MONDAY 26th
Psalm 60
NIV (v12) – ‘With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.’
ESV (v12) – ‘With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.’
This verse before us today is a proclamation of absolute trust in God to bring victory. It also is a proclamation of the defeat of the enemy, the enemy WILL BE trampled down.
We as the people of God, those who are born again, and have faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ can also have the same confidence of absolute victory and know with assurance that God will trample down our enemy.
The victory has already been accomplished at Calvary, where Jesus took on the enemy of our souls and triumphed openly, and the day will come when the devil and all that work alongside him as workers of iniquity will be trampled down, but in the meantime we all still face difficulty and problems, but we can be assured of the presence of God with us, and we can triumph over them.
I don’t know what your enemy is today, that thing, circumstance, problem, whatever it may be, you can bring it before God and ask him to enable you to be victorious over it, ask him to enable you to trample it under your feet.
I am reminded of Paul and Silas in the prison, and at midnight they began to pray and sing praises to God and suddenly there was an earthquake that ultimately led to their deliverance.
I have said this before, but feel it is worth repeating, there is victory to be found not only in prayer but in song, I know for myself when I have been faced with a difficulty or a situation that has been trying, song has been a tremendous strength to me, it is as if through the song God comes to my aid and gives me victory. Song can lift our souls and cause us to gaze heavenward, and where does our help come from, it comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
So, feeling the heat of the battle, feel like the enemy is constantly throwing something at you, then join with Paul and Silas and pray and sing hymns and allow the omnipotent God to give you the victory.
‘Glad songs of salvation are in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD does valiantly, the right hand of the LORD exalts, the right hand of the LORD does valiantly!”’ Psalm 118:15–16