Psalm 20
A Battle
Psa 20:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend
thee;
Psa 20:2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and
strengthen thee out of Zion
Psa 20:3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy
burnt sacrifice; Selah.
Psa 20:4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and
fulfil all thy counsel.
Psa 20:5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the
name of our God we will set up our
banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
Psa 20:6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed;
he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right
hand.
Psa 20:7 Some trust
in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our
God.
Psa 20:8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are
risen, and stand upright.
Psa 20:9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we
call.
- God
Hears our Prayers – vs 1-4
- What
do we run to in troubling times?
i.
Psalm 18:2-3
- God is
Our Salvation – vs 5-6
- God
Saves us from the enemy
i.
Psalm 18:35
ii.
Isaiah 40:31
- Divine
Intervention
- Do not
Trust in Worldly Might – vs 7-9
- Weapons
and technology will not save you
i.
Napoleon – “God is on the side that has the heaviest
artillery” – “I make circumstances” – After Waterloo quoting Thomas
a Kempis “Man proposes, but God disposes”
- David’s
ending plea
i.
Cry out to God in simple faith – let’s not over
complicate things
1. “Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as
safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern
myself about that, but to be
always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. Captain, that is the way all
men should live, and then all would be equally brave.”
- Stonewall Jackon
2.
Psalm 74:12
3.
Matthew 18:1-4
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