In Emergency; Let us Praise!!!

Upon David's coming of age the Lord took him through a great trial. Annointed King as a young man, enjoying a great victory over Goliath of Gath and leading multitudes of fierce successful battles with the Philistines, he now fled for his life from Saul who was intent on his demise.

We pick up this account in 1 Samuel 22:1. We read: 1Sa 22:1-2 ¶ David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard [it], they went down thither to him. And every one [that was] in distress, and every one that [was] in debt, and every one [that was] discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. Here we see that David was the real spiritual leader over Israel. Those that were repressed fled to him there, we see among them the indebted, the disenfranchised, the distressed.

I love his message to them; you find that in Psalm 57:1-5. Listen: [[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.]] "Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these] calamities be overpast. I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth [all things] for me. He shall send from heaven, and save me [from] the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.

David's solution for his emergency is to praise and extol the Lord. His exhortation to these his loyal subjects who were in similar straits was to acknowledge Almighty God who was his protection! That is good counsel! Friend, we need to put our eyes upon the Father and His precious Promises from Scripture. He indeed will never leave nor forsake! I love this! Meditate.