It's not much but it's all I have.

If you have read 1 and 2 Samuel then you know that David was called to King, He went through a ton of trouble but God gave Him favor-- He turned away from God and sinned with Bathseba and God redeemed Him, He continued to go through war and strife and heart break but the Lord delivered Him. If you haven't read it I recommend it but know that David's story is not that different from ours. He chooses us as His children, we sometimes run toward it, sometimes run away from Him, sometimes rejoice, sometimes we cry out in pain but all things work together for those who love the Lord.

Today I read quite a bit of 2 Samuel but had to stop when I got to chapter 22 and just marvel in awe as David details out everything the Lord has done for Him. I would copy and paste the whole thing here but instead I will just talk about the parts that stuck out the most but PLEASE go read it. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Samuel+22%3A1-51&version=ESV


He starts off praising the Lord for being his strength, crying out that He was facing death and that the lord delivered him.  Verse 4 says "I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,
   and I am saved from my enemies." How beautiful is that!!! HE SAVES if we only call upon Him. It might not be how we think He will but He does. He might not take you out, but He might change our hearts. He is WORTHY TO BE PRAISED. I love it. It's just one line in 51 that just encompasses the beauty that the Lord is.

David then explains some of where He was and how God down in a powerful and mighty way to deliver. But in 17-21 you see something really great. It says :

 ¹⁷ "He sent from on high, he took me;
   he drew me out of many waters.
¹⁸He rescued me from my strong enemy,
   from those who hated me,
   for they were too mighty for me.
¹⁹They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
   but the LORD was my support.
²⁰ He brought me out into a broad place;
   he rescued me, because he delighted in me.

 ²¹"The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness;
   according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.

How beautiful!  I bolded the parts of this that are so powerful to me. It's not just that He saves, its not just that He comforts its that He is the support behind us. That we don't have to be anything but willing to let Him fight for us. We just have to surrender. What's even more beautiful is that it says He does this because He delights in us.  How amazing to thing that the great I am, the Alpha, the Omega, the soverign Lord, the Holy of hollies, the redeemer, the savior DELIGHTS in us?! To think that that is even possible when He is all knowing and knows how messed up we truly are just blows my mind. To think He can see beauty in us when we are so far from clean is what amazes me about the Lord.  He knows my doubts, my faults, my insecurities, the mistakes, the past, the future everything about me and somehow He still loves me and finds me to be beautiful. How can He do that? because of Jesus. Because Jesus washes our sins away if we only ask Him to. If we only believe He will redeem us. Isn't that crazy?! That He had to do so much and we have to only accept Him? Doesn't seem like a fair relationship does it-- and then to think that despite that its so one sided that HE DELIGHTS IN THAT?! Ah. I just can't get over that. I pray that I be a delight to Him more and more each day. That I give Him all the glory and praise that is possible to give with my life. I know I will fail at times, I am always going to be a sinner but I pray that He doesn't just have to find delight in me when I fail but that I could truly touch His heart with my love for Him.

Verse 31 says: ³¹This God— his way is perfect;
   the word of the LORD proves true;
   he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

He is my strength and shield and refuge. He is my redeemer. He is perfect and that He would even give me the time of day is just something I am thankful for each day. I think this amazes me so much because I know all the times I've chosen other things, all the times I've been worse than I needed to be and thus I am so thankful that He would redeem even that which I knew I was doing. Luke 7:47 has Jesus saying "Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” I identify with the woman He was talking about. I have many sins and feel more love and thankfulness because I have been forgiven a great debt. The word says all have fallen short of the glory of God and I know that-- but when you know that you fell farther from that then you even needed to it's amazing that He would accept you. It's amazing to me that a God I knowingly rejected and denied would love me and DELIGHT IN ME.  To that all I can say is He deserves my highest praise. That my life be an offering solely and completely. That his great love and forgiveness for me be met with pure gratitude. I still fail Him everyday because I can never be perfect but I do know that He will continue to love me and I will spend my life working to bring Him more delight.

What's more beautiful is the last 2 verses:

⁵⁰ "For this I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations,
   and sing praises to your name.
⁵¹ Great salvation he brings^[j] to his king,
   and shows steadfast love to his anointed,
   to David and his offspring forever."

 He doesn't just do all these things I speak of once or for a moment or for a day but He promises to be these things FOREVER. Not just until this month or week or year or even just for our lives. FOREVER. For all of eternity. He is steadfast and constant and that's something to rely on. 

So all my life, all of me all I can give for Him who gives so much more. It's not much but I'll give Him all I've got.