THE PSALMS – A JOURNEY IN WORSHIP AND FAITH - January 7, 2015 - Day 144 - Psalm 144

The history of America is an interesting story of a people who in the beginning believed God was behind their success. In God We Trust is the inscription that we see on our money which is in itself a bit of irony. Americans today for the most part do not trust God. It is the almighty dollar that drives every act of the American way. David wrote Psalm 144 and in it declares that it is in God that he would trust. We would do well as both a nation and as individuals to do the same.

Psalm 144:1-2
OF DAVID. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.

Study the American Revolution and behind the victory you cannot help but see God’s hand. George Washington was a great man of prayer. He was ready to concede defeat as he was watching his brave men die for what appeared a losing cause and it was too much for him to bear. But out of defeat God brought victory.

Psalm 144:3
O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?

David asks the question. Why God do you even care about us?

Psalm 144:4
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

We have nothing to offer God; all of it is His.

Psalm 144:5-8
Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke! Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out your arrows and rout them! Stretch out your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

The power of man pales in comparison to God’s power. David understood this and rather than trust in himself or his army, he trusted in God.

Psalm 144:9-10
I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you, who gives victory to kings, who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.

David was also a man of worship and praise.

Psalm 144:11
Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Men are liars. Satan is the enemy and the father of lies. Our battle is a spiritual one. It requires spiritual warriors.

Psalm 144:12-14
May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace; may our granaries be full, providing all kinds of produce; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields; may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!

Imagine the change we could make as Christians if we returned to having big families. What if we brought up so many Christian children that our schools were dominated by the Word of Christ lived out in them? But what has happened is that we bought the lie of Satan. We are afraid to have children; afraid we can’t afford them. But what we are really afraid of is trusting God. We have put our trust in those coins and those bills that say In God We Trust, in reality we just don’t exercise our faith. In the mean time the Muslims have moved into our neighborhoods and are filling our world, our country, and our schools with false religion. They are having big families while the Christians have one or two. This is no accident. America will one day be dominated by the Muslim faith.

Psalm 144:15
Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD!

David knew and he is teaching us today. The only way to happiness is to make Jesus Lord. It is time to return to our roots. It is time to live it out and return to In God We Trust. It is time to be fruitful and fill the earth with the love of Christ.