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DAVID AND THE GREATER DAVID
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
Psalm 118:1-29
1 Timothy 1:15-17
 
Jesus, my best Friend!
 
DAVID AND THE GREATER DAVID
 
This Psalm seems to describe either David or some other man of God who was appointed to a high honour in Israel. This elect champion found himself rejected by his friends and at the same time opposed by his enemies. Trusting God he battles for his appointed place and in due time he obtains it in such a way as to display the power of God in his life. He then goes up to the House of God to offer sacrifices to express gratitude for the divine interposition. All the people blessed him, wishing him abundant prosperity. This person who we think is David typified our Lord.
 
Division:
1. The faithful are to magnify the everlasting mercy of the Lord (vv.1-4)
2. The Psalmist tells of his experience and an expression of his faith (vv.5-18)
3. The Psalmist asks admittance into the house of God (vv.19-21)
4. The priests and people recognise their ruler and bless him (vv.22-27)
5. The grateful hero exalts God the ever merciful One (vv.28-29)
 
Does today’s reading meet the eye of a child of God anxious about temporals? You trust in Jesus, and only in Jesus, for your salvation, then why are you troubled?
 
“Christian, mix not only thy wine with water, do not alloy thy gold of faith with the dross of human confidence. Wait thou only upon God, and let thine expectation be from Him. Let the sandy foundations of terrestrial trust be the choice of fools, but do thou, like one who foresees the storm, build for thyself an abiding place upon the Rock of Ages.”
(Spurgeon)
 
THOUGHT: It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in princes.
PRAYER: Father, Thou art my strength and song, and art become my salvation.

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