Psalm 27:1
1 A Psalm of David [David].
The LORD [Yahovah] is my light ['owr] and my salvation [yesha`];
whom shall I fear [yare']? the LORD [Yahovah] is the strength [ma`owz] of
my life [chay]; of whom shall I be afraid [pachad]? KJV-Interlinear
1 A
Psalm of David.
The
Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense
of my life; Whom shall I dread? NASB
The word for light means
illumination, bright, clear, happiness, son, morning as in a new beginning.
The word for salvation
means liberty, deliverance, prosperity, safety.
The word for strength
means fortified place, a defense, force, fort, rock, strong.
The Lord is the personal
name reference of God, who is the second person of the Trinity possessing the
title, son of God, who is the promised Savior and Messiah, who would come into
the world as a man, and did, and is Jesus Christ.
The Lord refers to the
deity and character and nature of God, as well as the body of truth for which
he stands, which is the written word by which we are able to come to know God,
and through which we are able to learn and grow and mature and achieve a
completion of our own very essence.
Thus David, when looking
to God, is looking at the whole package and not just some unidentified or
unseen being.
Our connection and link
and access to God is through his written word. And the only way we can obtain that
access is by learning the content of what the Bible teaches. Our spiritual life
begins with salvation, because we have heard the gospel and the promise of God
that we will be saved when we believe in Christ.
But that is only the
beginning of the spiritual life. Being saved is a start into a new life, an
eternal life.
The illumination and
freedom and fortification of one’s life comes by means of growth in the
spiritual life.
Without God and Christ
and doctrine, then all you have is the world. The world does not provide
resources for illumination or the clear understanding of all of the aspects of
life around us. The world does not provide for a destiny or a faith or the
mental muscle that provides the foundation for courage and confidence.
The Lord is more than
just the name of a person. The Lord represents the whole realm of the spiritual
environment in which you should be living your life. People can call out the
name ‘Oh Jesus’ over and over again and get absolutely nowhere in life. When
what they need to be doing is learning ‘Jesus’ in the written form, which is
Bible doctrine, so they can advance in their spiritual life, and become
something beyond their wildest dreams.
