Running with all his
might along the enemy territory
Trying to find a safe haven to
hide at the back of some cave.
David finally found one and threw himself on the hard ground and there he lay in the
pitch darkness panting loudly.
His soul shattered. His life in a mess.
The enemy were still hounding him
like a dog
A whole army after him!
“What did I do wrong O
lord," he wept day and night.
“You anointed my head with oil through the hands of a mighty prophet,
You called me out to be
the future king of Israel.
You put your spirit in
me and let me kill a huge giant.
Tens of thousands have
died through my sword,
You gave me access to
the palace with my singing.
You gave me the
king's daughter to be my bride.
Yet here I am alone, in the
caves of an enemy territory,
Fighting for dear life.
It’s the very people who
were close to me and who used to eat at the same table with me
Who have put their sword on
my head.
Its people from my own
family who are trying to kill me Lord
What did I do wrong?
What happened to the
great promises over my life?
What happened to my
kingly destiny, will it still hold?
All my life would I be
running and hiding like a fugitive?”
His grief knew no bounds
as he lay motionless for days and months on end,
In pitch darkness far
from all whom he knew and loved.
And suddenly one day He
heard a gentle whisper in his ear.
“Soul arise, soul arise,
focus on the Lord God Almighty”, the voice said
David woke up with a start, “I
believe in you Lord,". he proclaimed loudly. "You have saved me in the past many a time from the jaws of
death, I know your voice and I know I am safe in your care .My heart will be steady from now on
", he declared.
Psalm 57: 8-11
(7) My heart is steadfast, God, steadfast.
I will sing and make music.
9 (8) Awake, my glory! Awake, lyre and lute!
I will awaken the dawn.
10 (9) I will thank you, Adonai, among the peoples;
I will make music to you among the nations.
11 (10) for your grace is great, all the way to heaven,
and your truth, all the way to the skies.
He kept his focus on the
Lord by praising him day and night.
And God brought great
healing to his soul.
He became joyful again.
His family which were
searching for him far and wide
Discovered him in the
Philistine territory in a cave.
Men who were broken,
misfits in society sought after him
And soon an army of
warriors was born under the mighty leadership of David
And God made the way for
David to sit on the throne of Israel till the end of his life.
In one
of his psalms he sang
Ps
139:16 CJB
Your
eyes could see me as an embryo,
but in your book all my days were already
written;
my days had been shaped
before any of them existed.
