Walk Of Life – Day 5, July 2022 – Thoughts From The Book Of Psalms.

Psalm 3

As for Psalm 3 is considered This is the first psalm with a title: A Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son. James Montgomery Boice points out that since these titles are in the canonical text of the Hebrew Bible, “They are to be taken with absolute seriousness throughout.” The events are recorded in 2 Samuel 15-18, but the heart of David at that difficult time is recorded in this psalm.

At the writing of this psalm David was in a great deal of trouble. His own son led what seemed to be a successful rebellion against him. Many of his previous friends and associates forsook him and joined the ranks of those who troubled him (2 Samuel 15:13).

David’s situation was so bad that many felt he was beyond God’s help. Those who said this probably didn’t feel that God was unable to help David; they probably felt that God was unwilling to help him. They looked at David’s past sin and figured, “This is all what he deserves from God. There is no help for him in God.”

Shimei was an example of someone who said that God was against David, and he was just getting what he deserved (2 Samuel 16:7-8). This thought was most painful of all for David – the thought that God might be against him and that there is no help for him in God.

Charles Spurgeon says “If all the trials which come from heaven, all the temptations which ascend from hell, and all the crosses which arise from the earth, could be mixed and pressed together, they would not make a trial so terrible as that which is contained in this verse. It is the most bitter of all afflictions to be led to fear that there is no help for us in God.”

But the lesson that we have to learn from the experience of David is

Though many said there was no help for him in God, David knew that God was his shield. O

Under attack from a cunning and ruthless enemy, David needed a shield. He knew that God was his shield. This wasn’t a prayer asking God to fulfill this; this is a strong declaration of fact: You, O LORD, are a shield for me.

God was more than David’s protection. He also was the One who put David on higher ground, lifting his head and showing him glory. There was nothing glorious or head-lifting in David’s circumstances, but there was in his God.

Others said that God wanted nothing to do with David, but he could gloriously say, “He heard me.” Though Absalom took over Jerusalem and forced David out of the capital, David knew that it wasn’t Absalom enthroned on God’s holy hill. The LORD Himself still held that ground and would hear and help David from His holy hill.

Oh, My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, what a comforting Psalm. No matter what what others say of us Our Lord is our Shield, our glory, the Lifter up of our head, the hearer of our cry. Are you discouraged that there is no body to help you? Come under His fold. Keep singing this Sunday school chorus.

My glory and the lifter of my head (2)
For thou O Lord art a shield for me
My glory and the lifter of my head
I cried unto the Lord with my voice (3)
And He heard me out of His holy hill
My glory and the lifter of my head
For thou O Lord art a shield for me
My glory and the lifter head.