Anglican Communion Daily Fountain 10 March 2024, Sunday Message
Daily Fountain 10 March 2024 Devotional TOPIC: Count Your Blessings
TEXT: Psalm 18: 27-38(NKJV)
18:27. For You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks.
18:28. For You will light my lamp; The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
18:29. For by You I can run against a troop, By my God I can leap over a wall.
18:30. [As for] God, His way [is] perfect; The word of the LORD is proven; He [is] a shield to all who trust in Him.
18:31. For who [is] God, except the LORD? And who [is] a rock, except our God?
18:32. [It is] God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect.
18:33. He makes my feet like the [feet of] deer, And sets me on my high places.
18:34. He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
18:35. You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great.
18:36. You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.
18:37. I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
18:38. I have wounded them, So that they could not rise; They have fallen under my feet.
Anglican Communion Daily Fountain 10 March 2024 STUDY:
Psalm 18 is generally a thanksgiving by David for all the deliverances wrought in his life by God. The psalm helped him to keep the experiences fresh in his memory so as never to forget the mighty deeds of God. This psalm was first sung in 2 Samuel 22 when David was young, however, even at old age, he still remembered all the great acts of God.
While reminiscing, David described God as He who repays a person accordingly (Psa. 18: 27), thus, establishing the biblical fact that we reap what we sow (Job 34: 11; Rom. 2: 6). He remembered God as He who lightened his darkness, and helped him to run and leap over the wall, girded him with strength and made his way perfect; made his feet like that of a deer, set him on high places and taught his hands to war (Psa. 18: 28-34). All these depict David’s trust and total dependence on divine intervention in all his victories which kept Israel safe throughout his reign.
David’s reliance on God throughout his life accounted for all his successes. Who do you depend on: Your efforts, intellect, or connections?Do you see God in all our endeavours? Do you accord Him all the honour due Him for both the ‘little’ and ‘big’ wins? Are you humble enough to count our blessings and encourage others to do so? If you do, it will surprise you what God has done.
PRAYER: Quietly count, name and thank God for all your blessings today and always.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Your old life has died and your new life is hid with Christ in Me. Colossians 3:3
