"In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him, even to His ears." Psalm 18:6 NKJV
Have you ever been in a situation that appears very difficult to find a way out? This was where David was at. Saul, with all of his paranoia was after killing him and creating hostility wherever he went. Unless a divine intervention came, he was doomed. It was rather like he was in a trap. He was entangled and in the snare of death. It really was a distressing place for him to be.
David writes, 'In my distress'. This is a place of anxiety, strain, suffering and mental pain. He didn't know what Saul was going to do or what mood he was in from day to day. It must have felt like walking on egg shells. Do you relate to this? Now, he could have written, 'In my distress, I took the matter into my own hands.' He could well have done this. He may have been small in statue, unlike Saul, who appeared to be a giant in comparison. David could have done this. He was a warrior, let us not forget that this was the little guy who took on the giant Goliath and killed him, when the rest of them, Saul included, were cowering in the corner. Yes, David would have been very capable, but also very unwise. This was dangerous territory and doing things on your own, without God's ok, is a recipe for total disaster. David knew this. Therefore, he called on the LORD.
He called on the only one who could help him with this predicament - God. 'In my distress, I called upon the LORD.' Now watch this - David called on God and He heard David from within His temple. David's cry for help came before Him, 'even to His ears.' How many times do we think that God may not have heard our cries for help, so we keep on bombarding Him with our requests. God hears! Now, note this also, David did what was right, he called on God for help instead of trying to sort it out himself. And, therefore, God heard him. When we try to sort it out ourselves, it is as if God thinks, 'well they've got the thing in hand - they think, so I'll just wait and see how it turns out.'
When we act according to God's will, God hears us and is very willing to help (Proverbs 3:5-6). Here, we read that when He heard David's cry for help, 'He bowed the heavens also and came down' v9. He was angry that HIs child - David, and yourself when you call on Him in this way, was in peril. He was angry, the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken v7-9 and, check this out, darkness was under His feet. Darkness is evil and when God's at work, He puts it under His feet. He stamps it out because it has no place in the life of a Child of God.
Think about that; He hears your voice and when you allow Him to, He places the evil darkness where it should be, under His feet. And, by doing this, you also are placing the darkness under your feet, because calling on God is scriptural and it is declaring that you are not going to put up with this any longer. Come on! Put God in the driving seat of your life and allow Him to create in you, a warriors heart, such as David had.
Copyriight 2021 Grahame Howard
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