Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Confidence”
Our Bible verse for today: “Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me, for I take refuge in You. I will seek refuge in the shadow of Your wings until danger passes.” Psalm 57:1
Our thought for today: “Even in the worst of times, we can have confidence in God.”
When we think of King David, the greatest King the nation of Israel ever had, we commonly think of the boy who defeated the giant Goliath; or we remember “a man after God’s own heart.” We also remember “The sweet Psalmist of Israel” who wrote the vast majority of the Psalms. And we know him as a mighty warrior, as a very wise and beloved leader, as a talented musician and song writer.
What we sometimes forget is how many enemies David had and how much trouble they brought into his life. As a young man he was pursued and hunted for years by the armies of King Saul. Once he became King he still had many battles with the Philistines and with some of the other hostile nations surrounding the Jews. He was even deposed by his own son (Absalom) and had to flee for his life into the wilderness. And those are just the problems that other people brought into his life. We could spend a long time talking about David’s adultery with Bathsheba, his poor parenting skills which led to rebellion in his own family, the murder of his loyal servant Uriah, and much more.
So David had plenty of troubles in life and there were lots of times when he was faced with difficult and even dangerous situations. Psalm 57 records a time when he was forced to run for his life from King Saul and ended up hiding in a cave in the wilderness.
What we read here are the meditations of a man who had learned through long and hard experience that his only true source of refuge was in the Lord. David knew that his safety and his deliverance would have to come from God. And so, that is who he turned to.
Chances are you are not running for your life from a giant, an insane King, or from a rebellious son. You probably also haven’t arranged for the murder of the husband of your mistress, and you don’t have the armies of hostile nations bearing down on you. But you do have a whole host of other issues and challenges that you have to face (we all do), and just as was true for David, God is your only true source of safety and ultimate deliverance. He is Sovereign over all the situations in your life; He has complete knowledge and total control. And so, He is the one you need to turn to.
And once you do, you can sing with David, “He reaches down from heaven and saves me … My heart is confident, God, my heart is confident.” Psalm 57:3; 7
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 