Focal Passage: Psalm 18:16-29
Psalm 18 begins with David’s declaration of love for the Lord whom he described as his strength, rock, fortress, deliverer, refuge, shield, horn of salvation, and stronghold. Did you notice the military significance of most of those words?
As an experienced warrior, David knew that without God’s power he was as helpless as an unarmed man exposed in battle! A couple of centuries later, the prophet Jonah prayed part of this Psalm (vv. 4-6) as he lay in the belly of the great fish (Jonah 2:1-10) desperate for God’s intervention. [Read more…]


