Psalm 54
“Save me, O God, by
your name; vindicate me by your might. Hear my
prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth. Arrogant
foes are attacking me; ruthless people are trying to kill me— people,
without regard for God.
Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. Let
evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness, destroy
them. I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I
will praise your name, Lord, for it is good. You
have delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph
on my foes.”
As we explore what
is taking place in this Psalm, it hit me that in my life after any tremendous
spiritual victory, there seems to come to an attack from the evil one.
And I believe that is what David is experiencing, in that King Saul has seen
the hand of the Lord on David and removed it from him, so he had been trying to
kill David. David and about 600 men are hiding from Saul and David who
are tired of running, but he also knows in his heart and mind that God is the
only one to deal with Saul, so David is waiting on God.
His closest friend
is the Kings son and at a meager time God sends Jonathan to him in the
Wilderness of Ziph at Horesh. Shall we pick up the account in 1 Samuel
23:16-18, “And Saul’s son
Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in
God. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “My father Saul
will not lay a hand on you. You will be king over Israel, and I will be
second to you. Even my father Esau, knows this.” The
two of them made a covenant before the Lord. Then Jonathan went home,
but David remained at Horesh.”
I have no doubt
David was refreshed, and God had confirmed what the Prophet Samuel had
proclaimed many years earlier. But you recall after a spiritual high be
prepared for those who are controlled by the evil one to come against
you. If you kept reading in verses 19-20, you would see this taking
place. “Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah
and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on
the hill of Hachilah, south of Jeshimon? Now,
Your Majesty, come down whenever it pleases you to do so, and we will be responsible
for giving him into your hands.”
You will find guys
like this at all stages of life; they are looking for favor with man and not
God, that is the Ziphites.
From the Back Porch,
Bob Rice
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