God Hides Us from those that would Harm Us

Verses: Psalms 59: 1 - 17

Song inspired by the chapter:  Song has been uploaded from YouTube.com and is not my original.

My thoughts about the verses:

Reading this tonight made me think back to several different book series that I have read over the last year.  All the books have the same general theme.  The main character is a young man/woman.  Our hero/heroine is in a situation that it is leading to war.  Then as things seem to be going from bad to worse a miracle happens.  A person out of nowhere comes in and saves the day for our character.  Then because of this save the world continues on in peace.

Haven’t we all read or seen that movie in the last few years.  You can name the numerous books and movies that follow that same plot.  In this part of the Bible the same situation is taking place.  Yet, many of us don’t realize how important this save was for our future.

Let us look at the situation David our future King and Hero is being chased by Saul.  Saul wants to take David down before he is able to take over the kingdom.  He is doing anything that he possibly can to change the outcome that was inevitable.  David had already been anointed the next King of the Israelites and had the backing of God on his side.  There David is hiding from his enemies.  In walks the person that God uses to get to the outcome that God wants to happen.  David’s wife Michal, who happens to also be the daughter of Saul, helped David escape from the grasp of her Father.  This helped lead to the plan that God wanted not only for David but for all of us.

Have you ever been there?  Thinking that there is no way out of a situation.  We feel as if everyone is out to hurt us.  We feel the clock of doom ticking slowly away and have nowhere to hide.  We know that we need something, anything to help us get out of the situation that we are in.  Then all of a sudden we realize that we do have the answer and it has always been there.   All we ever had to do was turn it over to God.  God would come in and save the day. 

See Jesus is that person in the story that changed the outcome.  Jesus is the one person that can hide us so that we could have a better day.  Our accepting the help of Jesus is the only action we need to do.  Wants we accept Jesus our sins are hidden forever.  Our story changes and we have the perfect salvation.

Our life may never make it into a written novel.  We may never come to power.  Yet, that doesn’t matter when it comes to the way God loves us.  God has sacrificed Jesus so that we may live. In all of those stories I have read there is someone that is sacrificed for the good of the whole.  Yet, there is only one that ever needs to be sacrificed for all humanity to live with peace and that is Jesus.

Prayer:

Dear God we thank you for your love.   God we praise you for sending Jesus to save us from our sins.  Help us give our life over to you.  Help us to always give our praises and thanks to you.  Help us to always remember that you are the only Hero that we need in our life.  Help us when we are afraid know that we can hide in your open arms.  In the name of the Risen Lamb we pray.  Amen

Questions:

Have you ever felt afraid of the future? Have you felt like you were fighting the fight all by yourself? Is today that you ask God into your life?  Is today the day that you find not only the Hero you need but the Hiding place you need for your life?