Psalms 138:3
On the day I called, you answered me;
my strength of soul you increased.
Tag: God Emboldens Those Who Seek Him
The above verse, in the Hebrew, actually says that when we call upon God, He makes our souls “bold.” The note in the ESV states: In Hebrew, you made me bold in my soul with strength. The writer is coming to God in this worship and psalm of praise to thank God for delivering him and enabling him to withstand against his enemies. He will, later, allude to the trouble he is in. But, he still has a boldness about him despite the fact of that trouble. Why? Because he humbled himself before God, God heard him and God made him bold. Notice what Solomon said about God enabling the righteous to find boldness in a time of trouble:
Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no one pursues,
but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Notice David’s words just before he went to fight Goliath in 1 Samuel 17:32,
And David said to Saul, “Let no man's heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
God enables us. God enabled Moses to face down Pharaoh when God told him to. God empowered Joshua to lead the nation of Israel into the promise land. God gave strength to Stephen to preach one amazing Gospel sermon. God enabled Paul before the Roman court systems; Daniel in the lions den; the three Hebrew boys in the furnace; Abraham to leave alone and seek a land he knew nothing about; Samson to fight with only a few men; Peter to walk on water. These all received a boldness by faith in God. God enabled them because the simply believed that God could and would.
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