Psalm 18:4-18

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song on the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said:

PSALM 18
4 The pangs of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
5 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.
6 In my distress I called upon the LORD,And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him, even to His ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken,Because He was angry.
8 Smoke went up from His nostrils, and devouring fire from His mouth;Coals were kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down, with darkness under His feet.
10 And He rode upon a cherub, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12 From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed with hailstones and coals of fire.
13 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.[a]
14 He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.
15 Then the channels of the sea were seen, the foundations of the world were uncovered. At Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
16 He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

I, lately, with this past year, feel as though my enemies are stacked up against me and at times I get very afraid. In that fear I cry out to the Lord but sometimes wonder if the Lord hears me because my faith in who God is, is lacking. I cry out saying Lord, I don’t know if I can take one more thing. Then my husband reads Psalm 18 tome and…what can I say? NO matter where we are in life, NO matter who is trying to tear us down we serve a God who is FAITHFUL. He never changes. What He has done for David and the anger against David’s enemies is the same anger He has for us when our enemies try to devour us. WE are HIS children. HE CHOSE US. I realize that no matter what I’m feeling, He remains the same. His love endures forever. He is my Dad, my Father. He is:

1 I will love You, 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 shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.

My thoughts and my fears NEVER change who God is. We may not know all the “whys” we are put through trials, oh if we could flip to the end of it and see the blessings and the mightiness of our awesome God, we would go through them differently. I realize there are times when I am most broken that reading the Word can be very hard for me but realize without the Word and being saturated in His Word, I can lose sight of who God is and His love for me.

My prayer is that we lean not on our own understanding but search Scripture and learn about who God really is and that His love for us is beyond anything we can understand.

Max and Tammy