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Set
up the account of David leading up to:
1 Samuel 21 NKJV
10 Then David arose and fled
that day from before Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
11 And the servants of Achish
said to him, "Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not
sing of him to one another in dances, saying: ’Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?"
12 Now David took these words
to heart, and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
13 So he changed his behavior
before them, feigned madness in their hands, scratched on the doors of the
gate, and let his saliva fall down on his beard.
14 Then Achish said to his
servants, "Look, you see the man is insane. Why have you brought him to
me?
15 "Have I need of
madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my
presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?"
1 Sameul 22
1 David therefore departed
from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his
father’s house heard it, they went down there to him.
2 And everyone who was
in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was
discontented gathered to him. So he became captain over them. And there were
about four hundred men with him.
About
40 years later David, now the older much wiser King of Israel wrote a song
about his encounter with Acish the king of Gath. This morning I want to share 3
verses of this song with you. We find these three things in:
Psalm 34
1.
verse 7 The angel of the LORD
encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them.
2.
verse 8 Oh, taste and see
that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in
Him
3.
verse 19 Many are the
afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all.
Those
who fear and trust God will be delivered from every affliction.
1. How does a person fear the Lord?
a. The fear David wrote
about is better known today as:
i. Respect
ii. Reverence
iii. Deference
b. It’s not wanting to
disappoint or disrespect
c. It’s submission
The
greatest show of respect is to humble yourself in the hand of God and accept
the sacrifice of His Son as sufficient for your salvation.
2. Do you trust God?
a. Not just for things
you can’t change …
i. Sometimes it’s easy
to believe you trust God when there is really nothing you can do about it
anyway … things like eternity or past failures.
b. But for things over
which you currently have power
i. Your current
relationships
ii. The money you have
in your account, purse or pocket
iii. Deciding where to
spend your time or efforts today
c. You aren’t trusting
God if you aren’t trusting Him right now!
Oh,
taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts Him.
Late
in life King David wrote a song about a very difficult time in his life. What
David remembered was the deliverance that came to him because he feared and
trusted Jehovah, the Lord God Almighty. David did not focus on the afflictions
but rather he focused on the goodness of God which comes to all who put their
trust in Him.
This
morning I want to encourage you to fear and to trust the Lord in all things.
God will deliver the righteous from every affliction. Do it now!
