LIVING WORD DEVOTIONAL
By Pastor Mensa Otabil
Monday 14th July 2025
LEAP OVER WALLS
Scripture Reading: Psalm 18:28-37
For You will light my lamp; The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. For by You I can run against a troop, By my God I can leap over a wall. Psalm 18:28-29
The introduction to Psalm 18 says that David wrote the Psalm when the Lord delivered him from all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. In the Psalm, David recounted the many adversities he had faced and extolled the power of the Lord to rescue him.
1. *The Lord enlightens my darkness.* David recognised the Lord as the one who lit up his path. When he was surrounded by darkness, God made a way for him. Armed with this confidence in God, the psalmist felt invigorated. With God, he could face an army or break through a wall of defence.
2. *I run against a troop.* A troop refers to a band of warriors. In ancient warfare, armies faced each other in battle formations. Each army formation had to prevent the other side from breaking through its line of defence. David acknowledged the Lord as the One who enabled him to break through the defences of his enemies.
Today, we do not have armies coming against us in battle formations. However, we also confront situations that present themselves against us. These could come in the form of problems, challenges or threats that stand in our way. Like David, we will run through every situation that stands against us.
3. *I leap over a wall.* The walls David had in mind in this Psalm were the walls surrounding cities. In most of his battles, he had to scale the wall of the enemy’s cities. In our situation, the walls we leap over are not the same as those of David. We leap over man-made systems designed to keep us away from the promises of God. These walls could be racial discrimination, cultural taboos or societal rejection. By our God, we will leap over the enemy’s walls.
David shows us that God has a way around all the enemy’s resistance. He lights up our darkness and makes us run through every resistance of man and the devil.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, you are my light. By your power, I will run through enemy barriers and leap over every obstacle. In Jesus’ name, *Amen.*_
