Psalm 18

verse 1:

I love you, LORD, my strength.

What are we doing that requires strength?

What are we failing to do because it requires strength?

verse 2:

The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;

my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,

my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

I love this because the author presents us with seemingly contradicting pictures of God.

We have security we are defended by: a rock, a fortress, a stronghold.

And yet we also have these wildly offensive depictions as well: a deliverer, a shield, a horn.

It is good having a God who we can both seek safety in and who will go out to battle for us.

Psalm 17

verse 15:

As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

Colossians 1:15 [Christ] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

In the gospels, we have stories of Christ.

Him healing mother-in-laws and asking brutal rhetorical questions and giving himself away as a ransom for ignorant and hostile hostages.

We get to see him live.

We get to see his likeness.

If we will be satisfied with seeing his likeness, how much more satisfying can it be to live in and with his likeness?