Psalm 27:1-3 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, my enemies and foes, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though an army may encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war may rise against me, in this I will be confident.
JEWISH TRADITION CLAIMS THAT KING DAVID WROTE THIS PSALM IN RESPONSE TO HIS SOLDIERS DECIDING THAT HE WAS TOO OLD TO CONTINUE GOING TO BATTLE WITH THEM. THE STORY IS FOUND IN 2 SAMUEL 21:15-22. HAVING CONFIDENT HOPE IN GOD, KING DAVID BELIEVED HIMSELF STILL CAPABLE OF BEING A WARRIOR, EVEN AS HE APPROACHED HIS SEVENTIES. HIS CONFIDENCE DERIVED FROM HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHARACTER OF GOD, OR WHO GOD WAS TO HIM.
THE LORD GOD WAS THE LIGHT THAT GUIDED HIS EVERY STEP, LEADING HIM IN THE WAYS THAT HE SHOULD GO, NEVER STEERING HIM WRONG. THE LORD GOD WAS HIS SALVATION, DELIVERING HIM TIME AFTER TIME FROM ENEMIES WHO PURSUED HIM OR TRAITORS IN HIS OWN FAMILY. LASTLY, THE LORD GOD WAS THE SOURCE OF HIS STRENGTH, FOR FIRST SAMUEL 30:6 STATES, “DAVID WAS NOW IN GREAT DANGER BECAUSE ALL HIS MEN WERE VERY BITTER ABOUT LOSING THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS, AND THEY BEGAN TO TALK OF STONING HIM. BUT DAVID FOUND STRENGTH IN THE LORD HIS GOD.”
BECAUSE OF THE CHARACTER OF THE LORD GOD, KING DAVID COULD PROCLAIM THAT EVEN IF PEOPLE SCANDALIZED HIS NAME OR TOLD LIES ABOUT HIM, SIMILAR TO EATING HIS FLESH, OR AN ARMY ROSE UP AGAINST HIM, HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT HE DID NOT NEED TO BE FEARFUL.
MY BROTHERS AND MY SISTERS, WE, TOO, DO NOT OPERATE ON OUR OWN STRENGTH, FOR NEHEMIAH 8:10 ASSURES US THAT THE JOY OF THE LORD IS OUR STRENGTH, AND PHILIPPIANS 4:13 REMINDS US THAT WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS WHO STRENGTHENS US. SO, IN 2026, LET US BE FEARLESS IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE SAME GOD WHO WAS KING DAVID’S LIGHT, SALVATION, AND STRENGTH IS LIKEWISE OUR LIGHT, SALVATION, AND STRENGTH THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR, FOR JESUS REVEALED TO US THAT HE AND THE FATHER ARE ONE.
SO, LET US NEVER FORGET THAT THERE ARE TROUBLES THAT ARE TOO STRONG FOR US THAT WE CAN’T SOLVE ON OUR OWN. BUT THROUGH OUR CONFIDENT TRUST IN THE LORD OUR SAVIOR, WE KNOW THAT OUR PRAYERS ARE HEARD AND ANSWERED IN GOD’S TIME AND ACCORDING TO GOD’S WILL. REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE JESUS LIVES AND HE IS THE SAME TODAY, YESTERDAY, AND FOREVERMORE, WE CAN FACE ALL THAT 2026 BRINGS OUR WAY, ALLOWING 2026 TO BECOME THE YEAR WE BECOME FEARLESS, IN JESUS’S NAME.
AMEN. PRAISE THE LORD.
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