Psalms 118:14-16 The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. 15 Glad songs of salvation are in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD does valiantly, 16 the right hand of the LORD exalts, the right hand of the LORD does valiantly!”
There’s a reason this verse resounds like a national anthem of the redeemed. It’s not just a personal declaration—it’s a generational cry that echoes back to Moses at the Red Sea (Exodus 15:2) and forward to the final deliverance of Israel. The Hebrew word for salvation—Yeshua—makes this verse unmistakably Messianic. It isn’t a vague deliverance. It is the revelation of Yeshua (Jesus), the Deliverer, who embodies strength, becomes our song, and stands as the fulfillment of God’s redemptive plan.
The passage points to His strength as the power to stand firm in the midst of battle. His song speaks of victory that comes after the struggle. His salvation is the rescue only a true Savior can bring. But their tents resound with joy because salvation has visited them. This isn’t distant theology—it’s immediate reality. When Yeshua enters your life, your entire household becomes a dwelling place of rejoicing. What the enemy meant for destruction, God transforms into a testimony of praise.
This verse is filled with prophetic revelation. The rejoicing in the tents is not just about Israel’s past victories but a foretaste of a future kingdom when the Messiah returns and tabernacles among His people once again. The Hebrew “ohel” (tent) also evokes the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)—the appointed time when the nations will worship the King in Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:16). Could it be that God is preparing your tent now to become a place of prophetic rejoicing before the nations?
If your strength is gone, if your song has faded, and if salvation feels distant, lift your eyes! Your strength is not your own. Your song is not of this world. And your salvation is not in a system, a government, or even your own resolve. Your Yeshua has come. He stands mighty in your midst, and He is doing valiantly on your behalf.
Let your tent shake with praise! Declare Yeshua as your strength, your melody, your rescue. Speak it aloud until the atmosphere shifts. The enemy cannot occupy the space where praise rises. Lift your voice. Let your home become a tent of rejoicing. Let your spirit catch fire again with the song of the redeemed. For the LORD has done valiantly—and He has become your salvation.
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[worthy_plugins_devotion_single_body]The word for “restitution” in this passage is the Greek word – “apokatastasis”. This is the one and only place it is found in the New Testament. The word literally means to “restore again” or “to repair”. The plan of God in sending His Son Yeshua (Jesus) was to restore that which had been broken and ruined. The Lord’s saving work is a global repair job. Each one of us has come to Him already ruined by sin. But God’s will and His promise is to restore and renew us through His Son.
These past few days, writing about the will of God, has reminded me of the prophet Jeremiah, and how the Lord knew him – even before he was in his mother’s womb, and he was sanctified by God as a prophet to the nations. A similar foreknowledge and ordination of God belongs to us who are under the New Covenant. God’s foreknowledge of His people is clearly stated in scripture. We were chosen in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless, and created in Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus) unto good works which He foreordained that we walk in them.
Writing daily devotions throughout the years I’ve often been asked the question, “How do I find the will of God?” There are probably many good scriptural approaches to answering this question; but I want to offer something very basic as you think about understanding the will of God. That is, simply, that you’ll know His will when you come to know the heart of God.
For the past few days we’ve been delving into the multiple meanings of “Amen”. While “Amen” is most commonly found at the end of prayers, the Lord Yeshua (Jesus) often used it at the beginning of a statement: “Truly, truly, I say unto you …” more accurately translated, “Amen, Amen, I say unto you…”
Murmuring or complaining is one of those sins that are overlooked. Sometimes we get so focused on the “big sins” such as murder and adultery that we overlook this sin — but the Lord doesn’t give this sin a free pass — quite the opposite. It’s a hidden killer! This sin unleashed a plague that killed thousands of Israelites! [Numbers 16]
The city of Laodicea was founded nearly three centuries before the birth of Christ. Built on a trade route, Laodicea was quite prosperous. The wealth of the city was legendary, as Jews who lived there sent 9 kilograms (20 lbs) of gold to the Temple in Jerusalem on a yearly basis according to historical records.
Laodicea was an idyllic city except for its lack of a water supply. It depended on water from an external source, the city of Hierapolis was located six miles to the north, the site of mineral hot springs which were used for medicinal purposes. These steaming hot waters were piped to Laodicea, arriving there… lukewarm, hence the metaphor in Yeshua’s warning to the Laodicean church.