With God, We Shall Do Valiantly

 

Psalm 108:1-13

 

September 15, 2022

 

With God, We Shall Do Valiantly

A Song​ A Psalm of David.

My heart is steadfast, O God!  I will sing and make melody with all my being!   Awake, O harp and lyre!  I will awake the dawn!  I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.  For your steadfast love is great above the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

 

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!  Let your glory be over all the earth!  That your beloved ones may be delivered, give salvation by your right hand and answer me! God has promised in his holiness:  “With exultation, I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Valley of Succoth.

Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter.   Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom, I cast my shoe; over Philistia, I shout in triumph.”

 

Who will bring me to the fortified city?  Who will lead me to Edom?  Have you not rejected us, O God?  You do not go out, O God, with our armies.  Oh, grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!
With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.

 

The introduction tells us about the heart and power of King David, “With God, We Shall Do Valiantly”.  But should anyone with any intelligence come to the conclusion that without God you will not be fearless, but fear will reign in your life?

A steadfast heart is a heart is one that center on something that can overcome the world.  Jesus is recorded by John as saying in John 16:33, “ I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”  You and I have witnessed, the fear of loss in the world, of stuff, of friends, and family, of income and saving.  And as we see lawlessness increase and the leadership tell lies, fear fills many a heart.  But not if you have a foundation that is built on the One that overcomes the world.

 

Let me share a testimony of Jan and mine, most nights before our prayer time together, we get the old Hymn book and sing to the Lord,  Most Church, have praise teams, and have gone away from the Hymnbook, so you should not find it hard to find one, maybe at your Church, or the second-hand book store.

 

One does not encounter many who desire conflict but we do witness many who long for peace.  Let me share that I was consumed with fear until I asked the Prince of Peace to come into my heart.  So ask the Father in heaven to bring His peace into your heart and then share with your family and friends the peace you have since Jesus came into your heart.  Now you can ask the Father to wake His Church to the last verse of Psalm 108.  With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.

 

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice