Finding Refuge in Love and Faithfulness

1 Samuel 24; Psalms 57-58; 1 Chronicles 8; Matthew 8 

“Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills his purpose for me. He sends from heaven and sees me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me; God sends his love and his faithfulness…For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.”

Psalm 57:1-3, 10

In the most trying time of his life with an army hunting for him in the hills of Judah, David took refuge under the wings of God. As David cried out to God for salvation, God sent him his love and faithfulness.

How can God use love and faithfulness to deliver us from the attacks of the enemy?

David reminded himself of the promises and purposes of God over his life. Rather than focus on Saul and design counter-schemes and strategies, David focused on the Lord God Most High. David appealed to the highest authority in the universe - the Lord of heaven and earth. In receiving the Spirit’s anointing of love and faithfulness, David was reoriented toward God rather than the enemy attacking him. God’s resources of love and faithfulness reach to the heavens; they are limitless. In our struggles today will we, too, look up and receive God’s love and faithfulness?

“Lord God Most High, thank you for love and faithfulness, for your glory.”