# 42. 2017 Dev. Ps.21:4 Life Forever. Read all of Ps. 21. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Psalm 21:4
“He asked you for life, and you gave it to him— length of days, for ever and ever.”
Ps. 21 seems to be the answer to the prayer for protection and victory of Ps 20.
Here as well it is a prayer of the people praising God. The prayer is framed with “Lord”. The King rejoices in the Lord’s strength and God is exalted in His strength vs.1,13. God is given the glory thought out the prayer.
God is praised for victory vs.1,5, for giving the desires of the king’s heart, v.2, for blessings vs.3,6, for life v.4 and for protection vv.8-12
The heart of the prayer is v.4. Here is where the prayer resonates for our time.
David practiced faith as he knew and understood it in his time. God chose him, and David is saved by faith, the same choosing and faith that is given us. The prayer speaks of the length of day, each day ordained by God and ordained for us. But the prayer also alludes to eternal life, perhaps not understood as we do but inspired by the Spirit of God just the same.
God’s intention is to bring every person into His Kingdom. Along with David we have “unending blessings and make glad with the joy of your presence”.
Jesus is so much present with us that He lives in our hearts now and when the days are ended, we live with Him forever! Along with David we rejoice in the strength of the Lord!
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