PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Psalm 21
What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage?
“The king rejoices in your strength, Lord.” (Psalms 21:1)
As I read David’s confidence, I wonder about my own confidence in the Lord.
He found hope in the fact that he was God’s anointed servant (‘the king’).
That God was at work for a good purpose through his life.
Though I am not ‘the king’, I am a member of the king’s family, and anointed too.
Jesus is the ultimate king, the ultimate anointed one (messiah/christ = anointed).
Though his enemies plotted evil against him, their schemes did not succeed.
He found his strength in God (v.1), and was exalted in that strength (v.13).
I am reminded that he was killed so that I might live.
He won the battle against sin, death and hell, so that I might win with him.
I sense the Lord prompting me to express my confidence in God as well.
We are anointed by the Spirit too, and God also has a good purpose for us.
Our enemy Satan cannot succeed, even if we go through battles and setbacks.
We can find our strength in the Lord, for we will be exalted too!
Our world belongs to God, and so do I; nothing can succeed against him or us!
PRAYER
Lord, I will say it, even if I do not even feel it. I will rejoice in your strength, for I will be exalted in your strength!
Building on a rock that is greater than I: “For the king trusts in the Lord;”. Recognizing that I need to seek God’s way – to be on His team – not my own is the key1 Then I too will build on a solid foundation that I can trust. I pray that I may not slip on muddy soft soil – keep me close to you I pray, Lord Jesus1
Trust in the Lord God with all your heart. My heart needs to be in tun with His. Each day anew I need to prayerfully continue to serve my King, trusting that He will supply all of my needs. I am strong, a conqueror, but only in His power for it is He who empowers me each day to serve Him in all I do and say. May others see me in my living for Jesus.
Living for Jesus, a life that is true,
Striving to please Him in all that I do;
Yielding allegiance, glad-hearted and free,
This is the pathway of blessing for me.
Refrain:
O Jesus, Lord and Savior, I give myself to Thee,
For Thou, in Thy atonement, didst give Thyself for me;
I own no other Master, my heart shall be Thy throne;
My life I give, henceforth to live, O Christ, for Thee alone.