Psaume 18 conclusions
It saw a few weeks ago, how effective is the prayer of the righteous, when times of adversities occur. By
experiences of David, God reveals to his followers that he is ready to help his children, when the enemy unleashed in their lives.
order that the redeemed of the Lord can continue to enjoy the promised peace to those who have placed their trust in God and His sovereignty, they must build a deep and stable their Redeemer.
Devote their lives to God is not an option. This is an essential prerequisite.
is the testimony of a man who did not hesitate to put on the altar his entire life to please his God. Reaped abundant fruit of grace and mercy.
"The Lord called me according to my righteousness, (according to my righteousness) He told me according to the cleanness of my hands (the Lord rewarded me) because I kept the ways of the Lord (I stayed faithful to the ways that it was prescribed) and I have not wickedly departed from my God. (I do not give myself up to my God for evil.) For all his ordinances were before me, and I did put away his statutes. (I do not neglect any of its precepts.)
I was blameless towards him, and I stood on guard against my iniquity. (I kept myself from sin.) Also The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes. (The Lord rewarded me for having acted with honesty and for keeping hands clean.)
With the merciful you show yourself good with the right man you act with justice, with the pure you show yourself pure, and with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself froward.
You save the afflicted people, and haughty eyes You abase. Yes, thou wilt light my candle: (You light my lamp) The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness (You light up my darkness).
What man sows he shall reap!
It will constantly face the consequences of our decisions: take action in accordance with the heart of our God, or act according to our understanding of madness under the influence of our old nature!
Experience a life of abundance depend consistently made choices and our dedication to the One who saved us.
For those who believe that one can acquire the best of both worlds by performing a multitude of compromise will never taste the promised perfect peace in all circumstances. They
or they fear losing the gains still hard raised on this land.
Yet, what God has in store for His redeemed exceeds amply the value of the treasures of this world.
Living an intimate relationship with Him, Jesus is committed to providing our loyal victory, healing and deliverance.
He assured that the bonds of the enemy will fall on our lives, those who are oppressed flee.
It will come out of their dungeons of guilt those who belong to him and reveal the riches of His Word.
He will manifest in our reality, His mercy and grace, and at every day. He will become the shadow of our right hand, accessible at all times.
is what David shared in these passages: the manifestation of God in His life and the blessings associated with it. Note
where David uses the word "You" and the consequences of surrender to God all the space.
David, God allowed the freedom to act in his life, shaping it according to His Will. It gave him the opportunity to intervene in the difficult circumstances of his journey, as in the quieter moments.
" With you I can run against a troop, with my God I leap over a wall. God's ways are perfect, the word of the LORD is tried: He is a buckler to all those who trust in him.
For who is God except the Lord, and who is a rock, except our God?
It is God who arms me with strength, and (to arm myself with Valor), which leads me in the right lane. (I draw a perfect way.) He makes my feet like hinds' feet and sets me on my high places. (I run and keep myself on the hills).
He trains my hands for war, and my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
You give me the shield of Your salvation, (Ta issue me a shield) Your right hand upholds me, and I become great by your kindness. (By your caring, you make me strong)
You have enlarged my steps under me, and my feet did not slip. I pursue my enemies, I achieve them, and I do not come back until they were consumed. I breeze, and they can not rise and they fall under my feet.
You girded me with strength (You make me strong) for combat
You have subdued under me my opponents. (You have subdued my aggressor: here they are at my feet.)
You're turning your back on my enemies before me, and cut off those who hate me. They cry, and none to save! They cry unto the Lord, and he did not answer them!
I beat them small as dust before the wind, I like the mud crowd the streets.
You delivered me from the strivings of the people, (In front of a people in revolt, you make me win.)
You made me the head of the nations a people that I knew not serve me.
They obey me the first order, the son of the stranger flatter me, the son from abroad in failure, they shake out of their strongholds.
Vive Jehovah, and blessed be my rock! May the God of my salvation be exalted! "
The God who is my avenger, who subdues peoples, who rescues me from my enemies!
You raise me above my adversaries, You save me from the violent man.
Therefore I will praise thee among the nations, O LORD! And I will sing praises to your name. (I'm famous for my singing)
It grants great deliverance to his king, and he shows mercy to his anointed, To David and his seed for ever.
In this part of this Psalm, we discovered the wonderful description of a complicity between David and his God. We see in practice the verse that Jesus said hundreds of years later: "Without me ye can do nothing"
David understood this and gave to his Creator complete freedom to act in his life.
us follow his example? Will we dare to let God lead us?
Prayer:
" LORD of hosts, thy name is great! That your loyalty is great!
Yes, the Lord of my life, I want to leave any space in my life. Make your will, because it is precious to me! In the name of Jesus that I will raise this prayer "
May the God of our salvation be exalted in our lives this week!
Jacques Brouillard