Wednesday June 28th 2017
key verse: 7
THE MIGHTY RESCUE OF THE ETERNAL GOD
This psalm constitutes one part with the second: both describe the intercession and the thanksgiving of the people, before and after the fight led by the king.
1. The people intercede (1-6)
When Jacob was in a crisis, God had rescued him. On the way of the desert, at Laban's home, and in Yabboq, God was his rescue. Israel well knows the God of Jacob. We have reason to depend on him and implore his rescue, because God doesn't forget to send his rescue from the sky. God remembers our offerings and he responds when we are in the lack of materials. Above all God is the one who listens to the requests of our heart (5,6). The people know that the king is sacrificial, so they pray that God blesses him and gives him success.
2. But us, in the name of the Eternal God (7-10)
Now it's the king who prays. He knows that the Eternal God saves him and rescues him in the fight. The powers of this world rely on their military power. But for the Messiah, God's people rely on the Eternal God's name, which is the source of all power. When God sends his rescue, even if the powers of this world are powerful, they abide and surrender, whereas we stand firm. In the v. 10, the soldier prays for the king. Assurance coming from God ensures the near certain victory. But in the Bible, assurance doesn't provide sufficiency, but rather it provides the occasion for a pressing prayer and a call on God's salvation.
Prayer: Lord, help me to ask you and invoke you. We know that you will never forget to respond to us. So help me to wait on you with patience and faith. I pray that the king wins the fight making the people repent.
A word: from where comes the rescue ? The rescue comes from the sky.
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