Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. 4 In God (I will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?
You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book? 9 When I cry out to You, Then my enemies will turn back; This I know, because God is for me. 10 In God (I will praise His word), In the LORD (I will praise His word), 11 In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? —Ps 56:3-4; 8-11
Focusing today on verse 3...so simple...so easy to say...so easy to remember. WHENEVER I am afraid, I WILL remember in whom I have placed my trust. Confidence in the Lord is a purposeful decision and helps stave off our emotional reactions to fear that can literally send us into a tailspin.
David was afraid and His fear probably took up a good deal of his “thinking” mind. But His faith was there also and reminded him to trust. If you are like me when you are afraid, your mind vacillates between fear and trust, and it is difficult to tell which one is winning. It is a battle for sure! When I look back at my trials, especially the ones that filled me with anxiety about the future, what I see now is that God used those fears to draw me closer to Him...to teach me dependence. Spurgeon says this about vs 3.
“It is a blessed fear which drives us to trust. Unregenerate fear drives from God, gracious fear drives to him. If I fear man I have only to trust God, and I have the best antidote. To trust when there is no cause for fear, is but the name of faith, but to be reliant upon God when occasions for alarm are abundant and pressing, is the conquering faith of God's elect.”
Our God is all knowing, all seeing and all powerful. We belong to a God who embodies lovingkindness. We are precious to Him. Our God knows what we go through. His arm is not shortened...deliverance will come. He is FOR us and therefore, no one can be against us. He who did not spare His own Son but delivered Him up for us all..ME included...how will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all things? I will praise His word!
