Psalm 20:8
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
Ultimately they are brought down! Through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ on my behalf, I stand UPRIGHT and the devil is defeated. In Nov. 1999 I wrote a "meditation" form Micah 7:7-8 which combines this theme with that of "waiting". I will share it here after I conclude with a few thoughts on this last verse.
Psalm 20:9
Save, LORD, let the king hear us when we call.
"SAVE, O Lord, our King! This is our prayer. Together we call on You today. SAVE us out of our deep sickness and pain, but most importantly, SAVE us that we might daily DELIGHT in Thee! May we know that we know that we KNOW for sure that we are not 'botching up' the
reason for our existence and that we are SAFE in Your arms forever!"
Micah 7:7
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will WAIT for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Strong's definitions-
"Look"- 6822 - "to lean forward, i.e., to peer into the distance..."
"Wait" - 3176 - "to be patient, hope, be pained..."
I am LOOKING for You, Lord, just like I look for my dear husband when he is LATE in the evening and I don't know where he is. I sometimes run outside and lean forward and peer into the distance down the road. Each roaring and crackling of the gravel a half a mile away
brings me hope that it is he, but alas, many times the car comes and goes, and he whom my soul loves is still far away...somewhere...I do no know where. Still I LOOK...still I WAIT! Patiently, HOPING, and "pained" in my heart...still I WAIT! But he DOES finally COME!
Yes! Yes! And I run out to greet him, wrapping my arms around his neck...so relieved that I still have a STRONG ONE to look after and take care of me. And I will WAIT for You, O God of my salvation! You hear me even now calling in my pain...for YOU, too! You WILL COME! Hallelujah! YOU WILL COME!]
Micah 7:8
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a LIGHT unto me.
Satan, mine enemy shall NOT win ! Hallelujah! LORD, You shall win this battle for me! When I fall, I shall ARISE through You, Lord! When I am cast down, You shall lift me up! I shall continue and accomplish the work that You have for me here to do until it is my TIME to go. You will help me to ENDURE! When I sit in DARKNESS and misery..when sorrow and SICKNESS are heavy upon me, YOU shall be a LIGHT unto me, O Lord! You are my BRIGHT and MORNING STAR, shining through the darkness of my life! And when I FALL ultimately in death and Satan thinks he has the victory, I shall ARISE and LIVE FOREVER with You! Hallelujah! Amen!
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