A Praise for Deliverance
With David’s willing admission throughout Psalm 18 where he states the Lord is his everything, it is no wonder that he concludes his song (vv. 46-50) with a hymn of praise. Notice especially the three times David...
His Workmanship—The Production Line of Life
In Psalm 18:31-45 David personified Ephesians 2:10: “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Notice how He attributed every ability and victory...
Reaping and Sowing: A Principle of Life
“With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless; with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous. This God—his way is perfect; the word...
Mine Iniquity: Protecting Ourselves from Ourselves
“The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his judgments were...
The Lord’s Delight: From Distress to Deliverance
An idiom is a phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words. For example, “a watched pot never boils,” which means some things work out in...
Spiritual Weaponry—It Begins With Blood
In an earthly army, a soldier who enlisted is provided with both the appropriate weapons and the training to make him proficient in their use. While we could articulate many weapons the Lord has given us, let’s...