May 24, 2026

Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.” Psalm 35:3

Psalm 35 is a Psalm of David. It’s an pray for deliverance from his enemies. He prays for God to, “Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; Fight against those who fight against me (v.1).

Later in the Psalm he sings of God’s great deliverance, “And my soul shall rejoice in the LORD; It shall exult in His salvation” (v.9).

God has heard and answered his prayer, “Say to my soul, ‘I am your salvation’” (v. 3).

What greater enemy of our soul is there than our sin? Not just our acts of sin that Jesus nailed to the cross.

“When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross” (Colossians 2:13-14).

But our great enemy is also the power of indwell sin that continues to wage war against us.

“…but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members…”(Romans 7:23).

Or as Peter puts it, the “…fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul” (1 Peter 2:11).

Like David, our hope for deliverance from our greatest enemy, our own sinfulness, is God alone. Our hope is never ourselves. We don’t ever pray to ourselves for deliverance. Our salvation does not come from within!

The Apostle Paul writes to the Colossians defending the true gospel which had come under attack by false teachers just as it has in every age since. The Apostle reminds them it is our Heavenly Father who delivers us through our wonderful redeemer, His beloved Son, Jesus Christ.

In Colossians 1:12 Paul writes, “…the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.”

In verse 13-14 Paul writes, the Father, “…rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”

And he writes, “…and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven” (v. 20).

May God give us the grace today to pray as David did, “Say to my soul, “I am your salvation” (Psalm 35:3).

May our loving Heavenly Father give us the grace to believe that in Christ the answer is “yes and Amen.”

“For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us” (2 Corinthians 1:20).