He will not let you stumble-Psalms 3

Psalms 3

Psalms 3 says, “A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.  Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing isupon thy people. Selah.”

       

Every day has 24 hours. In every day there are the hours of light and hours of darkness. Life is like this. There will be times of darkness and times of great light. Sometimes the forces of evil will assault you and sometimes the worst assaults will be those who are closest to you turning against you. It happened to King David and it may happen to you. 

In such situations of great distress the world is going to say to you just what it says in Psalms 3:2, “Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God.” The way to handle such a situation is the same way King David handled things when his own family turned against him: keep trusting in Jesus. When bad things happen to you and people try to tell you God is not helping you, or that God is punishing you, what you need to do is remember the promises of God. Jesus said, “I will never leave thee, or forsake thee.” Jesus also said in the Gospel of John 14:16-18, “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. There will always be comfort found in Jesus even in the face of your own family seeking to kill you. King David’s son sought to kill him, and the world said to him that God had abandoned him, and the response of David is given in verse 3. It says, “But thou, O LORD, fyou are my shield for me, my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.”

       

There are three important points to this verse. The first is that God is your shield. A shield protects from attack. We live in a violent world, and you are going to be attacked. There are robbers, murderers, and rapists. There are wars and gangs and even senseless violence. But God will protect you from all of these things. God is your shield. King David was cast down from his position of power as ruler of a country sought by armies of men and forced to hide in caves, but he understood that even in such situations God was his shield. No one can harm you physically unless God allows it to happen because God is your shield.