Skip to main content

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

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Thursday... Maybe we need this word today.

Psalm 57:1b (NIRV), "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Thursday... Maybe we need this word today. There are words in life that give us confidence no matter what we are facing. Now we have to believe them in order for them to have an impact. David wrote Psalm 57 while he was in a cave hiding from Saul who wanted to kill him and he says in the last part of verse 1, "There I will stay." It was a safe place and Saul didn't know that he was there. But he doesn't stop there. With confidence he said, "There I will stay until." And until is definitely a word of faith and confidence. "There I will stay until the danger is gone." Do we need that today? Let me give you the whole verse. In verse 1 David says, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." And that is a great place to start in times of trouble. Maybe that is what we need to pray today, "Have mercy on me, God. Have mercy on me." It is so great to have someone...
Post a Comment
Read more

Tuesday... We just have trouble listening.

1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." Tuesday... We just have trouble listening. Over in Jeremiah 25:4 (NLT) it says, "Again and again the LORD has sent you his servants, the prophets, but you have not listened or even paid attention." And Jeremiah went on to tell what was going to happen. There will be consequences if we do not listen to what God says through his Word. Now the Apostle Paul over in 1 Corinthians was having a problem with some professed Christ followers who were having trouble at listening. And we too can have problems at listening. We can think that being a Christ follower means we do a lot of finger pointing and we give up on people who don't do what we say. We can even do that in our families. But Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT), "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." In verse ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Friday... It is so exciting but wait a minute.

Proverbs 19:2 (NLT), "Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes." Friday... It is so exciting but wait a minute. This time of the year is so exciting. We get our paycheck from work and then we head to the store or Amazon and buy and buy and buy all those presents and then our check is gone Proverbs 19:2 (NLT) says, "Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes." But buying gifts can be so much fun and seeing how happy they are when opening those presents makes us feel so good. But then verse 3 says, "People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then they are angry at the Lord." Now for some that is their life. They get money and they spend it on their wants with no thought of what needs to be paid. An important lesson that we have learned is just because you have money in the bank doesn't mean you must spend it. But our enthusiasm takes over. But the problem is when it is gone and there is no money to pay th...
Post a Comment
Read more