The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 2 Samuel 22:2-3,
"The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior— from violent people you save me."
"Horn" in this passage refers to strength. The Lord is the strength of David's salvation.
We live in a world of turmoil. Uncertainty, concern for loved ones (concern for ourselves!), concern for the future can trouble anyone keeping up with the news of the day. Liberal or conservative, progressive or libertarian, catholic or protestant, black or white, etc., we all live a troublesome existence as we view the events of the day.
The reality is that life in this age has always been this way. What we want for ourselves is peace and affluence. What the Lord wants for us is to embrace him in faith and become a part of his family. From God's perspective, life of peace, prosperity, a sense of well-being, happiness and fulfillment will all come in the resurrection. We have a taste for the resurrection today and seek to have it in this life, but... it can only become ours in the next life for those who embrace Jesus Christ in faith.
To help us find him, God brings troubles, worries and a disquieted existence into our lives, as he did David, to draw us to himself. to motivate us to reach out to him. "The creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God." Romans 8:20-21.
The Lord brought difficulties David's way and David found his relief in the Lord. A man of deep faith, David had his problems with sin as we all do, as revealed in his adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband. While we may never be involved in murder or adultery, we all need to draw close to the Lord, first for our salvation, and then to sustain us till we reach his kingdom in the resurrection when we finally leave our sinful nature behind.
Till we enter his family in the next age the Lord brings those concerns, those threats, those frustrations our way to draw us to himself. The goal in this life is that we arrive where David did in confessing the Lord as our rock, as our fortress, as our deliverer. He wants us to find our refuge in him.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
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"The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior— from violent people you save me."
"Horn" in this passage refers to strength. The Lord is the strength of David's salvation.
We live in a world of turmoil. Uncertainty, concern for loved ones (concern for ourselves!), concern for the future can trouble anyone keeping up with the news of the day. Liberal or conservative, progressive or libertarian, catholic or protestant, black or white, etc., we all live a troublesome existence as we view the events of the day.
The reality is that life in this age has always been this way. What we want for ourselves is peace and affluence. What the Lord wants for us is to embrace him in faith and become a part of his family. From God's perspective, life of peace, prosperity, a sense of well-being, happiness and fulfillment will all come in the resurrection. We have a taste for the resurrection today and seek to have it in this life, but... it can only become ours in the next life for those who embrace Jesus Christ in faith.
To help us find him, God brings troubles, worries and a disquieted existence into our lives, as he did David, to draw us to himself. to motivate us to reach out to him. "The creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God." Romans 8:20-21.
The Lord brought difficulties David's way and David found his relief in the Lord. A man of deep faith, David had his problems with sin as we all do, as revealed in his adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband. While we may never be involved in murder or adultery, we all need to draw close to the Lord, first for our salvation, and then to sustain us till we reach his kingdom in the resurrection when we finally leave our sinful nature behind.
Till we enter his family in the next age the Lord brings those concerns, those threats, those frustrations our way to draw us to himself. The goal in this life is that we arrive where David did in confessing the Lord as our rock, as our fortress, as our deliverer. He wants us to find our refuge in him.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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