David’s Song of Praise

Some time ago, a teenager, Arthur Hinkley, lifted a 3,000-pound tractor with his bare hands. He wasn’t a weight lifter, but his friend, Lloyd Bachelder, 18, was pinned under a tractor on a farm near Rome, Maine. Hearing Lloyd scream, Arthur somehow lifted the tractor enough … More

Deliverance

This is David’s song of praise and is similar to Psalm 18. In this passage David states the basic principles that the Lord follows in delivering or judging people:

1.   He declares why the Lord has delivered him from his enemies (vv.26-30). He tells how God will save the humble but oppose the proud (v. 28). The proud try to put themselves in God’s place, and He will never allow that to happen (Prov. 3:34).

2.   He states the extent of the Lord’s deliverance from his enemies (vv. 31-46).

3.   He concludes with his resolve to praise his delivering Lord, even among the Gentiles (vv. 47-51)

David was showing how people see God through the filter of their spiritual condition. Believers see God as loving and forgiving. Unrepentant sinners, on the other hand, see God only as a judge and avenger. To those in rebellion, God appears untrustworthy and manipulative. However, God remains what He has always been; holy, just, loving, pure and compassionate.

The Lord did approve of David’s battles and gave him victory wherever he went. God showed himself superior to rival gods and their armies. The remainder of this passage accentuates David’s praise to God for his deliverances (vv. 31-51). David never lost his desire to know and please God and grew close to Lord because of his heart’s desire to spend time alone with Him, Spiritual greatness is born in the presence of God.

Application

The Lord’s desire is for me to spend time with Him each day and I really look forward to my Quiet Time with Him when I first get up each morning. He is teaching me so much!

II Samuel 22:26-51 (English Standard Version)


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