Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Confidence”
Our Bible verse for today: “In your strength I can crush any army; with my God I can scale any wall.” Psalm 18:29 (NLT)
Our thought for today: “If God is for you, who can be against you?”
I’m thinking you probably won’t have to crush any armies today, nor are you likely to find yourself scaling walls. It will probably only seem that way.
But, you will still find yourself facing challenges of some sort – we all do, every day. Today will be no different. Most of those challenges will be small and you’re already well-equipped to handle them. But eventually (maybe not today but someday), some of those challenges will be bigger, and they will be beyond your ability to handle. Maybe your will lose your job. Maybe the test results will show cancer. Perhaps you wake up and discover your spouse is gone and there’s a note on the kitchen table.
David had been running for his life as he was pursued by the armies of King Saul. He was in serious danger and he knew it. Psalm 18 was written as a Psalm of praise on the day the Lord delivered him from that threat. David’s life was spared, Saul was defeated, and the period of suffering and trials was over. David looked back on it now and affirmed that through it all he had had confidence in God. It was God who had come through and delivered him. And through it all David had trusted that in the end, this would be the case. Psalm 18:29 is an Old Testament version of Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Thomas a’ Kempis was a 15th century German monk who wrote the book “The Imitation of Christ”. It is believed that aside from the Bible, this book is the most widely read spiritual work of all time. With respect to having confidence in God to help us and care for us Thomas wrote, “How great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.”
To that, King David and the Apostle Paul would both say a hearty “Amen!”
As you go through your day today, maybe crushing armies and scaling walls, or maybe just typing memos and dealing with difficult bosses, put your confidence in God to help you through it.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 