Psalm 21 We WIn!

Scripture selections are taken from the Rock Church Daily Bread Reading schedule for each month. “Lena’s Journalin’” are Lena’s comments on the specific passages from her Daily Journal.

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Psalm 21:1-13
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 How the king rejoices in your strength, O LORD! He shouts with joy because of your victory.
2 For you have given him his heart's desire; you have held back nothing that he requested.
Interlude
3 You welcomed him back with success and prosperity. You placed a crown of finest gold on his head.
4 He asked you to preserve his life, and you have granted his request. The days of his life stretch on forever.
5 Your victory brings him great honor, and you have clothed him with splendor and majesty.
6 You have endowed him with eternal blessings. You have given him the joy of being in your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the LORD. The unfailing love of the Most High will keep him from stumbling.
8 You will capture all your enemies. Your strong right hand will seize all those who hate you.
9 You will destroy them as in a flaming furnace when you appear. The LORD will consume them in his anger; fire will devour them.
10 You will wipe their children from the face of the earth; they will never have descendants.
11 Although they plot against you, their evil schemes will never succeed.
12 For they will turn and run when they see your arrows aimed at them.
13 We praise you, LORD, for all your glorious power. With music and singing we celebrate your mighty acts.
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~ Lena’s Journalin’~
Most of us fight, we fight for our own rights, protection, provision etc. Are we winning yet? If there was a way to win would we not engage in it?
There is a way to win. Let the guards down, trust in the Lord with all of your heart, lean not unto thine own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct thy pathways!
“What, are you saying, Lena, Are you telling us not to fight?”
Let me ask again. Are your tactics working for you? Does hatred or bitterness make an enemy flee?
Does hard work bring bread to the table. I mean, have you gotten ahead of the game yet?
Does your busyness and running around help you to be able to sit down and rest?
Well, I’m sort of and then again not telling us to not fight, let’s rather say not strive. Let’s say we engage in a fight, but we trust, rely on God, and live by faith in The greater one than ourselves who says He’ll take on the battles for us.
He’ll do the warring, we just enter the warfare and win by submission to Him.
So what if he says something like forgive and love your enemy, rather than fight w/ him?
What if that is the only way to defeat your enemy?
Huh?
Exactly. That does not sound like warfare, does it? But it is.
Keep reading the book
He wins
When we stand with Him, engaging His way, we win!


Daily Recital Verses -
Psalms 118:24 This is the day the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Prov 17:22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person's strength.