“Wondrously show your steadfast love,
O Savior of those who seek refuge
from their adversaries at your right hand.”
– Psalm 17:7
The steadfast love of God is just that…steadfast. His love is unchanging, unwavering, unyielding. It does not wax and wane like the moon or rise and recede like the tides. It does not vary with His mood as our love often does. His love is unconditional, faithful, and forever. This is a truly great prayer, “wondrously show your steadfast love…”!
When your enemies (whether human adversaries, dark spiritual forces, or simply the stresses, trials, temptations, and tribulations of life in this fallen world) surround you, remember that God is your Savior. Don’t try to “grind it out” or “go it alone”! Seek refuge in God, crying out often to Him in prayer. Find your strength and spiritual protection in Him. Be honest with Him about what you need in your season of crisis.
He is faithful and true, so be bold enough to pray that He would reveal His steadfast love in marvelous and wondrous ways. Ours should not be a timid or cringing faith! Instead, because of the finished work of Jesus on the Christ we are able to enter boldly into God’s presence and ask, as His beloved sons and daughters, that He would “wondrously show” His steadfast love to us and to all who are watching!