Who is Needing Victory Today?

O. T. #1170  "Who is Needing Victory Today?
March 15, 2018
Psalms 3
But Thou, O LORD, art a shield for me: my glory, and the lifter of mine head. Psalm 3:3


LET IT GLOW

Are you in need of victory today? It may be anxiety, temptations, hurts, or discouragements that have us surrounded. Do we feel surrounded by our enemies today? What did David do when he was literally surrounded by his enemies?

King David wrote this song as he had to leave the palace in order to hide from his son Absalom, who wanted to become king of Israel. The background can be read in 2 Samuel 15-17. Absalom had obtained many supporters and thus formed a large army, which could have numbered 10,000. so David's negative friends though he would loose the throne through his death due to a rebellious son. In their discouragement, they said God had forsaken David, but he knew better. David's confidence was not shaken.

To David, God was:

• his shield, which is a protection, a buckler;
• David's glory, which refers to splendor, honor;
• the lifter of his head, to raise, lift up;
• the One who heard and answered David's prayer;
• the sustainer of David;
• the One who removed his fears;
• David's rescuer;
• victorious for him.

Did David have his head down as he prayed, feeling dejected? Who hasn't been there, or is there now? We feel wounded and are hurting. We need Jesus to lift our head and say, "I have this. It will turn our fine. Trust Me with this." And then we smile, released from our fears.

Sweet Jesus, only You are our protector, our glorious Lord, the hearer of our prayers and the One who answers, our sustainer and rescuer, the remover of our fears, and our victory. Bless Your holy name-King Jesus. Remind us that You are all-powerful. Help us to continue to trust You with our struggles and problems, giving them to You to handle. Will You encourage us today?

LET IT GROW

As it turned out, Absalom was riding his mule under some trees and the thickets of an oak tree caught him by the hair. His mule ran on, leaving his rider hanging by his hair. Joab killed him there.

In verse 8, David uses the word salvation (yshuwah/yesh-oo-aw), meaning deliverance, victory.

Victory comes from You, O LORD. (verse 8 NLT)

MacArthur says this is a broad-sweeping, all-inclusive deliverance, whether in the temporal or eternal realm.

Faith in God's timing was the answer to David's question about the success which the wicked had unfairly achieved. (Life Application Study Bible)

Do we have faith in God's timing?


LET IT GO

Trust God to bring victory in my life and His timing to do it.

Pray for Him to remove my fears, protect me, lift up my head shameless.