Joy in Room to Breathe

This morning I was fortunate to find myself reading Psalm 21, which begins with,

"The king shall have joy in Your strength, O LORD;
and in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!"

This Psalm is a great poem of joy to God for all His blessings on David. David was recognizing God's blessings in his life, but also recognizing the Source--that he's doing what he's doing and receiving these blessings because GOD gave them in the first place.

Well, a study note in my great study Bible struck me today as I was thinking about the many blessings in my life, the chief of which right now is Spring Break. The note says,

"Your salvation: Ultimately, spiritual salvation may be in view, but the immediate issue is more mundane. One meaning of the Hebrew word salvation is "room to breathe." God had given King David a release from the pressures and constraints that bound him. Jesus speaks of this kind of salvation in Matt. 24:13, as does Paul in Phil. 1:19"

Zing! That is me to a T! Spiritual salvation is a magnificent thing, but so often I get bogged down in the "more mundane immediate issue". This break, then, is a mini-salvation of the "room to breathe" type. For this week, I am released (to an extent) from the pressures and constraints of my teaching. Oh that I can use the time as productively as David, bringing God back into focus in my life and praising Him as the ultimate source of everything good!

"...and in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!"