Psa 18:1-3, … I WILL LOVE YOU, O LORD, MY STRENGTH. THE LORD IS MY ROCK AND MY FORTRESS AND MY DELIVERER; My God, MY STRENGTH, IN WHOM I WILL TRUST; MY SHIELD AND THE HORN OF MY SALVATION, MY STRONGHOLD. I WILL CALL UPON THE LORD, WHO IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED; SO SHALL I BE SAVED FROM MY ENEMIES.
David most likely wrote this psalm when he was young, BUT SANG IT AT THE END OF HIS LIFE (2Sam 22)! AFTER A LIFE OF TROUBLE, OF RUNNING FROM SAUL, TROUBLES IN HIS FAMILY, TROUBLES IN HIS SINS; HE REALISES THAT GOD HAS ALWAYS THERE!
Psa 18:28-29, FOR YOU WILL LIGHT MY LAMP; The LORD my God WILL ENLIGHTEN MY DARKNESS. FOR BY YOU I can run against a troop, BY MY GOD I can leap over a wall.
IT WAS GOD THAT BROUGHT OUT THE LIGHT IN HIS DARKEST MOMENTS, IT WAS GOD WHO GAVE HIM HIS STRENGTH TO CONTINUE!
Psa 18:30-31, AS FOR GOD, HIS WAY IS PERFECT; THE WORD OF THE LORD IS PROVEN; HE IS A SHIELD TO ALL WHO TRUST IN HIM. FOR WHO IS GOD, EXCEPT THE LORD? AND WHO IS A ROCK, EXCEPT OUR GOD?
IN TIMES OF TROUBLE DAVID REALIZED THAT THE PROMISES OF THE LORD ARE TRUE DESPITE HIS CIRCUMSTANCES!
Rom 8:28, AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.
HE WAS A SHIELD WHEN DAVID NEEDED A SHIELD, HE WAS HIS STRENGTH WHEN DAVID WAS WEAK, HE WAS HIS HOPE IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY!
Psa 18:32-35, IT IS GOD WHO ARMS ME WITH STRENGTH, And makes my way perfect. HE MAKES MY FEET LIKE THE FEET OF DEER, And sets me on my high places. HE TEACHES MY HANDS TO MAKE WAR, SO THAT MY ARMS CAN BEND A BOW OF BRONZE. YOU HAVE ALSO GIVEN ME THE SHIELD OF YOUR SALVATION; YOUR RIGHT HAND HAS HELD ME UP, YOUR GENTLENESS has made me great.
FOR YOUNG MEN LEARNING TO TRUST THE LORD MAY SEEM DIFFICULT BUT AS YOU GROW IN AGE YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE HIS HAND IN YOUR LIFE! HE IS ALWAYS THERE AND HE CAN CLEARLY SEE AND HEAR YOU EVEN IF YOU CAN’T! TRUST IN THE LORD!