My devotional for Psalm 28 is up today on the Vertical site.
Remember that scene in Star Wars (Episode IV) where Luke discovers the holographic message hidden in R2D2? In the hologram Leia says, “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope!” In times of trouble where do you turn for help? Who is your only hope?
In Psalm 28 we see David cry out to God in time of need. David specifically names the trouble he’s in, what he’s afraid of, what he wants. We too should be direct with God during our anxious moments and take our concerns to him in prayer. Whether it be our children, our careers, or evildoers, the Lord will hear our prayers.
David’s anxiety lessens and his prayer turns to the praise and glory of the sovereign God. He proclaims that “The Lord is my strength and my shield.” (v 7) We have so much to be thankful for…our spouses, our children, our careers, our health, even our very lives. But things are far from perfect.
We are in a world of hurt and we have a great need. We are rebels. Our sins and the guilt they bring cause lots of anxiety, physical death, and the eternal torment of hell. Only a perfect savior could propitiate the wrath of God. Our good shepherd died for his people like a lamb that is led to the slaughter (Is 53:7). The anointed one poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors. (Is 53:12 ESV). He is the only hope in this world of hurt. The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the answer to our greatest need.
Who is your only hope? Can you proclaim “The Lord is my strength and my shield”
Caedmon’s Call sings of this beautifully in Only Hope. Buy Only Hope on iTunes. Listen at Lala.com.
