Psalms 18:2. The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
"My rock in which I hide; my fortress in which I am secure; my deliverer who in a thousand ways brings me out of every peril." What a text those two words would make! I would like to preach from them: "My deliverer." Why, that is a name that runs through the whole story of redemption, and the whole history of providence. it is a title which we may use toward God in heaven as well as upon earth: "My deliverer." And now, as the psalmist advances in his song, he gives a very sweet title to the Lord,-
Psalms 18:2. My God,
At first, the Lord was to him, "Jehovah "-a name of awe and majesty; but now on covenant terms with God, he uses a name of bold affectionateness, and near approach: "My God."
Psalms 18:2. My strength,
That is the second time he has used that title; it is one that will bear repeating again and again: "My strength."
Psalms 18:2. In whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
What a blessing it is that we can look upon God under so many aspects, and in every aspect feel him to be ours! "My God, my strength, my buckler, my salvation, my high tower." To set those personal pronouns side by side with every blessed metaphor, and to call God ours under every emblem which we can heap together, this is the way to be indeed cheered and comforted. Calvin says, on this verse, that the saint is armed from head to foot, and even above his head, for he has given to him the horn of salvation to lift on high. God is everything to us, beloved. We want nothing outside of him; if we think we do want it, it is better to want it than to have it.
Psalms 18:2. The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
"My rock in which I hide; my fortress in which I am secure; my deliverer who in a thousand ways brings me out of every peril." What a text those two words would make! I would like to preach from them: "My deliverer." Why, that is a name that runs through the whole story of redemption, and the whole history of providence. it is a title which we may use toward God in heaven as well as upon earth: "My deliverer." And now, as the psalmist advances in his song, he gives a very sweet title to the Lord,-
Psalms 18:2. My God,
At first, the Lord was to him, "Jehovah "-a name of awe and majesty; but now on covenant terms with God, he uses a name of bold affectionateness, and near approach: "My God."
Psalms 18:2. My strength,
That is the second time he has used that title; it is one that will bear repeating again and again: "My strength."
Psalms 18:2. In whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
What a blessing it is that we can look upon God under so many aspects, and in every aspect feel him to be ours! "My God, my strength, my buckler, my salvation, my high tower." To set those personal pronouns side by side with every blessed metaphor, and to call God ours under every emblem which we can heap together, this is the way to be indeed cheered and comforted. Calvin says, on this verse, that the saint is armed from head to foot, and even above his head, for he has given to him the horn of salvation to lift on high. God is everything to us, beloved. We want nothing outside of him; if we think we do want it, it is better to want it than to have it.