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 Psalm 31:2-3,
"Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me."
In Psalm 31 David calls to the Lord for protection, strength and refuge from his enemies, "They conspire against me and plot to take my life." Verse 13b. As he does so he asks the Lord to come to his rescue quickly to be his "rock of refuge" and his "strong fortress", verse 2.
Then, in the very next verse he makes another request, "for the sake of your name lead and guide me". This second request follows on the heels of the request in the verse before! He is entirely convinced he has what he asked from the Lord in verse 2 (to be his "rock of refuge, a strong fortress") and predicated on the assurance he has for what he just asked, he makes his request in verse 3, "since you are my rock and my fortress..."
This is what faith looks like! Assured, convinced, trusting. All these without doubt, without waver, without vacillating. David, in full faith and trust is resolute and orders his thinking, his doing, his communication, his life accordingly.
Clearly David's faith brought to him knowledge of the Lord so that he both knew what to pray for and knew what God would provide. We see this in verses 19-20, "How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you. In the shelter of your presence you hide them from all human intrigues; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues."
"Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me."
In Psalm 31 David calls to the Lord for protection, strength and refuge from his enemies, "They conspire against me and plot to take my life." Verse 13b. As he does so he asks the Lord to come to his rescue quickly to be his "rock of refuge" and his "strong fortress", verse 2.
Then, in the very next verse he makes another request, "for the sake of your name lead and guide me". This second request follows on the heels of the request in the verse before! He is entirely convinced he has what he asked from the Lord in verse 2 (to be his "rock of refuge, a strong fortress") and predicated on the assurance he has for what he just asked, he makes his request in verse 3, "since you are my rock and my fortress..."
This is what faith looks like! Assured, convinced, trusting. All these without doubt, without waver, without vacillating. David, in full faith and trust is resolute and orders his thinking, his doing, his communication, his life accordingly.
Clearly David's faith brought to him knowledge of the Lord so that he both knew what to pray for and knew what God would provide. We see this in verses 19-20, "How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you. In the shelter of your presence you hide them from all human intrigues; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues."
David was a man of great faith, and consequently a man after God's own heart, Acts 13:22. Here is a man, like a number of people we read of in the pages of Scripture, to emulate.
This is what faith looks like!
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A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
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 reply and let me know..
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