"The Lord is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid.”
Psalm 27 is one of David’s most eloquent statements of his faith in and dependence on the Lord. The first verse gives an apt description of this motif. In this verse, David gives us a glimpse of his relationship with the Lord. “The Lord is my light.” Among other things, this is a reference to the guidance of God. In John 8:12, Jesus said: “I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” This is the same spirit in which David wrote in our text. If we want to live in God’s will, we will certainly walk in His light. This will mean that we will have to spend time in prayer and in a study of God’s word. David wrote “the Lord is my light.” We follow God’s light in a personal faith relationship with Him. “The Lord is…my salvation.” As a shepherd in his younger years, David learned to depend on the Lord’s salvation. Before his engaging Goliath, David shared with Saul that as a shepherd, “The Lord has delivered me out of the paw of both the lion and the bear, He will deliver out of the hand of this Philistine…” David did all that he did with the understanding that the Lord was with him, and that He would deliver him. We see this borne out in David’s life on many occasions. We can certainly depend on God to be our salvation in our lives. “The Lord is the strength of my life.” As I pointed out above, David always depended on the strength of the Lord. He didn’t just say that the Lord gave him strength, he said, “the Lord is the strength of my life.” Because the Lord was his salvation and strength, David declared twice in this verse that he would not be afraid. He wrote…”Whom shall if fear.” Because the Lord was His strength, David was not afraid of people. David had a lot of powerful enemies, and because of the Lord’s strength he was not encumbered by fear of them. The Lord has given us the strength and power of the Holy Spirit, to enable us to meet life's challenges without fear. If you haven’t already, make the Lord your light, your salvation and your strength. If you have, praise Him and live victoriously. Bro. Joe
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