Pulled to Safety 安全获救
Dexu Xia
He reached down from on high and took hold of me. 2 Samuel 22:17
A little girl waded in a shallow creek while her father watched. Her rubber boots reached her knees. As she sloshed downstream, the water deepened until it flowed over the top of her waders. When she couldn’t take another step, she yelled, “Daddy, I’m stuck!” In three strides, her father was at her side, pulling her to the grassy bank. She yanked her boots off and laughed as water poured onto the ground.
After God rescued the psalmist David from his enemies, he took a moment to sit down, “pull off his boots,” and allow the relief to flood his soul. He wrote a song to express his feelings. “I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and have been saved from my enemies,” he said (2 Samuel 22:4). He praised God as his rock, fortress, shield, and stronghold (vv. 2–3), and then went on to narrate a poetic response of God’s response: The earth trembled. God came down from heaven. Lightning bolts flew from His presence. His voice thundered, and He drew him out of deep water (vv. 8, 10, 13–15, 17).
Maybe today you feel opposition around you. Maybe you’re stuck in sin that makes it hard to advance spiritually. Reflect on how God has helped you in the past, and then praise Him and ask Him to do it again! Thank Him especially for rescuing you by bringing you into His kingdom (Colossians 1:13).
Why is it easy to overlook the good things God’s done for you in the past when you’re in the midst of trouble? How does praising God increase your faith in Him?
Dear heavenly Father, thank You for coming to my aid so many times. Help me to know I can face any battle with You by my side.
祂从高天伸手抓住我，把我从大水中拉上来。—撒母耳记下22章17节
一个小女孩穿着及膝的橡胶长靴，在她父亲关切的注视下，蹚过一条浅水的小溪。当她涉水顺流而下时，水越来越深，甚至漫过她的胶靴，以致无法举步前行，她大声喊道﹕“爸爸，我被卡住了！”她父亲三步并成两步来到她身边，解救她脱离困境，把她拉到河边的草地上。小女孩一边脱下靴子把水倒出来，一边开怀大笑！
诗人大卫在上帝把他从仇敌手中救出来之后，应该也曾花时间坐下来，脱下靴子，让那如释重负的感觉充满他的心灵。大卫写了一首诗歌表达了他的感受：“我要求告当赞美的耶和华，这样，我必从仇敌手中被救出来”（撒母耳记下22章4节）。大卫赞美上帝是他的磐石、山寨、盾牌和高台（2-3节），且以富有诗意的词语描述上帝的回应﹕大地震动；上帝从天而降；祂面前的光辉使火炭都烧起来；发出雷声；将大卫从大水中拉上来（8、10、13-15、17节）。
或许你正感到周遭有反对的声浪，或许你正深陷罪中而在信仰道路上停滞不前。回想过去上帝曾如何帮助你，然后赞美祂，并呼求祂再次帮助你！特别要感谢上帝拯救你，把你迁到祂的国度里（歌罗西书1章13节）。
为什么当你身处困境时，
很容易会忽视上帝过去为你所做的美事？
赞美上帝如何加添你对祂的信心？
亲爱的天父，感谢祢多次帮助我。
求祢让我明白，有祢在我身边，
我可以面对任何争战。