“I WILL LOVE YOU, O LORD, my strength.” (Psalms 18:1) This was a triumphant declaration made in a season of great victory. It is true that David decided to love the Lord, but even more true that he really FELT OBLIGED TO LOVE THE LORD who delivered him from many attacks from the enemy, so wonderfully. Since he was taken from the sheepfold and anointed the future king of Israel, David had lived some 20 or so years as a fugitive, and as a man who had lost everything. He lost his safety, he lost his youth, he lost his family, he lost his career, he lost his rights, he lost his connection with the covenant people of God, he lost his comforts, and at times he even lost his close relationship with God. Despite all, HE REMAINED STEADFAST TO THE LORD, and the Lord God – in His timing – delivered David and fulfilled the long-ago promise of his anointing.
“The LORD is my ROCK and my FORTRESS and my DELIVERER; My GOD, my STRENGTH, in whom I will trust; My SHIELD and the horn of my SALVATION, my STRONGHOLD.” (Psalms 18:1-2)
In these nine titles, we see what God was for David, and what HE IS FOR US…
-Bill Stockham