I'm reading through the Psalms here of late, and since I'm working through this first step of how we participate with God's work in us by first giving up, that theme is kind of popping out at me in these texts.
In Psalm 3, David writes about the terrifying time when he was on the run for his life from his very own son, Absalom. I've seen the movie, "The Fugitive," but that's as close as I can imagine what it's like to be hunted day and night. Anxiousness, paranoia, and fear must have been the norm for David. And although David is doing all he can by running and hiding, he also recognizes that his cunning and experience as a life-long military man won't be enough. "Arise, O Lord! Save me, O my God!...Salvation belongs to the Lord." (Psalm 3:7, 8) Our salvation (not just our entry into heaven, but the transformation that needs to take place in our lives) is in God's hands, not ours. There will be things for us to do, but we must begin with the most basic of prayers that is also a confession about my own inadequacies: "Save me, O my God!" David knew and believed, even before the incarnation, that apart from Jesus we can do nothing.
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