”What a glorious God! He gives us salvation over and over, then daily he carries our burdens! Pause in his presence Our God is a mighty God who saves us over and over! For the Lord, Yahweh, rescues us from the ways of death many times. But he will crush every enemy, shattering their strength. He will make heads roll for they refuse to repent of their stubborn, sinful ways. I hear the Lord God saying to all the enemies of his people, “You’d better come out of your hiding places, all of you who are doing your best to stay far away from me. Don’t you know there’s no place to hide? For my people will be the conquerors; they will soon have you under their feet. They will crush you until there is nothing left!”“
David is such a great example for us for so many reasons but in this passage, it’s clear that he has a right view of God -- and remember the two biggest game changers in our lives are when we have a right view of God and a right view of ourselves. David is exalting and honoring and praising God for his faithfulness. He was a worshipper and a warrior. He had no problem praying prayers that asked the Lord to destroy the wicked and to rescue him from his enemies. I think most of us have woken up to the fact that we can’t just tiptoe around the fact that there is true evil in this world. That is what we are fighting in this spiritual war. So let us have the boldness and the faith to ask the Lord to turn the hearts of the wicked to Him or get them out of the way, so that we and our children and generations to come can live in a safe and righteous world. Let us have the bold faith to agree with David that the Lord will cause us to succeed and cause us to conquer the wicked along with their wicked plans.
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