Psalm 18:36 "Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip."
Psalm 18:46 "The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted."
May I ask a very blunt question? Do you believe in the god of luck? Do
you believe that it is because of luck that you got through some difficult
times? When asked in this way, most people would say, "No, I do not
believe in the god of luck." Yet so many times, we hear someone say,
"I sure was lucky to get out of that mess." May I tell you
there is no such thing as luck? When we asked the doctor what could have
caused the mass to form on my wife's brain, he answered, "It's just the luck
of the draw." Without hesitation, she looked him in the eye and
said, "There is no such thing as luck."
I include these two verses today because they fit together perfectly. David is
writing verse 36 as he looked back at one or more particular instances in his
life where he could say for a fact that the Lord delivered him from a
situation. There is no way David would say, "I sure was lucky to be
able to deliver the lamb from the bear and the lion." There is no way
David would say, "I just closed my eyes and flung that stone the best I
could and by luck of the draw, it happened to hit Goliath in the one spot where
he was unprotected." No, David said, "You have made my feet
steady." You made sure I was on solid ground and you gave strength and
direction to me and to that smooth stone."
Why am I stressing these things this morning? Because there is no such thing as
a god of luck. David answered this thought in verse 46: "The LORD
liveth." Our God is alive! He hears our cries when we call to Him. He
knows our deepest thoughts and cares. He sees us in our struggles, just as
Jesus saw the disciples toiling in trying to row the boat to the other side of
the lake. "For who is God save the LORD?" In answering
that question, David is quick to declare "The LORD liveth!"
He's alive! "And blessed be my rock!" I asked
earlier if you believe in luck because for anyone who believes life is filled
with lucky or unlucky times cannot truly say, "Blessed be my rock."
For you see, if you believe in luck then you are declaring luck to be your god
and your rock. May I steer you away from that to tell you, luck does not
exist; but, "The LORD liveth and He is my blessed rock!"
"Let the God of my salvation be exalted." What or who is the
power of your salvation (deliverance)? Whether we talk about eternal salvation
into heaven's glory or our daily deliverances, what or who is the power of your
salvation? Is it a matter of luck? Is it because you were smart enough or
strong enough, or just happened upon the right decision at the right
time? Or is the power of your salvation based upon the fact that the LORD
is our God? He lives! He is blessed! If so, let us exalt His Holy
Name!