Psalm Twenty One

*This is a Psalm of King David written after he had been victorious in battle. We, as Christians, have been made Kings/Queens and Priests unto the Most High God. We find this designation in Revelation 1: 5-7, which reads; "... and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." So I have re-written this Psalm to reflect this as our position in Jesus.

Oh Lord, my God, this king rejoices in Your strength

How great is my joy in the victories You give!

You have given me my heart's desires

and have not kept from me any of the requests I have made.

Selah 

* I will stop and meditate on this! *

You have welcomed me with many rich blessing

and placed Your crown of pure gold on my head.

I asked You to spare my life, to give me another chance,

and You gave it to me. 

Yes, You gave me a new life and so much more.

Through the many victories You have given me, 

I have received the praise and adulation of many.

Great is Your Glory in ALL of this!

And that glory, You have poured out on me.

You have given me Life Eternal and all of its many blessings

and have given me great joy by Your presence within me.

In You ALONE will I trust forevermore!

Because of Your unfailing love, 

I will not be shaken in my faith.

You will find all of Your enemies and all who hate Your name.

With Your mighty right hand, You will capture them.

When You choose to show Yourself, 

Your glory will radiate with such brilliance

that those you have captured will cringe as You if before a great furnace. 

It will swallow them up in Your fierce anger. 

Yes, even their descendants, their very posterity 

will You remove from Your presence forever.

For they had planned wickedness against You and Your children.

They devised these evil plots, but You have made them useless ...

They will never succeed.

They went running away from You and Your presence

when they became aware of their failures.

By Your own Power, In Your own Strength, You are exalted forever.

And I, yes even the whole church, 

will ever sing Your praises because of Your Great Strength!

Amen.

AND WE ALWAYS SHOULD!