Psalm 56
February 28
I find fascinating how versatile and applicable the psalms are to our lives three thousand years later. And while application is always a must, these writings were most applicable to the situations in which they were written.
February 28
I find fascinating how versatile and applicable the psalms are to our lives three thousand years later. And while application is always a must, these writings were most applicable to the situations in which they were written.
We might think, “David
was so scared, so afraid” but we must remember that David was in battle,
hand-to-hand combat much of the time in which these psalms were written. He had
literally killed more than 10,000 men without
weapons of mass destruction. David was literally a prisoner of war and
there were no Geneva Convention codes back then.
I say that because
I am honored to serve at a church on the doorstep of Fort Hood military
installation, the most populous military installation in the world. I see the
hardships that many military families go through and as a minister, I want the
soldiers and their families to draw strength and healing from the words of the Scriptures,
especially the psalms which were mostly written either in the battlefield or
with the battlefield in mind.
“Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You,”
(Ps. 56:3) is a great verse for children to memorize in a thunderstorm, but it
was written by a mighty man of valor. The following verse (56:4), “I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?”
was quoted in the New Testament (Heb. 13:6) as well as elsewhere in Psalms
(118:6) and later in this same psalm (verse 11). Verse 8, “Put my tears into Your bottle; are they not in Your book” was not
written by a timid man but shows that God cares and will care for us.
Whatever you are
going through, man or woman, boy or girl, God is with you and He will fight for
you!
