Today's Passage: 2 Samuel 21-22
In chapter 21, David faces the Philistines again, specifically the descendants of Goliath. Again, God is faithful and delivers David. Have you noticed that some battles seem to come back again and again in our lives? We can identify with David in this struggle. God demonstrates His faithfulness each time, proving once again, He never changes.
In chapter 22, David praises God in detail for what He has done in his life. He once said to Goliath, "The Lord will deliver you into my hand." In this chapter, he says in verse 30, "For by You I can run upon a troop; by my God I can leap over a wall." David lived a life of dependence on God alone. What a testimony! I love the pictures he paints of what God is to him. He uses words like rock, fortress, shield, refuge, and tower. In David' s life these are literal --God smote his physical enemies and was his shield from physical death. Have you seen God be your rock, fortress, shield, refuge and tower in your life? I hope so-- if you can't, may I suggest you need to look a little deeper.
Where is the David that committed adultery and murder? He received God's forgiveness and moved on with his life to serve Him. It is a such a beautiful thing that after all the events of David's life, his knowledge of , understanding of, and dependence on God has grown. Out of his own praise he demonstrates that he was a man truly after God's own heart. If God can do that in David, He can do the same and more in us! What is keeping us from being after God's heart? Let's find out what it is and kick it to the curb!! (Hebrews 12:1-2)
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