2 Samuel 22:1

2 Samuel 22:1 says, And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:  This chapter is actually a song, or psalm of David.  Verse two adds, And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;  David declared God to be his, rock, his fortress, and his deliverer.  God is still all those things to us today, but most importantly He is our Deliverer through our faith in His Son, Jesus Christ.  Verse three adds, The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. David continued to list all the things that God was for him, and said that he would trust in Him as his rock and the horn of his salvation.  Jesus Christ is our rock today, and He is the horn of our salvation, pouring His love and blessings out on us freely if we remain faithful to Him.  Verse four states, I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.  We, like David said then, must call on the Lord, Who alone is worthy to be praised, and Who alone can save us forever from our enemies.  Verse five adds, When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; David began to list some of the times that God had saved him from a terrible situation.  Though we have everlasting salvation through our faith in Jesus Christ, He will still many times save us from bad situations in this world, and we need to thank Him for it.  Verse six continues, The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;  Though David was speaking of times when he was physically in danger, we need to realize that as Christians, spiritually Jesus Christ has saved us from the sorrows of hell.  Verse seven says, In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.  Just like David said God heard him when he cried out in distress,  God will hear us today when we cry out to Him when we are in distress or at any time.  Verse eight adds, Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.  David said God shook the earth and the foundations of heaven because He was wroth or angry.  God is still in control of all His creation, except for people who refuse to accept His call and Satan and his forces who have been allowed temporary power.  One day, God will assert His authority over them as well.  Verse nine continues, There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.  David said God could send fire out of His mouth to devour His enemies, and since He spoke everything into existence, we should not be surprised that He can speak everything into destruction.  Verse ten states, He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.  God has always been in control of heaven and earth, and the darkness of sin can never exist in the light of God's love.  Verse eleven adds, And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.  God can be seen everywhere if we are looking to Him by faith.  Verse twelve continues, And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.  God can make all the darkness fall under His light.  Verse thirteen says, Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.  God does kindle the fires of hell through the brightness of the salvation made available by His Son Jesus Christ.  Verse fourteen adds, The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.  Matthew Henry said many of these things did not happen in David’s lifetime, but David knew of them because of His scripture, and we may not see all these things in our lifetime, but if we put our faith in God and read the Bible, we will know of His power to do them. Verse fifteen continues, And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.  God can still scatter all our enemies even when we feel helpless, if we put our faith in Him.