"In the Lord I put my trust. How can you say to
my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain."
Psalm 11:1 NKJV
"This is such a unique verse," I said to the men in our chapel's fellowship. Israel's
my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain."
Psalm 11:1 NKJV
"This is such a unique verse," I said to the men in our chapel's fellowship. Israel's
Israel's champion warrior King openly confessed his trust in the Lord. But then seemed to contradict himself, either because of the words of one of his advisors, or perhaps he had a sudden moment of doubt from within, that he should flee from danger as would a frightened bird.
Yet it appears that he immediately recognized his mistake, by even so much as thinking of running away from conflict. King David quickly reverted back to professing his faith in God by asking himself, "Why am I telling myself to flee like a bird? I'm a man of faith and valor, and I serve a mighty God," he reasoned.
"I admire his honesty," I said. David's enemies were plotting to take his life. So for him, I told the guys, "It was either fight or flight." How often have I faced a difficult situation that I wanted to avoid? Maybe it was nothing like King David's, where his very life was on the line, but it was troubling enough to where my first thought was to run away.
Yet in an instant of time, just as it was for Israel's King, the Lord would remind me that He is with me. His words would come alive in my heart to where I would begin to confess that I am "more than a conqueror" through Christ. And how I, as one of His disciples, am to "put on the whole armor of God," and to stand in the power of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 6:10-18).
So with full confidence I can say along with King David, "The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies" (Psalm 18:2-3 KJV).
All said, God forbid that I should ever entertain the thought of running away from my problems, nor from my enemies. I'm not a bird that flies away in fear. I'm a soldier in the Army of the Lord. Amen!
D.B.
Yet it appears that he immediately recognized his mistake, by even so much as thinking of running away from conflict. King David quickly reverted back to professing his faith in God by asking himself, "Why am I telling myself to flee like a bird? I'm a man of faith and valor, and I serve a mighty God," he reasoned.
"I admire his honesty," I said. David's enemies were plotting to take his life. So for him, I told the guys, "It was either fight or flight." How often have I faced a difficult situation that I wanted to avoid? Maybe it was nothing like King David's, where his very life was on the line, but it was troubling enough to where my first thought was to run away.
Yet in an instant of time, just as it was for Israel's King, the Lord would remind me that He is with me. His words would come alive in my heart to where I would begin to confess that I am "more than a conqueror" through Christ. And how I, as one of His disciples, am to "put on the whole armor of God," and to stand in the power of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 6:10-18).
So with full confidence I can say along with King David, "The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies" (Psalm 18:2-3 KJV).
All said, God forbid that I should ever entertain the thought of running away from my problems, nor from my enemies. I'm not a bird that flies away in fear. I'm a soldier in the Army of the Lord. Amen!
D.B.
