Have you noticed that no matter how many times you have read a passage it is fresh every time? I cannot count the number of times I have read Psalm 18 (here @ Bible Gateway), but its riches continue to emerge.
There is so much here that it will be impossible to cover it in a few sentences, even though I have written on this Psalm twice before, here and here.
Notice how David describes the Lord, He is David’s:
Note also that the Lord equipped David by training his hands so that David could bend a bow of bronze.
This describes a warrior king. One who was intentionally chosen to lead the people of God. For the most part, except for some serious lack of judgement, David did that very well. But it wasn’t really David that gets the credit. It was the transforming, life renewing, intentional, unmerited work of God in David’s life that made him the man he was.
David was a strong leader, an incredible warrior. But the overwhelming thing in this Psalm, this time through, is not all of the attributes listed above. No, the attribute that David claims as the one thing about God that made him a great leader and warrior is not the strength, it is the gentleness of God.
Think about that. Why would David focus on that aspect of God’s nature and character? Let me know what you think.
There is so much here that it will be impossible to cover it in a few sentences, even though I have written on this Psalm twice before, here and here.
Notice how David describes the Lord, He is David’s:
- Strength
- Rock
- Fortress
- Deliverer
- God
- Rock (again)
- Refuge
- Shield
- Salvation
- Stronghold
Note also that the Lord equipped David by training his hands so that David could bend a bow of bronze.
This describes a warrior king. One who was intentionally chosen to lead the people of God. For the most part, except for some serious lack of judgement, David did that very well. But it wasn’t really David that gets the credit. It was the transforming, life renewing, intentional, unmerited work of God in David’s life that made him the man he was.
David was a strong leader, an incredible warrior. But the overwhelming thing in this Psalm, this time through, is not all of the attributes listed above. No, the attribute that David claims as the one thing about God that made him a great leader and warrior is not the strength, it is the gentleness of God.
Think about that. Why would David focus on that aspect of God’s nature and character? Let me know what you think.
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