2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18, David
David used different words to describe how completely he depended on God and many of them are from a military perspective. We said yesterday that David had to be strong when facing enemies, both from within and without. Yet God sent Jonathan to encourage him, when Jonathan’s own father was foremost in trying to take David’s life.
13 I remain confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27, David
David never gave up, no matter how powerful the opposition. I love his quote in verse 13, that he was going to appreciate God’s grace and mercy IN THIS LIFE. Now, while we are living in the midst of the enemy is the only time when we can see God’s faithfulness to us. There won’t be any enemies in heaven, nor will there be any presence of sin. Once again David encourages us to, ‘Take Heart’ and trust in the Lord.
4 But now be strong, Zerubbabel,” declares the Lord. “Be strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,” declares the Lord, “and work. For I am with you,” declares the Lord Almighty. 5 “This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.” Haggai 2
GOD DEFENDS US IN OUR WEAKNESS, THAT IS THE TIME WHEN WE MOST QUALIFY FOR HIS HELP.
Only a remnant had returned to the Land and the Temple hadn’t been completed yet, they’d become discouraged by the size of the task, but God urged them to continue and finish the work. He reminded them that He’d made a Covenant with them when He brought them out of Egypt. We know that God has also delivered Believers from Egypt, a type of this world, but we too must press on to see the Kingdom established, in our lives and on the earth. God is determined to take back all that the enemy has stolen, just like we saw yesterday when David and his men rescued all their wives and children from the Amalekites. 1 Samuel 30
I listened recently to a message by the late prophet, Kim Clement, where he used a good metaphor to explain the difference between Entering and Inheriting. ENTERING IS NOT THE SAME AS INHERITING. Kim said that we can enter a hotel or a house and stay there for a time, but that doesn’t mean we own it. We may enter the Kingdom through Christ’s sacrifice (and only through it), but there is an Inheritance awaiting us, depending on how we’ve lived our lives here. We need to press on to receive all that God has for us both now and later in eternity. God helping us, we will.
May the Lord bless (Strengthen) and keep you. Immanuel, God is with us.