^{Ps 18 46} The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock!
Exalted be God my Savior!
⁴⁷ He is the God who avenges me,
who subdues nations under me,
⁴⁸ who saves me from my enemies.
You exalted me above my foes;
from violent men you rescued me.
⁴⁹ Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O LORD ;
I will sing praises to your name.
⁵⁰ He gives his king great victories;
he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed,
to David and his descendants forever. "


Our salvation is designed to prosper in the exaltation of Christ over all things. The language of salvation is described in our identity with Christ who rules over the whole earth. It is designed with the vision that we are unable to save ourselves. When we lower the description and the purposes for which we are saved then we begin to devise ways that we can save ourselves. We must understand that the terms of salvation are rooted in Gods work of creation which ordered all things according to His law. David is describing our salvation in the ultimate power of the God-man. Gods elect are given this law that has brought all things under the authority of the God-man through the creation of all things that was planned before the foundation of the world. When we are saved we are implanted with that law in the identity of Christ ruling over all things. In this way as Gods word is the final authority that is the judge of the whole creation, so we possess the power and the responsibility of ruling over the whole earth.


Whenever we describe our ability as we live our lives in the place where we live, it is always in the context of the power that is displayed in the exalted Christ. In other words the christian authority and power is never less than the power that was exercised by Christ in obtaining authority over all things. No matter how small or insignificant is the power of the opposition we are always endued with the power that is beyond our understanding.  We must understand that our faith is as strong as understanding the context of our exalted position in ruling with Christ. Because our identity is based in the success of His law that orders all things. The Psalmist confidence is not in Gods reward for the Psalmist obedience but it is rooted in an identity that has its success in ruling over all things. God creates the king and the kingdom that unites our work with Christ success over all things.²⁵ To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless, ²⁶ to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd. ²⁷ You save the humble
but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.


Just as God took possession in overcoming all opposition so He has created our lives and our entire being so that He will be source of our security. He works every thing out in our lives by displaying His law in creating our success so that He alone will be our refuge. We are totally dependent upon God as creation is dependent upon its existence. So our refuge, the authority, the success that we obtain is real as Christ legal justification in ruling over all things. This is how the Psalmist views his own identity. ²² "All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees. ⁴⁰ You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes. ⁴¹ They cried for help, but there was no one to save them- to the LORD , but he did not answer. ⁴² I beat them as fine as dust borne on the wind; I poured them out like mud in the streets." ...the legal justification and the power are absolute. In other words God must get all the glory because He is the refuge that creates the kingdom that we experience. He does this by the legal right to all things. The problem with us is that we do not speak or understand the kind of salvation that was obtained and we possess. ^50" He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever. "