"For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood, contending only with
physical opponents, but against the despotisms, against the powers,
against the master spirits who are the world rulers of this present darkness,
against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly sphere."
(Ephesians 6:12)
PSALM 20
To the chief musician A psalm of David
May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble!
May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high and defend you;
Send help from the sanctuary, and support, refresh,
and strengthen you from Zion;
Remember all your offerings and accept your burnt sacrifice.
Selah pause, and think of that!
May He grant you according to your heart's desire
and fulfill all your plans.
We will shout in triumph at your salvation and victory
and in the name of our God we will set up our banners.
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.
Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
with the saving strength of His right hand.
Some trust in and boast of chariots and some of horses,
but we will trust in and boast of the name of the Lord our God.
They are bowed down and fallen, but we are risen and stand upright.
O Lord, give us victory; let the King answer us when we call.
"Our first step to victory in spiritual warfare is to trust only in the mercy
and grace of God; all who trust in themselves will soon be cast down.
Believers triumph in God, and His revelation of Himself to them, by which
they distinguish themselves from those that live without God in the world.
Those who make God and His name their praise, may make God and His name
their trust. This was the case when the pride and power of Jewish unbelief and
pagan idolatry fell before the sermons and lives of the humble followers of Jesus.
This is the case in every conflict with our spiritual enemies, that we engage them
in the name, the spirit, and the power of Christ; and this will be the case at the
last day, when the world, with the prince of it, shall be brought down and fall;
but believers, risen from the dead through the resurrection of the Lord
shall stand, and sing His praises in heaven.
In Christ's salvation let us rejoice; and set up our banners in the name
of the Lord our God, assured that by the saving grace of His right hand
we shall be conquerors over every enemy."
-Matthew Henry's Commentary
Recorded Live YouTube Space New York
(2019)
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