Daily Reflections From Higher Things®

Today's Reading: 2 Samuel 22:26-34 Daily Lectionary: 1 Samuel 25:23-44; 1 Corinthians 4:1-21 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights. (2 Samuel 22:34) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Really, David? Your elderly feet like the feet of a deer? You couldn't even protect your old self from the Philistines and had to be told by your solders to just stay home and not get yourself killed (2 Samuel 21:17). David believed something that his soldiers would not: God the LORD was at work for the sake of His people. Whether David lived or died, it was the mercy of the LORD that would endure. The perfect Word of the LORD always proves true; He is a shield for all who take refuge in Him, old and young alike. David believed the promise that God had made to Adam and Eve, confirmed to Abraham, and restated to him: God would send One who would redeem the world from sin and the death that comes through sin. He would send One who would be King over all the world and live forever. The LORD ke