“You give me your shield,
which is salvation;
Your answers make me great.”
-2 Samuel 22:36
Yesterday, we talked about how prayer is our powerful bow of bronze that is most deadly in the hands of a trained prayer warrior.
Today, we complete that metaphor with verse 36, which speaks of the shield of salvation.
Specifically, David says, “You give me YOUR shield…which is salvation.”
What is the Hebrew word for salvation?
It is YESHUA.
That’s right.
Yeshua is our shield of salvation who protects us from the arrows of the adversary (satan).
Now, here’s the thing about this shield.
It isn’t something we can manufacture on our own.
We can’t merit it….
Design it…
Or conjure it up by mustering all the faith we possibly can.
It is a gift of grace from God that has been transported from the heavenly realms to our plane of existence to benefit us.
It is something only available from Yehovah, the Lord of Hosts.
This leads to our takeaway.
It’s found in the latter half of verse 36 where we’re told…
“Your answers make me great.”
I love this because it speaks of protection during spiritual warfare.
The enemy will try to attack us via a variety of psychological means:
“Don’t you know you’re going to hell for not caring for your aging mother in her elderly years?”
“God will never forgive you for all those whores you slept with.”
“If you deny Yeshua is God, you’re going to hell.”
And so on.
Satan will try to accuse you and do his darnedest to make you feel miserable and unworthy of heaven.
What will your answers will be to him?
It will be the shield of Yeshua David refers to in this Psalm.
That will be your shield of salvation.
Ya feel me?
Done.
CONNECTING THIS TEACHING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
“There is therefore
now no condemnation
for those who are
in Messiah Yeshua.”
— Romans 8:1
“Who will bring any charge
against God’s elect? …
Who is he that condemns?
Messiah Yeshua… intercedes for us.”
— Romans 8:33–34
“We have an Advocate with the Father,
Messiah Yeshua the righteous.”
—1 John 2:1
“The blood of Yeshua His Son
cleanses us from all sin.”
— 1 John 1:7
“The accuser of our brothers…
has been hurled down.
They overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb…”
— Revelation 12:10–11
“He is able to save completely
those who come to God through Him,
because He always lives
to intercede for them.”
— Hebrews 7:25
“Take up the shield of faith,
with which you can extinguish
all the flaming arrows
of the evil one.”
— Ephesians 6:16
“He has delivered us from
the domain of darkness…
in whom we have redemption,
the forgiveness of sins.”
— Colossians 1:13–14
“He canceled the record of debt…
nailing it to the cross…
He disarmed the rulers and authorities.”
— Colossians 2:14–15
“Through death He destroyed him
who holds the power of death
—that is, the devil.”
—Hebrews 2:14–15
“He is able to keep
you from stumbling and
to present you blameless…”
— Jude 24
“You are being shielded
by God’s power
through faith.”
— 1 Peter 1:5
Thank you for giving us these lessons. May Yahweh bless you for teaching us these daily lessons in such detail and with clarity. I so much look forward to reading them.
Thanks for the kind words, William.
Really appreciate your warm feedback.
Comments like this make my day and keep me going.
Be blessed!
Rich