Through the Psalms pt. 3 (5 of 5)
There's Power in His Name
Darrow Perkins
Psalm 18:1-6
Trust is an issue that we all deal with because our interactions with one another determines just how much we will rely and depend on each other. By definition, the word trust means "reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence; it is the confident expectation of something; hope." Some people are more trusting of others, while some, because of the hand that life has dealt to them, have difficulty trusting people.
Sometimes we have problems trusting people because we don't know exactly what they're up to, or the fact that we've been hurt in the past. Some people have ulterior motives and personal agendas and will use you or anyone else to get what they want. We've trusted them, gave them our all, only to be hurt, feel busted and disgusted, all because we gave them our trust.
The Bible teaches us in Psalm 118:8-9, "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes." People will let you down; people will turn on you; people will use and abuse you; but the Lord will bless you like nobody else can. Knowing that man has limitations, and that God is all powerful, here are a few reasons to know that There's Power in His Name!
David is our writer here and as a king and man of war, he knows something about adversity and opposition. He knows what it's like to have things brought against you, but he also knows who has his back as well. Dr. Herbert Lockyer writes, "David appears to ransack his vocabulary for fitting terms to describe all God has been to him. Rock-Fortress-Deliverer-Buckler-High Tower! For all crises the psalmist looks for the Lord to intervene, and He does." We too should be able to see God in the same light as David did and understand that just as God was there for David, He'll be there for us too! Because He's no resp ...
There's Power in His Name
Darrow Perkins
Psalm 18:1-6
Trust is an issue that we all deal with because our interactions with one another determines just how much we will rely and depend on each other. By definition, the word trust means "reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence; it is the confident expectation of something; hope." Some people are more trusting of others, while some, because of the hand that life has dealt to them, have difficulty trusting people.
Sometimes we have problems trusting people because we don't know exactly what they're up to, or the fact that we've been hurt in the past. Some people have ulterior motives and personal agendas and will use you or anyone else to get what they want. We've trusted them, gave them our all, only to be hurt, feel busted and disgusted, all because we gave them our trust.
The Bible teaches us in Psalm 118:8-9, "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes." People will let you down; people will turn on you; people will use and abuse you; but the Lord will bless you like nobody else can. Knowing that man has limitations, and that God is all powerful, here are a few reasons to know that There's Power in His Name!
David is our writer here and as a king and man of war, he knows something about adversity and opposition. He knows what it's like to have things brought against you, but he also knows who has his back as well. Dr. Herbert Lockyer writes, "David appears to ransack his vocabulary for fitting terms to describe all God has been to him. Rock-Fortress-Deliverer-Buckler-High Tower! For all crises the psalmist looks for the Lord to intervene, and He does." We too should be able to see God in the same light as David did and understand that just as God was there for David, He'll be there for us too! Because He's no resp ...
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