David in his Psalms - Psalm 142 (B)

When God closes one door,

and  then he will open

a window of HOPE

Read: Psalm 142: 5-7; 1 Samuel 22: 1

Then the righteous will gather about me, because of your goodness to me.

Psalm 142: 7

        Yesterday I washed my clothes by hands, it was hard first for me, but now I was doing quickly and better. I was born with servant mother, I did not do the house work so much and then we had washing machine, not by hands. I can do all things, God who strengthens me. Praise the Lord!

       Today, we are going to look into Psalm 142: 5-7 for those principles:

(3) David cried to God for solution. (5-6)

      "I cry to you, O Lord; I say, 'You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.' Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me." David felt desperate need for rescuing and God listened his cry and complainting. David had lost his dwelling place, but he found God who is his refuge, his portion in the land of the living, because he is alive, not dead now. Even his enemies were too strong for him who knew God for Restoration in time. It is God to whom we trust him as David did.

(4) Praise (V 7a).

       "Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name." David was the cave dweller, the cave made uncomfortable as prison, it was self-pity of David, now he knew that god will set him free in this cave indeed and then he may praise God's Name. In the beginning, David said, "Cry aloud to the Lord; I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy." There are those Lamentations of Jeremiah. Finally, David turned to his prayer to praise for victory, not victim.

(5) Righteous men came to David. (V 7b)

      "Then the righteous will gather about me, because of your goodness to me." If you read 1 Samuel 22: 1 again, you will discover those words; "When his brothers and his father's household heard about it, they went down to him there (the cave of Adullam). God had already granted David's prayer. the verse showed God who was mercy, David was not lonely, his brother and his father's household heard about David in the cave, they went down to him there. I love my family, because my father, mommy and my younger brother will be there for me, if I am in trouble.

       I have learnt from those Psalms of David a lot. We have his 11 Psalms to go. Wait and you will get more surprised in those Scripture Verses which have been inspired our lives.

God is living among us who can get the help from Him alone!

Author: Rev. Rebecca Sun