Light!

Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12

 

 # 7 2019. Dev. Psalm 56:12-13. The Light of Life! Read all of Ps. 56 The purpose of these devotionals is to draw Gremar and I closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.

 Ps 56:12-13 “I am under vows to you, my God; I will present my thank offerings to you. ¹³ For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God in the light of life.”

 The title of this Psalm indicates that David was seized at Gath, but it appears he escaped, you can read about the events in I Sam. 21. The issue here is that Saul was out to kill David in an attempt to save his kingdom that was slipping away from him. The people at Gath betrayed David to Saul. Even so David escaped from their grasp and from Saul’s grasp.

 David appeals to God; “be merciful to me, my God. My adversaries pursue me all day long.” The Psalm is divided into two halves with a refrain; “In God I trust; I will not be afraid”, central in both halves. David describes a very real physical danger but when he speaks about God’s care he turns to the spiritual reality of his life.

 That is where we are in our time. Our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with dark spiritual forces of this world (Eph.6:12). Do those of us who follow Jesus realize what we are up against and if so do we recognize the subtle attacks of Satan? Along with David we ask for mercy, we trust God and do not fear and we continue to pray for His grace and protection. We have the same results as David; we are delivered from spiritual death. We are able to walk in Jesus’ ways so “that I (we) may walk before God in the light of life”, or “in the land of the living”(NIV notes), meaning life evermore with Christ, not by power but with humble and simple faith. We praise you Lord Jesus!

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