Some days we feel like it’s us against the world. That is a bad feeling and a desperate place to be. David, the human author of Psalm 3, most certainly felt that way. The context of Psalm 3 is 2 Samuel 15-19 when his own son Absalom led a coup against David for the throne of Israel. In this lament psalm David’s foes included his own son Absalom, former military confidants as well as people he had deliberately showed kindness to that he didn’t have to. David felt as though the world was against him! What did he do? David did what any God fearing person should do; he cried out to God.
From David’s experience as described in Psalm 3 we find valuable steps we can take when under attack from the world around us. David began this Psalm with the question of why God was not acting to deliver him from these foes. The Psalm ends with an acknowledgement of the LORD”S deliverance and the blessing that accompanies that deliverance. The Psalms tend to meet us in real life situations and show us how we can trust God to guide and protect us through the trials of life. Join me this Sunday as we find deliverance when the world is against us.