10/31/2010 9:05:08 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My
Worship Time Focus: The Lord delivered David
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2Samuel 22:1-19
Message of the verses: “1 ¶
And David spoke the words of this song to the LORD in the day that the
LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
“2 ¶ He said, "The LORD is my rock and my fortress
and my deliverer; 3 My God, my rock, in whom I take
refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My
savior, You save me from violence. 4
"I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved
from my enemies. 5 "For the waves
of death encompassed me; The torrents of destruction overwhelmed me; 6 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares
of death confronted me. 7 "In my
distress I called upon the LORD, Yes, I cried to my God; And from His temple He
heard my voice, And my cry for help came into His ears. 8 "Then the earth shook and quaked, The
foundations of heaven were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.
9 "Smoke went up out of His
nostrils, Fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it. 10 "He bowed the heavens also, and came
down With thick darkness under His feet. 11
"And He rode on a cherub and flew; And He appeared on the wings of
the wind. 12 "And He made darkness
canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky. 13 "From the brightness before Him Coals of
fire were kindled. 14 "The LORD
thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice. 15 "And He sent out arrows, and scattered
them, Lightning, and routed them. 16
"Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the
world were laid bare By the rebuke of the LORD, At the blast of the breath of
His nostrils. 17 "He sent from on
high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. 18 "He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me. 19
"They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my
support.”
Some
background is needed before heading into the first nineteen verses of this
Psalm, which is very close to Psalm 18.
There
are some differences between 2Samuel 22 and Psalm 18 that Warren Wiersbe notes
in his introduction to his eleventh chapter of his commentary on 2Samuel. “It’s likely that 2Samuel 22 is the original
version, but when the song was adapted for corporate worship David wrote a new
opening: ‘I will love the, O Lord, my strength’
(Ps. 18:1KJV). The Hebrew word used here for ‘love’ means ‘
a deep and fervent love,’ not just a passing emotion. He also deleted from verse 3 ‘my savior; thou
savest me from violence.’ There are
other differences, but they do not deter us from grasping the glorious message
of this song of praise.”
Dr.
Wiersbe goes on to write that this Psalm was probably written right after the
Lord had given His covenant to David that he would always have a descendent on
the throne of Israel.
Written on 11-01-2010:
I
must say that I surely have a great deal of difficulty in understanding
Scripture like this one, basically Psalms in general for many of them are
written in a figurative style that makes it very difficult to understand and
that is the way this one is to me, and that is why I am so very thankful for
the help that I receive from the pen of Warren Wiersbe.
Dr.
Wiersbe writes that this Psalm was written after David became king, but it
reflect back, at least the first part, to when he was being hounded by Saul who
actually tried to kill him on five occasions that are recorded in the
Scriptures. David was anointed by Samuel
to be king of Israel but this did not happen until after at least ten years of
being chased by Saul, and during much of that time he and those with him lived
in caves and so they could see how the weather affected the land in a more
personal way and perhaps this is why David used this type of figurative
language of a storm and rain and even fire to describe the Lord and how He moved
to help David get away from his enemies and those who hated. David did not really count Saul as an enemy,
but David knew that Saul hated David and wished to kill David.
The
first four verses in this Psalm speak of God as a rock and this goes all the
way back to Genesis 49:24, and can be seen in other earlier parts of Scripture
such as the “Song of Moses” and the prayer of Hannah. A rock is something that is pictured as
strong and not able to be moved, and this pictures the Lord perfectly.
Next
in verses 8-20 pictures of storms are seen, and they to picture God, for as
storm in Scripture can represent a coming army or the judgment of God. These verses show David being rescued by the
Lord as David is now rid of the threat of Saul who has by this time been
killed.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: Dr. Wiersbe writes the following that I will
use for this part of my SD: “What do you
do when you’re drowning in a flood of opposition? You
call o the Lord and trust Him for the help you need.
He
also points out that David didn’t see himself as a great commander who led a
victorious army, but as God’s servant who trusted Jehovah to win the
victory. David gave all glory to the
Lord.
My
Steps of Faith for Today:
1. Trust
the Lord to take care of the difficult circumstances that we find ourselves in
because of the possible job in Hawaii.
2. Put
on the spiritual armor.
3. Trust
in the Lord with all of my heart and lean not upon my own understanding, in all
of my ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct my path.
11/1/2010 11:40:53 AM
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