Psalm 27
"Though an army may encamp against me, my heart shall not fear." v. 3
I imagine him, hunkered down in his palace. Hearing daily the death toll of war, he writes for his comfort. Perhaps he shows those near him his words and they are astounded at his faith.
Here I am, hunkered down in my life an enemy encamped inside of me, reading what he wrote. He commands my heart not to fear. He could not have known that these words would pass down to me as the Word of God upon which I could depend. He could not have known how his words would comfort and spur.
What I wonder as read, is whether his heart feared or if he wrote with the same heavy hope that I read it. A heavy hope that says if I truly believed, how could I fear. A conundrum arises because I do fear, but I also thought I believed.
"Be of good courage, and he will strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the Lord." v. 24
I imagine him, hunkered down in his palace. Hearing daily the death toll of war, he writes for his comfort. Perhaps he shows those near him his words and they are astounded at his faith.
Here I am, hunkered down in my life an enemy encamped inside of me, reading what he wrote. He commands my heart not to fear. He could not have known that these words would pass down to me as the Word of God upon which I could depend. He could not have known how his words would comfort and spur.
What I wonder as read, is whether his heart feared or if he wrote with the same heavy hope that I read it. A heavy hope that says if I truly believed, how could I fear. A conundrum arises because I do fear, but I also thought I believed.
"Be of good courage, and he will strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the Lord." v. 24
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