"In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried out to my God." Psalm 18:6 NKJV
God is not only our bodyguard but He is our rescuer too. David had been suffering threats from his enemies, including King Saul and, even though he was a mighty warrior and well able to handle all of this, he did what we all should do, he called upon the Lord. He said, 'I will call upon the LORD who is worthy to be praised, so shall I be saved from my enemies.' v3. He then recalls what happened from thereon:
'In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried out to my God.' This is always the way to go when we face adversity in our lives. We may feel we can handle it on our own, but God prefers us to allow Him to fight our battles for us. He is the avenger Romans 12:19. He hears us when we call out to Him. We may feel that He doesn't at times and continue to call out to Him time and again. David says in v6 'He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him, even to His ears.' David then outlines what happened. The earth shook and trembled because God was angry that one of His sons was being treated badly and in v9, David writes, 'He bowed the heavens also, and came down with darkness under His feet,' Don't miss the latter part of this verse, God came down with darkness under His feet. This is how God deals with the devil and his demons; He puts them under His feet where they belong. And God wants us to do the same.
We have all the heavenly weapons that we need contained in the Armour of God. We have the power that exists in the Name of Jesus and when we pray in spiritual warfare, the devil runs. This is why James writes, 'Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you' James 4:7. Did you get that? It doesn't say resist the devil and he might think about leaving you alone. No, it says that as we resist him, he will flee. There is power in the Name of Jesus and we need to use this power more and more. As we call on Jesus and then, use His Name, resisting all the devil is throwing at us, we will have victory.
Remember yesterday, when we discussed the word salvation (Soteria), we saw how the meaning of this is more than just eternal life, and rescue is a part of it. Part of being saved is that Jesus will always be there to rescue us, as we call on Him.
He is our Eternal Rescuer!
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