PSALM 18:1-2 – I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

THEME OF THE DAY. HE IS OUR ALL IN ALL. As we read our Bibles, we will come across numerous individuals making confessions. Not of sin, but of faith and allegiance to God. One of the most familiar is that of Peter. Jesus was asking His disciples who people said He was and then the question went to them – “Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:13-16). Another one comes from Thomas after our Lord’s resurrection – “Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.” Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:24-28). These are glorious professions of faith and show individuals of strong conviction on the Person of their God.

There is another confession which lifts our souls and brings joy unspeakable and full of glory to our hearts. It is David’s confession in today’s scripture. My prayer is for us that not only may we read of David’s confession, but we may own it as our own. It is so rich in defining what God has become to Him and to us. It is one of the strongest confessions a believer will ever make and gives testimony, by experience, that God truly is our all in all. Let the wonderful things David proclaims of his God warm our hearts and draw us into the realm of adoration because David’s God is our God. What God is to David, He is to us . . . our strength, our rock, our fortress, our deliverer, our God, our refuge, our shield, our salvation, and our stronghold. Now with these nine descriptions of what God is to us, tell me one trying circumstance, one difficult situation, one life challenge, or anything else we encounter that our God is not able to help us through. We will find none. In this confession of David, there is sufficiency in our God for anything and everything we face in life. And in some ways, this confession is expounded by the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans – “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:35-39). The reason why we cannot be separated from the love of God in Christ Jesus is because of who God is . . . and who is He? The God Peter, Thomas, David, and we confess is our all in all and that for all time.

PRAYER: “Father, I honor You for allowing me, enabling me, to claim You as my All in All.”

QUOTE: “To be able to look to heaven and say, ‘My Lord, My God’ is the greatest privilege known.”