Daily Bible Challenge: Day 533 Psalms Chapter 55

Psalm chapter 55. I trust you!

In this chapter I broke down King David's prayer into 6 sections.

1. PRAYER: He prays to God. Uses the words listen. Don't ignore. Hear me. Answer me.

2. WHY? Why is King David praying? He is troubled. Distraught. Attacked by enemies. He's suffering. Anguish. Terror of death. Fear. Trembling. Horror.

3. ESCAPE: He wants to escape. David wants to fly away. He wants rest. He wants to flee. Find shelter.

4. HELP: King David asks God to intervene. Confuse the wicked. Confound their words. Destroy my enemies.

5. SALVATION: King David calls to God and rejoices that God saves him. He hears. He rescues. He sustains.

6. TRUST: by the end of his prayer, King David is able to say I trust in you God!

What about us?

1. PRAYER: are we taking everything to God in Prayer?

2. WHY? Why are we praying? What is our need?

3. ESCAPE: are we impatient? Do you want to get it over with now? Do we want to escape from it. Are we willing to wait on the Lord? Are we willing to let God teach us what he wants to teach us through this?

4. HELP: you have made it clear with God what your need is. Now wait.

5. SALVATION: God sees your need. He hears your need. He will intervene. He will rescue. He will save. Are you willing to wait?

6. TRUST: when all is said and done, can you say, “I trust you God?”

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Jim A on December 1, 2020 at 7:20 am

Verses 12-14 give us a glimpse of some of the pain of betrayal that David must have been dealing with in this chapter. His son had turned against him along with his counselor and a growing number of people. We see in verse 16 that David called to God for help. People may fail us, but God never will. We can call on Him about anything and He is always there.

Here are a few other verses related to David’s situation.

2 Samuel 15:12
And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.

2 Samuel 16:23
Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.

Psalm 41:9
Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

Blair Blakeslee on December 2, 2020 at 11:03 am

Thank you Jim for sharing!! Not just here but all of the others as well. I appreciate you added Scripture and thoughts.
Blessings!

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