We’ve reached the end of 2 Samuel and in it’s epilogue we find David’s
song. It captures the essence of his life. It is David’s memoir-ic poem and
he say’s “God is my deliverer”; David gets into trouble and God delivers
him. From lions, Sauls, and personal failures God demonstrates to us
through David that he can deliver us. We all face things - spiritual and
natural - that work against us and in those moments it can feel like we’re
up to our necks in trouble. David models a practice of calling on God when
we’re in trouble. But more than that, David and the prophets point us to
Jesus, the ultimate deliver. Jesus is the Son of David but he doesn’t rule
as David did. Jesus rejected the nationalistic and militaristic ideas
placed on the expected son of David – Jesus instead leads a kingdom not by
violence, one that isn’t characterized by oppressive rule but one that is
self denying, one that is marked by love. As we call on Jesus, he delivers
us into his loving presence.

By Raul Sandoval

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