Thanks,
you make a very interesting point here. See in the psalms David was extolling the supremacy of Christ the coming redeemer who is and always
was in reality the king of the Universe and the controller of all things
for to Him and through Him and by Him are all things! Even in Davids
time he experienced the absolute conquering of His enemies, and these
enemies were not only nations but idolatrous nations at that. And God
was pleased to give to David that kind of leadership over the whole
world at that time. He was the ultimate world leader. And it was a very
simple principle that David thrived on. Because it was acknowledging the
Lord ship of the coming king! It was all of grace.
Davids
obedience did not precede faith but was a result of Gods grace given to
him through faith. David had a refuge that demanded nothing to be in
that face to face relationship other than Davids leaning on His grace
trusting in His grace and living in that grace. David hated his own way!
He decried a fleshly attempt to exercise his will over his kingdom.
David sought to make God his refuge day and night. He could not come to
terms with the reality of that face to face relationship without
understanding imputed righteousness. He put no confidence in the flesh.
He was a man with all the appetites of a man, yet every inch of his
existence was a result of God working through him training him in all of
his bodily functions. It wasnt just the wars that God gave to David as a
victor it was God actually empowering him to fight those battles. David
lived his life in constant prayer, leaning on God for
everything,including rest. He sought no legal action against his
brothers, but would die before he sought any thing apart from long bouts
of prayer. He fought all of his battles in the Spirit before they were
obediently waged in life. He thought his thoughts after God.
Even
in the sin he committed he knew that there was only one place to go to
get relief. Even when his family experienced the fallout of his new born
life was taken he was confident that his prayer would be answered in-spite of Gods decree, because God does not always carry out his
punishment but he always carries out his promises. So because David
sought God will all of his might
even his wife of adultery was comforted in that decreed discipline.
David knew that he could enter the throne room of God apart from his own
works and Spirit would enliven his heart by faith as he took
refuge in God in prayer. In that grace disposition david was one heart
with all of the poor and afflicted and hated the arrogant and scoffers.
The more he took refuge in God the more he was humbled to even the lowliest among him even a cripple boy, of whom David rejoice to bring
into his house because his heart was so trained by grace that it was not
only a good deed but it was a pleasure to him. David was so driven to
the depths of despair that he was driven away from his power and his
flesh. He had no confidence in his own obedience. He had no confidence
in these self righteous people. Look at his wife of sauls family, look
at her scoffing at Davids devotion, represented by worshiping God with
all of his might, a
clear reference to the ultimate refuge and the most profound face to
face relationship apart from Christ who transcended all of the oneness of
any thing in heaven and earth with our Father. See God was decreeing Davids prayers so that David could hate his own way. In that paradigm David was the ultimate man to find the ultimate refuge in God. David was
a man after Gods own heart.
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