# 9 2019. Dev. Psalm 57:12-13. God Sends Forth! Read all of Ps. 57 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. 57:3 “He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me—God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.”
This Psalm is much like the Psalm 56: divided into two sections, each ending in a refrain. David asks for God’s mercy, confirms God as his refuge; “I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings”. He confirms Gods salvation; “He (God) sends from heaven and saves me”. David uses the metaphor of living among lions to describe his situation. Even so he ends this half of the prayer by glorifying God: “Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.”
The second half of the prayer is reversed; he begins with all what his enemies are trying to do in order to catch and kill him. Again he confirms God’s love and faithfulness; “My heart, O God is steadfast”. Again he is determined to praise God, to sing songs of praise as witness to God’s love for him: “for great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.”
The situation that David is praying about is found in I Sa. 24:1-3. Saul is pursuing David in order to kill him, not that he is an enemy, no, he was a beloved friend, but because God had anointed David to be the next king. David is innocent and given the opportunity, he refused to kill Saul.
David’s situation was a spiritual and a political attack on him. Today we live in an oppressive environment; people are rejected for who they are, rejected for lofty positions and for lowly positions, rejected for being Christian, or for being conservative, or, for being republican. We identify with David and take his prayer to heart. God is our refuge, Jesus’ love and faithfulness for those who follow Him “reaches to the skies”.
“Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.”
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