“I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. 2. The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength, in Whom I will trust, my buckler, and the Lord of my salvation, and my high tower.”
The two verses printed above are loaded with praise of the Lord our God. I want to share with you what I found in them. David, who wrote this psalm, declared his love for the Lord. Declaring our love for the Lord is always part of our praise for Him. This made me think about my love for the Lord. I want you to think about your love for the Lord. We have many thoughts about the Lord, such as His demands on our lives. Whatever else the Lord is to us, we know that He loves us and we should love Him. Give some thought to your love for the Lord. David wrote: “O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress.” He mentioned God’s strength in verses 1 and 2. He also wrote that the Lord was his “rock and fortress.” He mentions that the Lord is his “buckler.” This the KJV word for "shield." Think about this: The Lord was his “strength,” his “rock,” his “fortress,” his “high tower,” or his “stronghold.” David was surrounded by his love for God, and found strength in Him. The Lord was his shield – his protection. No wonder young David was able to face Goliath. The Lord is all of this for us today. Doesn’t that make you want to love and praise Him??? David referred to the Lord as his “deliverer.” He referred to his trust in the Lord. And he declared that the Lord was his “salvation.” All of this is reference to the Lord as his savior. I think that David experienced all of this in his life as he escaped King Saul, as he fought many battles for Israel. David was a warrior. He had to trust in the Lord’s deliverance and salvation daily. This deliverance was a personal experience for David. Salvation and deliverance were in David’s heart. Because of Jesus, we can claim the Lord as our deliverer and savior. We should think about these things that David wrote as our personal experience as well as his. In Jesus, we have all of the Lord’s strength, His protection, His deliverance and salvation. Let’s pause here and praise Jesus for the love that brought Him to earth to save us, declare our love for Him, and our gratitude for all He means to our lives. Do it! (I just did.) Bro. Joe
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