Saving Defense

Psalm 28:8 - "The Lord is their strength, and He is a saving defense to His anointed."

This verse has nothing to do with justification and redemption, but everything to do with sanctification or holiness. The greatest offense to evil and darkness was the cross of Christ where he obliterated sin on behalf of mankind forever. However, this verse speaks of a "saving defense" which calculates the Lord's strength as immense. Often in scripture we see the analogy of fortresses as God's strength. These are positions of unassailable power where the redeemed can rest in assurance they are safe. The enemy would seek to tell us otherwise, trying to get us to run out to engage him from behind the walls of God's strength. When we do not rest in God's strength in His place of power, then we often abort our position of power by engaging the devil on his own terms.

Solomon stated in Ecclesiastes 10:4 that "composure allays (or combats) great offenses." Our saving defense, beloved, is our refusal to get all upset when the enemy comes against us. We must rest in the Lord and know that our composure is the flesh and the devil’s defeat. Our justification and redemption is complete if we have trusted in Christ. Now, our becoming like Him in holiness is contingent on how well we can rest behind our "saving defense."