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\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: Christ Community Church Music<\/a><\/p>\n

“The enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead….I stretch out my hands to You.”<\/em> – Psalm 143:3, 6a<\/a><\/p>\n

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Although my spirit is weak within me, <\/span>You know my way. <\/span><\/em>Along this path I travel <\/span>they have hidden a trap for me. <\/span><\/em>Look to the right and see: <\/span>no one stands up for me; <\/span><\/em>there is no refuge for me; <\/span>no one cares about me.<\/span> I cry to You, Lord<\/span>; <\/span><\/em>I say, \u201cYou are my shelter, <\/span><\/em>my portion in the land of the living.\u201d<\/em> – Psalm 142:3-5<\/a>
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“You, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah.”<\/em><\/strong> – Psalms 3:3-4<\/a><\/p>\n

This wasn’t how it was supposed to turn out. God had anointed David to be king. Yet, here he is, hiding deep in a cave…hiding from the current king, Saul. Hiding for fear of his life.<\/p>\n

In this desert cave Adullam<\/a>, David retreated. He then cried out to God, as he sorted out his confusion. God meets us all in our caves – some we bring on ourselves and others we’re driven into by those who mean us harm. God enters the darkness with us and draws us to the truths of who He is and who we are in Him.<\/p>\n

The darkness is pierced by His light. The fear and fretting are overcome by faith. A faith that is forged in emptiness, helplessness, and self-pity. As we pray, He reveals Himself. Our eyes turn away from our circumstances into His large presence before us.<\/p>\n

The cold dark of our situation, when we see God in it, changes to something altogether different…beyond anything that’s just human. No darkness can extinguish the light God brings to us (John 1:5<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Crouching quiet in the blackness of that cave, David was able to get his sight back. As with many of his psalms, his woeful cry of distress turned into a shout of praise. He remembered God…he remembered that God never forgets His children.<\/p>\n

David, in his humanness, hid from Saul, believing his life was in danger. The truth was that God had already anointed David king… David’s life was in the hands of almighty God. He was supernaturally shielded from anything a mere man might attempt against him.<\/p>\n

The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir<\/a> sings a powerful rendition of this song Thou, O Lord, Are a Shield to Me<\/em><\/a>. What a reminder of His care for us…wherever we might find ourselves.\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir<\/a><\/p>\n