Tuesday, October 20, 2009

2 Samuel 22

4 comments:

Unknown said...

"The Lord reached down from above and took me; He pulled me from the deep water, He saved me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me, because they were too strong for me." v17,18

After being delivered from depression, (because that's really how I see it, I don't see it as me "snapping out of it" or "coming out of" depression, I see it as the Lord delivering me from it, with as much drama as the picture this passage paints, I felt just like this.

Like I was drowning, that my enemies (I do believe in spiritual forces, demons if you will, who sometimes get a foothold, and plague us and dig their nails into us and follow us around like a monkey on our back, weighing us down and seeking to bring us down)were pushing me forcefully down, down, down, and I couldn't rise, couldn't get my bearings, couldn't breathe for all the oppression.

Only by the grace and hand of God was I pulled out of that. I can so relate to this passage if I think of it in terms of the demons that have stalked me.

Unknown said...

"He trains my hands for battle so my arms can bend a bronze bow, You protect me with your saving shield." v35,36

I have been amazed of late to see how my spiritual muscles have developed if I compare them to my performance in the past. Things that would have been, could have been used to wound me and trip me up in the past, just deflect right away and I am strong (in Him) to stand and hold my ground. Woo Hoo! Not to be arrogant about it, I recognize it is all His strength filling me up from within, and that trials and tempations will still come, but progress is something to be aware of, and to delight in, and to be thankful for.

Denise said...

Wow - I love this song of praise to the Lord! I understand and agree with you Prairie Chick - I too have been delivered from demons that I could not shake on my own. I am so thankful that the Lord pulled you out of that.

What struck me the most about this chapter is that the song is sooooo passionate! I hunger and desire for that passion! I want to know God and feel that intense passion that David sings with!

Mac an Rothaich said...

I read this and then I praised God in prayer time for how this is true in my walk with him too. Thank the Lord!