Psalm 20:6-8 "Now I know that the Lord
saves his anointed;he answers him from his holy heaven with the saving power of
his right hand. Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. They are brought to their knees and
fall, but we rise up and stand firm."
Just who IS the Lord's anointed? Well, 2 Cor. 1:21-22 says "He
anointed us...". Us is US (not the United States, but you and I ;)). Take a
read for yourself.
So, the Lord saves his anointed - since we are His anointed, He
saves us.
I'm reminded of some corporate business retreat years ago where
you would trust the person behind you enough to fall back into their arms and
they would catch you or they'd fall also and you'd land on top of them and at
least you'd have a cushion. Anyway, you get the jist.
'The Lord answers us (which means He hears us and acts - maybe
not in the way we expect or anticipate, but He acts).... from out of His HOLY
heaven. In His holiness, He reaches down with the saving power of His right
hand and catches us.
In battle, which most of us are in, if we call ourselves
Christians - some in the thick of the battle, some a bit wounded and in
triage... do we trust in our own strength? Our eyes see the enemy advancing or
even in our faces, but do we trust in our own 'chariots and horses' to carry us
through the battle? Or do we trust in the Name of the Lord our God.... JESUS to
carry us with His (mighty) right hand?
The enemy is brought to their knees and fall flat on their faces
at the very mention of the Name of Jesus... just imagine what goes on in the
spiritual when our eyes move from the enemies rants and raves that burden us
down to the ground - flattened by the lies; to our eyes looking at Jesus who
gives us the strength to 'rise up and stand firm'. Jesus empowers us to
overcome anything the world, the flesh, satan can throw at us (and no, I don't
give satan the least bit of pleasure of capitalizing his name).
It's our choice... what or who are we going to look at today?
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