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Courage from Former Deliverances
Psa 44:1-8
This psalm, like Psa 60:1-12, came out of one of the early wars in David’s reign, as described in 2Sa 8:13-14. Some refer it to 2Ch 20:1-37. It befits the Church when her former prosperous state contrasts sadly with her depressed and suffering condition.
It is a great argument in prayer when we can quote to God the mighty things of the past, and ask that He should do the same again. The great revivals and advances of the past were not achieved by human wisdom or might, but by faith. It is always God’s right hand and the light of Hiscountenance that win the land in possession; but why should He not command similar deliverances again! And what is true of the Church is equally true of the individual. Why not lift thy heart to God, O defeated soul, and claim that He should command victories for thee? Psa 44:2, r.v., margin. Make thy boast in God and thou wilt have reason to give thanks unto Him forever! But before we can claim God’s deliverances, we must be able to say, Thou art my King, Psa 44:4.