a couple things stuck out to me in chapter 18. first of all, verse 2 says "The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer". do you guys know what the word "deliver" means? you know like when you send a text message and then you go back into your sent folder there it tells you when your text was sent AND when it was delivered. and sometimes your text is delivered 5 minutes after it was sent. so how does this make sense? i was watching this message on TV a while ago and the pastor was talking about this very question. when you go to the post office, you SEND a letter or package to a destination. you don't DELIVER it because that's the mail person's job. so what David is saying in this passage is that the Lord not only sends you out of evil or danger, he delivers you out of evil. in other words, he makes sure that you get out of evil. here's another example, when you go to heaven, God will not only send you there, he'll be there right by your side as you go. it's like he's in shotgun when you're driving. he won't just say good-bye and watch you drive off to wherever. he'll be with you each step of the way. so God is your ultimate mailman. God is your deliverer.
in verse 30, it says "the word of the Lord is perfect". i remember getting a few 100% grades on essays in high school. most of them were only a page or two long but when i look back on them now, i can notice some flaws in them like slight misspellings, grammar issues, and other things. so in a way my paper wasn't perfect. now look at the bible. my study bible is 1991 pages long. to say that my bible is perfect kinda sounds impossible to some people. theologists and scientists have tried and are still trying to prove the bible wrong. and i would be convinced that the bible is imperfect but there's one fact that keeps me faithful, John 1 says "the Word was God". it's true, the bible is the living, breathing Word of God, and that makes it perfect. and because God is perfect, that makes all those stories of jonah and the big fish, the great flood, the parting of the red sea, and all the miracles true. that's it, what else is there to say. so if someone asks you, "How can you believe all that ridiculous stuff in the Bible?" just tell them, "'cause I believe in God and His perfection".
on to chapter 19. i love verse 3 because it says, "There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard." isn't it amazing that no matter what language you use to praise and glorify God, He can understand you. so God really does hear and love all the children of the world.
verses 7-11 is just more proof that God is perfect. read through these verses more than once and try to fathom God's perfection if you can. we all know that no one is perfect and that Jesus was. try to imagine what perfect looks like. what does the lifestyle of a perfect man look like? what do they do all day? think about it... what would Jesus do? once you start getting an idea of how to live a perfect life, apply it to yours. can you handle it? remember, your life is for God, the perfect One. handle it.
verses 7 and 8 of chapter 20 go like this, "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm." when you go walking through your school, you see a lot of people who use violence to solve answers. they think that their punches and power can defend them from anything. if someone wants to fight them, they use violence, not words. they depend on their strength so much that when they realize that their strength is gone, they have nothing. when you trust in the Lord, you have a source that will never run out. what does that mean to you? to have God on your side means to have infinite power, knowledge, love, grace, and everything else on your side. your own power can't help you when you face Satan. only trust in God can drive away the devil.
chapter 22 verse 23 says to "revere Him". the word "revere" means to have admiration or deep respect. so when you think about God's power and love for us, how can you not respect and admire Him? we respect our elders, teachers, friends, and others, but sometimes we don't respect God. if you really do love God, you respect Him.
i really don't need to say anything about psalm 23. i can talk for hours about psalm 23. if you haven't read this chapter before, you need to now. but not only read it, meditate on it. what does it mean to "lie down in green pastures" or "You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies"? psalm 23 is my life-chapter. it's words so little but meaning so profound and important in our Christian lives.
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