His delight

DEVOTION

PSALMS

HIS DELIGHT

Ps 18:7-19

7 The earth trembled and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains shook; they trembled because he was angry. 8 Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it. 9 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet. 10 He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him — the dark rain clouds of the sky. 12 Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced, with hailstones and bolts of lightning. 13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.   14 He shot his arrows and scattered [the enemies], great bolts of lightning and routed them. 15 The valleys of the sea were exposed and the foundations of the earth laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.

16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. 17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me. 18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support. 19 He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

NIV

This sounds a lot like the Day of the Lord, when he comes to defeat Satan once and for all. Of course this could also be another day of his when he merely incarcerates Satan for the thousand years during his reign with the saints. Some call that the Day of the Lord. What we can be sure of is he is going to come back. Jesus is going to return in all his glory for us. He has already defeated death, having resurrected from the dead. Because he defeated death, we too will also defeat death and be resurrected. Death has no hold on us. Jesus is coming in all his power and glory. The earth and the heavens are going to tremble. There is scripture which tells us the sun will go dark, the moon will not give any light, pure darkness will cover the face of the earth and then Jesus, the light of the world will appear with lighting, hail, storm clouds, thunder, and he will be seen by every eye on earth. All men will know that Jesus is coming to defeat the enemy of our soul. What is described here could be the battle of Armageddon, when Satan and his are all defeated once and for all and cast into the lake of burning sulfur. This could be the consuming fire that came from his mouth, the burning coals which blazed out of him. Because we know nothing was made or created that Jesus did not create, the lake of burning sulfur is also his creation. He has make it for the express purpose to be the place of torment for Satan, the beast and the false prophet. There is also enough evidence that those who took the mark of the beast will also be cast into the lake. There is also enough evidence to indicate all those who refused Jesus as their Lord and Savior will end up in that lake of burning sulfur as well. However, anyone who confesses Jesus as Lord and Savior, whosoever believes will not perish, but have everlasting life. Those are the ones, we are the ones who he reaches down and takes hold of. We have been drawn out of the deep waters. That is also reminiscent of Noah’s ark. We are in the cross, safe and secure, while the wicked drown in the waters. The enemy is stronger than the flesh. The idea is that alone without God and his armor, the enemy can defeat us, for we do not wrestle with flesh and blood, but against rulers, the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the forces of evil in the heavenly realm or in the spiritual world. The Lord has been and will always be our support. He brings us out into the spacious place, the new paradise he has created for us. He rescues us because he delights in us. What a great thought, God delights in us because we believe in Jesus. We bring delight to God. We are God’s delight.