Psalm 18:1-3 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said.....
"I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. (2) The LORD is my
rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will
trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
(3) I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so
shall I be saved from mine enemies."
My original thoughts were to try to capture one or two verses from each Psalm
and use them as the heart of thought each day. But as I arrive at the 18th
Psalm, I realize that my plan was nice, but it won't work for this particular
one. This Psalm holds personal meaning to me and there is just too much to try
to skim across. I won't go verse by verse, but there are just too many
beautiful thoughts and pictures that are presented for me to not give them my
attention. Bear with me and I pray the Lord will bless them into your heart as
well as mine.
As the heading tells us, David wrote this Psalm when he was delivered from the
hand of King Saul. I'm sure you remember how Saul's jealousy drove him mad and
he made several attempts to kill David, but the Lord delivered him each time.
As David realized the tremendous blessings bestowed upon him, he was moved to
boldly and openly declare his love for the Lord. I believe it is important that
we remember to express our love for God in our prayers as well as expressing
our desires and requests to Him. David acknowledged God as his strength and in
that acknowledgement, his love and devotion came flowing from his heart to the
very throne of God. You can read in verse 2 all the ways in which David
described God and the relationship that they had with one another. "The
LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in
whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower."
David realized that God was everything that He needed in order to survive the
unwarranted attacks against him. Paul would say it in this manner in Colossians
3:11, "Christ is all, and in all." Think upon those descriptive
words to see if any of them apply to you and your relationship with God.
As we understand the interaction in which we are abundantly blessed, then we
also come to the same conclusion as David: " I will call upon the LORD,
who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies."
As happens fairly often, I'm reminded of the beautiful song, "He's All I
Need", sung by the Kingsmen Quartet:
He's all I need when I just need someone to talk to,
He's always there to hear my prayer each time I call him;
All my needs He will supply, my thirsty soul He satisfies,
He's the Lord of Lords, He's all I need.
He comforts me when I'm weary and eases every pain,
Fills my deepest longing time and time again;
He's my soul's inspiration, my heart's consolation,
He's my everything, He's all I need.