"Our Partiality" -Too

"I am as a wonder unto many; but Thou art my strong refuge." (Psalms 71:7) Oops, forgot a word! Just one little word, "as," and it gets so out of focus; or at least it could lack the directional fortitude, which is where our strength actually is found; because it surely is not in us! Considering also that this is "The Prayer of an Aged Man," primarily David, you can see the significant meaning by the word "as," as in, "I am as a wonder unto many." I mean, looking back upon his life and considering he was blessed beyond measure, despite his terrible mess-ups, he can only come to such a conclusion about himself; it is God's grace and mercy, not our performance, that will be the thing that gets the job done! The NLT has a little simple way of reading this verse, because it says, "My life is an example to many, because you have been my strength and protection." To be perfectly honest, if it were not for some of the great mess-ups by those who are "examples" of men in need of a Savior, where would we get the strength to continue on in our own fight? We would most likely have given up long ago, if not for the proof that we all have flaws and weaknesses. Given this somewhat awkward position of being not as strong as we think we really are, should we not make our focus the source of our strength, and not focus so much on the source of our weakness? Isn't that the message that David is trying to get across? Despite all of my mess-ups, God is always faithful and never changes His position: He chose me to be His child, not because of my strength or righteousness, but because He loves me...
"All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even before He made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in His eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. This is what He wanted to do, and it gave Him great pleasure. So we praise God for the glorious grace He has poured out on us who belong to His dear Son. He is so rich in kindness and grace that He purchased our freedom with the blood of His Son and forgave our sins. He showered His kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding." (Ephesians 1:3-8) NLT