Sunday, January 20, 2008
Psalm 18 (its finally here! the long awaited long-verse)

yo guys! okay actually as i read psalm 18 i was quite... surprised. cos the writing style suddenly become so... lengthy. its like the wrath of God was described until an extent like in v8-13. "Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it. ..." reminds u of some villain in a fairytale rite... But the reason why David wrote it this way was to show God's wrath upon his enemies eg. Saul.

But what spoke to me most was the faith that David had in God. Look at v.31.
"For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God?"

There were times in which i was struggling with probs in sch, be it homework, frens or my responsibility as a "senior" councillor and i would get so frustrated dat i will suddenly "proclaim", "YOU ARE GOD AND I SURRENDER THEM TO YOU!!" The funny ting is after i jus "shouted" dat in my heart, it felt as thou my sch bag was 2kg everyday. ok la dat was lame. not so exaggerating la but seriously i felt very free. But of cos i noe dat althou i surrender them to the Lord doesnt mean i sit down shake leg. cos it has always been and will always be 100% God and 100% man. v.32 says so. why would He still "arm me with strength" if He is going to do all the work for me?

Well for David, i think he said it with his WHOLE heart cos he continued saying alot alot abt the goodness of God. And truly, if our God is our Lord, there is nothing we can't overcome with Him.
If God is with us, who can be against us?

Today in SOL2, Ps Evelyn said dat althou sometimes we pray, the devil can still counter our words if they are made up by our own intellect. He will say "Aha! those words are u made up one. So how can u be sure that God will save you? You think u so clever can ask God to appear our of nowhere and help u ar? dun kidd urself la.." (bad english rite..? his english is liddat.. so cant blame him. xD)

But when you start using God's word against the evil one, he wont be able to find any "loophole" to counter-attack you. Remember that God's word is sharper than any other 2-edged sword. so if ur own words are an example of a 2-edged sword, you know what to do. haha. dats why memorising key verses is so important.

Therefore, I shall keep my life as close as possible to God's Word because "...his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him." (v.30)

Finally, I shall end off with v.50 "He gives his king great victories; he shows his unfailing kindness to his anointed; to David and his descendants forever."

GBU!
Daniao Wen Long (Bigbird Smell Dragon)
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