The Mirror of the Word and other works by C.E. White can be purchased on her website, cewhitebooks.com or on Amazon.

“Some praise their chariots and some their horses, but we will praise the name of the Lord, our God.”

—Psalm 20:7

Most of us aren’t in mortal danger from enemies as David was in this chapter, but we all look for something to save us from our suffering and difficulty, whatever form that takes. 

We often find ourselves hoping in and praising things besides the Lord as our salvation. We look around and think, “If I just had that one thing, I’d be OK. I’d finally be safe, comfortable, and whole.”

Maybe it’s a house, a raise, or a relationship.

But believing those will save us is building a foundation on shifting sand; they do not have the power we think they do.

Here’s the good news: we can be confident and content in the Lord even when we don’t have the chariots and horses we think we need. If we can trust him in battle, we can surely trust him with our needs and desires!

As Paul says in Philippians 4:11–13, “I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with little, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”

Trusting God in contentment doesn’t mean we will never desire something we don’t have; I don’t think Paul stopped wanting food when he was hungry. We can continue thinking it would be nice to have the chariots, horses, house, raise, or relationship as long as we don’t put our hope in getting them or our trust in them once we do.

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