1 O Lord, how many are my foes!

Many are rising against me;

2 many are saying of my soul,

there is no salvation for him in God.

Psalm 3:1-2

David felt abandoned, betrayed and discouraged. He felt all alone.

People in his kingdom were opposing him and his own son, Absalom, was leading the revolt. He was forced to flee his own country in shame and humiliation.

His foes claimed this was God's will. They argued that God was replacing David as king. They shouted that God would not rescue David. Not this time.

Were they right? Was God through with me? Had I sinned so badly that God was removing me? Had God removed his favor from me?

Doubts and fears and accusations cascaded into David's troubled heart.

But David refused to heed those voices. He remembered God. He remembered who God was. He remembered God's compassion and grace. He remembered God's promises. He remembered God's deliverance in other desperate times. He remembered God's faithfulness and love. David remembered.

And he trusted.

But 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

(Psalm 3:3-4)

The feelings of abandonment and aloneness will come. Doubts and fears will come. Accusations and condemnations will come.

Refuse them. Shut your ears to those voices.

Remember God. Remember who God is. Remember God's great love and faithfulness. Remember God's overwhelming grace and compassion. Remember the way God has delivered you in times past.

Remember and trust. Cry out to your God. Cry aloud to your God.

He will hear you.

But 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

(Psalm 3:3-4)