Overcoming: Life Lessons From the PsalmsSample

Now I Know

“Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He answers Him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand. Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm."

Psalm 20:6-8

When I read this Psalm in light of my personal battles, I thought, “The fight hardly seems fair!!”

The Lord saves. He Answers.

He has saving power in one hand! The right one!!

The enemy is brought to his knees. The enemy falls.

We rise. We stand firm.

Boom!

Who is the anointed that is being saved in verse six? It was David and those who believed in Jehovah God. David is the author of this Psalm. He was the anointed King of Israel. As such, he sought the Lord’s protection and favor against the enemies of Israel. What was once his faith had become his faith AND his experience. What was once a prayer had become his reality. He begins verse six with, “Now I know...”

Today, those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior are the anointed! We are the ones who have the divine privilege of saying, “Now I know…” The Apostle John says to the early church believers and us in 1 John 2:20, “But you have an anointing from the Holy One.” The Apostle Paul echoes the same spiritual truth in Ephesians 1:13, “you were marked in Christ Jesus with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit.” We have been given the gift of an ever-increasing personal experience with the Spirit of God that creates within us a knowing of Him.

We can know not just the education of, but the personal experience of, His saving ability. Every personal challenge we face provides the opportunity to know our Savior in ways we previously had not. Every personal challenge contains the divine privilege of saying now I know. Saving is His specialty. He loves to save. He has been saving in all kinds of ways since the Garden of Eden. He has the power to save in a moment and to save for eternity. As the Psalmist said, He can save us with the saving power of his right hand in any situation we face.

We, the anointed people of the Lord, are favored people. When we enter moments of hardship and face overwhelming circumstances, we must remember who we are and who we belong to. While we may be brokenhearted and challenged, we are still His anointed. When we are tired and weary, we are still His anointed. When our faith is waning, we are still His anointed. When the battle rages on, we are still His anointed. When we need saving, we are in a position of receiving a touch from His right hand. Our condition does not cancel our position of being at His right side. We, because of His love for us, will always retain the ability to know His saving power.

We are sealed and marked by His presence. We are included in the group mentioned in Psalm 20, 1 John 2, and Ephesians 1. When the Lord’s anointed turns to Him, the fight in the here and now and in the here and after is about to get very unfair—for the enemy! In the face of every challenge the enemy brings our way, we have the divine privilege of pointing the finger of our soul in his face and saying, “Now I get to know the saving right hand of the Lord.” Drop the mic. Boom! Now you know.

Conclusion: Today, you will complete the plan Overcoming: Life Lessons from the Psalms written by Pastor Berry Johnston of Discovery Church. We hope this plan has been a blessing to you. For more from this series, please check out our other plans. If you would like to share your thoughts with us on this plan, you can contact us at discoverypathway@discoverychurch.org. May God richly bless you as you overcome!