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Wednesday... But He holds my head high...


Wednesday... David was so discouraged when he started writing Psalm 3. But He found someone who would hold his head high. Yes he did,

Maybe that is what you need today. Maybe this is what you need to hear today. Maybe you need someone to hold your head high during a difficult time in your life.

Now as David was writing this Psalm he was running from his son, Absalom who was trying to kill him. Starting in verse 1 (NLT), he said, "O Lord I have so many enemies; so many are against me." Do you feel that way today? He continues, "So many are saying, 'God will never rescue him!'" Maybe that is what you are hearing from those around you or even what you are hearing and feeling in your head. Your head is down, you are discouraged and that thought keeps going through your head, "He's not going to rescue me, He's not going to do it. I've put my trust in Him and look at what is happening to me." Is that what you are saying? Is that what you are feeling? No wonder your head is down.

But David didn't stay there. Yes, the thought came through his mind but he didn't let it stay there. Verse 3 says, "But you, O Lord, are a shield around me; you are my glory, the one who holds my head high." I love that. He holds my head high. No matter what is happening around me, no matter what the Evil One is putting into my mind, no matter what I may be feeling, You, God, are my shield, You are why I live this life, and You hold my head high. 

And then David said in verse 4, "I cried out to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy mountain." 

I love the Psalms. David starts writing with his head down but he doesn't stay there. He turns his focus to God and that is where he gets his strength. That is where he turns around his attitude, his despair, his anxiety. He cries out to God who answers him. No matter the emotional trap that has been put into his head that God will never rescue him, he doesn't dwell on it, he doesn't repeat it, he focuses on God and he calls out to him. He starts with the fact that God is his shield around him, He is the reason he lives, He will hold his head high so David calls out to Him and he knows He will answer him.

Do you need that today. Do you need to move through your despair into hope? Do you need to run away from the negative thoughts that are in your mind and heart? Do you need Him to hold your head high? Do you? He will if you focus on Him and cry out to Him. And if you do that He will answer you. He really will. And He will hold your head high! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

 

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