Sometimes it’s good to get a reality check—and these first verses of Psalm 144 are great for that. It's a psalm by King David. He's recalling God's help in subduing the enemies he faced—and looking to God for future help with great confidence.
1 Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
2 He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
3 Lord, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?
4 They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow. Psalm 144:1-4
“Rock” combines (in the Bible) the ideas of strength, changelessness, refuge and provision. What a description of God! Note the Lord is both David’s “loving God” and his “fortress, stronghold” etc.
Read verses 3-4 again to get the shocking contrast between God and humans. How amazing is it therefore that God acts the way he does!
Take a few moments to praise and thank God in response to what you’ve just read