8 In God we boast all day long and praise Your name forever. Selah 9 But You have cast us off and put us to shame, and You do not go out with our armies. 10 You make us turn back from the enemy, and those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves. 11 You have given us up like sheep intended for food and have scattered us among the nations. 12 You sell Your people for next to nothing and are not enriched by selling them. 13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those all around us. 14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. 15 My dishonor is continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me, 16 Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, because of the enemy and the avenger. 17 All this has come upon us; But we have not forgotten You, nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant. 18 Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from Your way; 19 But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death. 20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a foreign god, 21 Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. 22 Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 23 Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever. 24 Why do You hide Your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression? 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body clings to the ground. 26 Arise for our help and redeem us for Your mercies’ sake.

We read in the Gospel of John 6:37, “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.”

The meaning of ‘cast’ is to throw with force, cast out - expel from a community or group; To turn or direct; To assert in relation to someone or something or cause to be associated: ‘Don't let him cast aspersions on your character.’ ‘The results cast doubt on our hypothesis.’

Stop and think about what is said here. The Lord's integrity is at stake. He must keep His promise. The Lord cannot lie. The Lord said what He meant and meant what He said!

The lord promises in John 6:37 that anyone, that means ‘ANYBODY’, who comes to Him will not be turned away. The Lord Jesus didn't stipulate any exclusions. The Lord didn't make a list of people who don't qualify to come to Him. Anyone may come to Jesus!

The Holy Son of God Jesus didn't say that He'd only receive people who've made a commitment to Him, forsaken the world or departed from a past life of sin. No, rather, Jesus didn't place any exclusions, limitations or restrictions on coming. Clearly, the Lord said, ‘him (her) that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out! We are told in God's inspired Word that the Lord will ‘NOT CAST AWAY’ anyone who comes to Him for salvation.

Our Lord Jesus however said in John 5:40, “And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” Our Master and King Jesus ‘DIDN'T’ say “YE CANNOT COME”; but rather, “YE WILL NOT COME.” The Scriptures plainly tell us why they wouldn't come to Jesus to be saved. John 3:20, “For everyone that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.” The Bible teaches that unrepentant sinners WON'T come to the Lord.