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Take Heart!
written by: Helen Dowd
Take Heart!
Do you ever feel chased, pursued, pestered, persecuted? David did. He knew he was God's chosen king; yet he was being constantly pursued by a demented man, the ruling King of Israel. Why was God allowing it? David didn't know the answer to that, but he did know that God was on his side, to protect him.
More than once David had a chance to "help himself" by getting rid of King Saul, yet he didn't. Why? Because Saul was king. And even though Saul had on several occasions tried to kill David, David refused to harm Saul. He was willing to wait for God's time. In the meantime, he had to hide in caves.
Can you imagine how discouraged he must have gotten, not knowing from one day to the next if Saul would find him? At times he must have forgotten that God would not allow him to be harmed. I think that he felt that way when he wrote Psalm 55.
Yet, if he had not had those experiences, we would not have had this wonderful Psalms to comfort us.
Psalm 55
Oh, Lord, hear me pray.
Don't hide far away.
Please listen, and heed what I say.
....Can't you hear my complaint?
....Don't you see when I faint?
Your attention I need most today.
My heart's full of woe,
For the voice of my foe
Is with me wherever I go.
....He oppresses me sore,
....Behind and before.
My opponent has struck his cruel blow.
Give me wings like a dove.
May I soar skies above
Til I find me a wilderness cove.
....For then I'll find peace,
....And my sorrows will cease.
There I'll stay hidden out in a grove.
I've been hurt by a friend:
This I can't comprehend.
On each other we did always depend.
....He would walk by my side--
....My equal, my guide:
His treason caused our friendship to end.
Though the battle is long,
And the enemy strong,
I know that to God I belong.
....Morning, noontime, and night,
....In the midst of the fight,
I will call to my Lord with a song.
God is always close by.
He will not let me die.
He is listening for my desperate cry.
....I will trust in the Lord.
....His PEACE my reward.
All injustice He'll soon rectify.
God always has a purpose for trials in our lives. Sometimes it may be just so that we will be
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