Subject to Him

 DEVOTION

2^ND SAMUEL

SUBJECT TO HIM

2 Sam 22:44-46

44 "You have delivered me from the attacks of my people; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not know are subject to me, 45 and foreigners come cringing to me; as soon as they hear me, they obey me. 46 They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.

NIV

What do we do with this next to the last stanza of David’s song? It seems directly related to David as he sits on his throne as king over all of Israel. All the people of Israel are subject to him, yet he does give God the credit, as God did deliver him from the attacks of his people, and preserved him as the head of nations. What we could see is that the Lord God is sitting on His throne as the King of kings and Lord of lords, and He has delivered us from the attack of death brought from the evil one. It is the Lord God who preserves us and has put us over nations in some sense. We do not rule other people, but are exalted above them, for we have become humble before our Lord. Those who do not know the Lord God Almighty and Jesus as their Lord and Savior will lose heart as they come trembling from their strongholds to kneel before the Almighty God on the last day, the Day of Judgment. For us believers, there is coming a day when we rule and reign with Jesus, and there will be people we do not know that will be subject to us. But the best of all is that because of our Lord and Savior, Jesus, we will be living in a place that He prepared for us for all eternity. Some make it sound that all we will ever do is stand before the throne of God and sing all day long, every day, for thousands upon thousands of days. Maybe that is true, maybe we never need to rest, or sleep, or live in some abode, but we do eat the fruit of trees that never perish. We do get to walk on streets of gold and talk with all the saints that are there with us, like Noah, Moses, Aaron, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, as well as John, James, Peter, Bartholomew, Thomas, and Lazarus, so many people to share stories with, and enjoy being in the presence of our God. All of us are subject to Him, and as we live throughout the rest of our days on earth, in these bodies, we are still subject to Him. We need to live in a manner, understanding that we are subject to Him