Wooo love this song!
This is found in:
2 Samuel 22:2-4
2 He said,
“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
3 my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold and my refuge,
my savior; you save me from violence.
4 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies.
and
Pslam 18:1-3
I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies.
I love the descriptions...
ROCK: In whom I take refuge, solid as a rock, definite, unwavering, steadfast. Why should we worry when we got the rock as our foundation? Should we worry about our house falling apart, the world falling apart? our lives falling apart? Nah man, we are resting on the ROCK, relying on the ROCK, depending on the ROCK. Will something solid, definite unwavering, steadfast, never breaking, never falling, never failing, fail us? NOPE! In our times of trouble, the problem of sin mainly, we can truly rest and rely on God. And He has proven Himself reliable, trustworthy, and faithful through the gospel, by sending His Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins, that only through faith in Jesus, reliance on God are we saved. Not by our own works, wavering works, indefinite works, prone-to-fail works, imperfect works, below-average works, not by the works of the fallible man, but through faith in the infallible GOD. Perfect, steady and firm, we can rely, rest, trust, and depend on GOD, our ROCK.
FORTRESS: stronghold, defensive structure. Where do we turn when we are under attack? When we need help, safety? our FORTRESS! We know...we know that we are safe. In times of uncertainty, despair, hopelessness, we are safe here with God. God will take care of us. He is in control.
DELIVERER: He rescued me, saved me from sin through the sin-atoning death of Jesus. In times of trouble, God is our deliverer, He gets us out of trouble and succeeds. He gets it done. He delivers!
SHIELD: What does a shield do? It protects us. Protects us from wounds, harm, injury, destruction, and God does that as our shield. He shields us from evil, from sin through the gospel. He shields us from destruction, the enemy. In war, battle, everyday life, we know that God is protecting us.
HORN OF MY SALVATION: This is kinda unclear honestly speaking, but horn in this context is often viewed like the horn of a bull, as strength, and a gorger of enemies, of sin. Nevertheless,
we know that God is all for our salvation, He will save.
STRONGHOLD: Similar to fortress, we know that we can rely on Him and find rest, safety, strong defense, safeguard, and security.
As God as our Father, and we as His children, how assuring are these words, how encouraging are these words. No longer do we have to rely on our own strength which always fails (Romans 3:23); now we can rely, depend, rest, like children on our Heavenly Father, who has proven Himself rich in righteousness, founder (Jesus) of our salvation, redeemer of our dead-in-sin state, firm, mighty, strong, and trustworthy. God is glorified! God is glorious!
He is worthy to be praised!
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