Message Notes

1. Extolling God   (Psalm 18:31)

a) Burst of spontaneous praise

b) Wholesome emotional outburst

2. Explanation of the Spontaneous Outburst of Praise to God

a) Strength
It is God who arms me with strength   (Psalm 18:32a)

b) Way of Life
And makes my way perfect   (Psalm 18:32b)

i) Clear

ii) Certain

Make Your way straight before my face   (Psalm 5:6)

c) Feet

i) He makes my feet like the feet of deer   (Psalm 18:33a)

ii) And sets me on my high places   (Psalm 18:33b)

iii) Habakkuk 3:19

iv) Sure-footed

v) Strength

d) War

i) He teaches my hands to make war   (Psalm 18:34a)

ii) So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze   (Psalm 18:34b)

iii) Strength

iv) Skill

e) Shield

i) You have also given me the shield of salvation   (Psalm 18:35a)

ii) Shield (protection)   (Psalm 3:3)

f) Upheld

i) Your right hand has held me up   (Psalm 18:35b)

ii) God upholds from birth   (Psalm 71:6)

g) Enlarged path

i) You enlarged my path under me
so that my feet did not slip   (Psalm 18:36)

ii) You have set my feet in a wide space   (Psalm 31:8)