Pastor John, in episode 101, we looked at Jeremiah 29-11, which is a very popular verse

for a lot of Christians, and one listener asks if the promised blessings to Israel can

rightly be applied to the Christian life, and if so, how?

As a follow-up question to that episode, how do the blessings promise to the Psalmist

apply to us today, or do they at all?

This morning, atoni, I was reading in Psalm 18, in fact, I read the whole Psalm.

It's a long Psalm, 50 verses, and the question that rose is, what does this have to do with

me?

Because this is really, really about David.

This Psalm, 18, has, I think, the longest introduction of any Psalm, it goes like this,

to the choir master, a Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words

of this Psalm to the Lord on the day when the Lord rescued him from the hand of all his

enemies, and from the hand of Saul, he said, now that's a long introduction, so we know,

this is really about David, it's about his situation, and when you read it, it's just

full of God's salvation for David from his enemies, and then it ends that way.

Great salvation, he brings to his king and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David

and his offspring forever.

So I got finished reading it, and I was happy for David, and I know that Jesus is the true

David, the final David, and the final king, and therefore I'm celebrating the triumphs

of Messiah as well, but I wondered, can I take these verses?

I mean, here they are, I mean, things like, he's my strength, he's my rock, he's my fortress,

my deliver, my shield, he saves me from my enemies, he brings me out into a broad place,

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