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 of his to the Lord. Everything he accomplished was made possible by Him.
It was the Lord who had prepared David’s way, taught him, trained him, and delivered him. When David sang, “For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle…,” he credited God for the victory. Girding was essential to free motion on account of the looseness of Oriental dresses; hence, it is an expressive figure for describing the gift of strength.[1]
Thus, David symbolically stated that it was the Lord’s strength, and not his own, that brought his triumphs.
Years before, as David sat by a sheepfold looking after his father’s flock, one could never imagine this ruddy shepherd boy would become a mighty warrior. In truth, David never would have been that strong soldier had he not passed through God’s “production line” where each stop definitively combined to make him who he was. Had he not killed the bear and lion in his private battle, he may never had stood between two armies in the Valley of Elah (see 1 Samuel 17:2, 19). Had he not killed Goliath, he may never had been in the king’s court. And had he not been in the king’s court….
The truth is, as a Christian, you are His workmanship and each stop along this life’s production line adds to your personal completion in Christ.
The Lord has a perfect plan for how you should live—a holy life ordained from the foundation of the world—and what you should do in your obedience to Him.
Pray today that you could fulfill all He desires for you and acknowledge the He is your all in all.
