Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! The Lord looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man; from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth, he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds. The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength. The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue. Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine. Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. (Psalm 33:12-22 ESV)
How many times do we put our trust in our armies and the methods we have for war?
We trust in things that ultimately can not give us hope. The psalmist tells us a warrior is not delivered by his strength and a king is not saved by his great army. The war horse is the false hope of salvation. We can not hope in ourselves or the methods we use to beat someone on war for our salvation.
We can only find hope in God for He is our help and our shield. We can trust in Him and he is our hope!
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