Psalm 60:9-12  “Who will bring me into the beseiged city? Who will lead me to Edom? Hast not Thou Thyself, O God, rejected us? And wilt Thou not go forth with our armies, O God? O give us help against the adversary, for deliverance by man is in vain. Through God we shall do valiantly, and it is He who shall tread down our enemies.”

How many times does my self-sufficiency get in the way? All too often I find myself relying on my own strength and depending on my own wisdom when I am challenged by my circumstances. I need to come to the end of myself more quickly and depend on the Lord more readily and steadily. David recognized that “deliverance by man is in vain.” All that we do to strategize or manipulate on our own can quickly evaporate. David also understood that “through God we shall do valiantly.”  He is the One doing our bidding and the One waging our battles. “And it is He who will tread down our adversaries.”

Lord, help me see my abilities and inabilities for what they are, knowing that You are great and mighty… and I’m not. Thank You for going before me and fighting my battles for me. The victory is already won in You. Thank You that through You, I shall do valiantly.

This entry was posted on Saturday, April 14th, 2007 at 9:10 pm and is filed under Daily Readings. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.