Psalm 18:1-6
I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.
He is my shield and the horn[a] of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I am saved from my enemies.
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.
He is my shield and the horn[a] of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I am saved from my enemies.
4 The cords of death entangled me;
the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
5 The cords of the grave[b] coiled around me;
the snares of death confronted me.
6 In my distress I called to the Lord;
I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears.
the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
5 The cords of the grave[b] coiled around me;
the snares of death confronted me.
6 In my distress I called to the Lord;
I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears.
Psalm 18:16-19
he drew me out of deep waters.
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from my foes, who were too strong for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support.
19 He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me.
Our enemies can have many different faces. Sometimes they have no face at all. But even without a face an enemy can be very powerful. This passage of scripture really touched me. God is our refuge, He is our salvation, He will rescue us.
I don't know what that looks like all the time. I don't know how God will rescue me from my enemies, from the things that grip my life, but I know He says He will over and over in His word. And my only requirement is to believe and trust that.
It says in verse 19 that the Lord delights in me. I know that is a hard one to grasp. How can a Holy Lord delight in a sinful me? Because He is an amazing God. He created me and He loves me, just like I love my children even when I don't like their actions, or motives...I still delight in them. Think how much more a Holy God can delight in us.
I am thankful God rescues me, and that he delights in me. That He created me to have a relationship with Him. I am thankful I don't have to rely on my own weakness to be rescued from my enemies.
Blessings
