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INTRODUCTION:
If we were to spend a lifetime depending upon God’s strength and following God’s Word,
and then write about it -
What would we write about?
What would we write about?
I mean after a lifetime of watching providentially - God provide and protect us - what would we say at the end of that lifetime?
does that.
is a Psalm of Praise, thankfulness, and confession by David.
It recounts how God gave him military victory over his lifetime.
We know this from the subscript -
TO THE CHOIRMASTER.
A PSALM OF DAVID, THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, WHO ADDRESSED THE WORDS OF THIS SONG TO THE LORD ON THE DAY WHEN THE LORD DELIVERED HIM FROM THE HAND OF ALL HIS ENEMIES, AND FROM THE HAND OF SAUL.
HE SAID:
This also explains why a nearly identical copy of this Psalm is found in .
There are three major areas God gave David military deliverance -
1) David and Saul.
1) David and Saul.
2) Victory over foreign enemies (Philistines, Moabites, Arameans of Damascus, and the Edomites).
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3) Absalom.
David at this point in his life is a battle hardened Soldier,
who has experienced multiple close calls with death.
who has experienced the fear and gut ache of being on the run in a losing fight.
who has felt the depression of having your friends turn against you.
Yet, he lives,
and recounts with joy how God has been his strength.
READ PSALM 18.
PROPOSITION: God ought to be our Strength
Transition: And this Psalm shows us 3 ways how God strengthen David.
CLARIFICATION:
For time sake,
We are going to look at in a larger picture - which means we are going to look at this in larger chunks.
First,
The first way is that:
God strengthen
1. God Protected David.
a.
The threat of death.
(v.
4-5)
b.
David’s Plea to God. (v. 6)
But particularly notice how God protects David.
c. God’s Answer.
(v.
7-15)
d.
God’s Deliverance.
(v.
16-19)
Ps 18:16-19
In this section,
David is summarizing God’s deliverance.
But in his mind I am sure he is remembering, like flash backs,
all the time he was scared and in peril, but God delivered
The story of David demonstrates that God is our strength,
even when we are faced with death.
The 2nd way,
2. God Equipped David.
ILLUSTRATION:
Many times we are faced with situations that are beyond our abilities.
David is faced with Battles against far superior enemies.
I mean, Goliath outmatched David.
- Imagine fighting a giant -
- And he is just one of his enemies.
And he is just one of his enemies.
We often start out life without all the equipment we need for life - but God is faithful to equip us.
Notice the
a. Basis for God’s Deliverance.
(v.
20-30)
But did David have either the warrior skill or the Spiritual character to be delivered by God.
We might want to say yes,
but v. 31- 36 tell us other wise.
b.
The equipping of David.
(v.
31-36)
David’s blamelessness and David’s military might - came from God.
The Great Warrior Poet King was such,
because God made him such.
ILLUSTRATION:
Isn’t that a comfort?
That means one of our hero’s of the faith,
was all he could be - because God made him so.
In my mind,
this says as much about God’s protection as if he had been the one who struck God’s enemies himself.
this says a much about our righteousness as being of God, as though God stands in our place.
wait - isn’t that exactly what happens through Jesus Christ.
And look at what God’s equipping allowed.
c.
God’s Enabled Action.
(v.
37-42)
Ps 18:
God’s enablement equipped David to see him through the hard times, the scary ties, the death-defying times.
Finally, we see God’s strengthening as:
3. God Blessed David.
(v.
43-50)
God gave the nations who David faced,
Philistines, Moabites, Edomites into his hand.
And made him ruler over their people.
May I say, this is more than just surviving.
God has both exalted him - making head over other nations.
And giving him peace -
A rare commodity for an Ancient Near East King.
This is God manifold blessing on David’s life.
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