Faithful Mornings: Devotions to Begin with Christ

FRIDAY, 18 JULY 2025

TEXT: Psalm 18:16-29

16: He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.

17: He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.

18: They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support.

19: He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

20: The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

21: For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I am not guilty of turning from my God.

22: All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.

23: I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.

24: The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

25: To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

26: to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

27: You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

28: You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

29: With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.

(New International Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: HE RESCUED ME FROM A POWERFUL ENEMY

It is bad enough when someone hates you. But it is even worse if your enemies are powerful and can use their power to finish you. That was the situation in which David found himself. He described his enemy as strong and hateful. And even though he admitted that the enemy was too mighty for him, he was not too strong for God vanquish.

Just as God came down to rescue His people from the powerful Egyptians (Exodus 3:7-8), be rest assured that He can still rescue you from the claws of the mighty, He is the power of the powerless.

If we can contextualise Exodus 3:7-8, it will read like this: "The LORD said, 'I have indeed seen the state of great physical and mental distress of my people in Nigeria, Africa and the entire globe, I have heard them crying out because of their corrupt leaders, and I am concerned about their suffering, so I have come down to rescue them from the hands of their corrupt politicians.'"

Note, however, that the Psalmist gives reasons for the rescue: "because the LORD delighted in me" (18:19). So, there is a price tag for divine intervention.

QUESTION: Have you ever used your power to remove food from someone's mouth for no justifiable reason?

PRAYER: Thank You, dear Lord, for being the power of the powerless and the defender of the widows and orphans, in Jesus’ name. Amen.