Monday, March 4: 2 Samuel 22:1–7 (Oculi)
The giant Goliath was tremendously strong. He was almost ten feet tall and the weight of his armor alone could have damaged a normal man. Yet David was able to overcome him, take away his armor, and rescue the people of Israel from the Philistine threat. In this song, David confesses that it was God who delivered him from death on this and many other occasions throughout his life. He does not take any of the glory for himself. He puts all of his trust in God and humbly cries out to the Lord for deliverance.
Satan is a more intimidating threat against God’s people than Goliath ever was. His strength is his ability to deceive and kill, as he did in the Garden of Eden. No ordinary man can overcome him. But Jesus is no ordinary man. He is true God, and is infinitely stronger than Satan. It was He who saved David from Goliath and it is He who overcomes Satan and rescues us from the dominion of death. When we are terrified by “waves of death” or “floods of ungodliness,” we ought to imitate David and put our trust in our Lord Jesus Christ, who saves us from sin, death, and Satan.
Collect: We beseech Thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of Th y humble servants and stretch forth the right hand of Th y majesty to be our defense against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ, Th y Son, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.