2 Samuel 22 -- I AGREE, David!

I love hearing David’s descriptions of God as God had revealed Himself to David, and David’s wonder that God would stoop down from His throne to do all of this for David.  I particularly noticed that, besides describing God as a shield, David described Him as his defender – an active participant in David’s well-being.

 

David didn’t look on his times of trouble and exile as times when God deserted him, but instead said, “The Lord supported me.  He took me to a safe place.  Because He DELIGHTS in me, He SAVED me.”  That’s probably the most important things for us to understand.  God’s love for us motivated Him to provide salvation for us through the death of His Son.

 

God was active in David’s life to produce a leader after His own heart, and He came down from heaven to do so.  “You have stooped to make me great.  You give me a better way to live, so I live as You want me to.”

 

I also saw something here that reminded me of my second adoption trip, because the facilitator was completely amazed at how everything happened at lightning speed when most adoptions were taking 4-6 weeks when mine was door-to-door in 18 days:  “People I never knew serve me.  Foreigners obey me.  As soon as they hear me, they obey me.  They all become afraid and tremble in their hiding places.”

 

Father, like David, I’m led to shout out how You have worked in my life to enlarge my faith and my trust in You.  I’ve seen You do amazing things that are unexplainable by any earthly measure.  Yes, You have blessed me with my sons, but also along the way You used those hardships to reveal Yourself to me and to enlarge me so that in turn I can magnify You and give glory to Your name as David did!

 

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford