Free from fear
Nancy G. Marquez
SUMMARY: Psalm 56 was written by King David when he was imprisoned by the Philistines. Despite his distress, David trusted in God and wrote a song of confidence. He acknowledged that it's okay to have fears but important to maintain trust in God even on the day when fear is present. Doubt and fear can be fought with faith, so send faith ahead to guard your heart from fear.
King David wrote Psalm 56 when the Philistines seized him at Gath. You don't have to be an expert in Psalms to understand that David was in distress, desperate, lamenting, because he had been imprisoned; he was like a dove in a very distant place and he cannot speak because they have closed his mouth. That's how David was; but in the midst of that situation he knew how to trust God.
What arises within his being is a song, but not of complaints, but of confidence. Verse 3 expresses the following: "On the day that I fear, I trust in you." This teaches us that there is nothing wrong with being fearful. Fears surround us and knock on the door of our hearts every day. The key to everything is that we maintain our trust in God.
You always have to trust God, but as David said: even on the day that we fear to be alone, on the day that we feel betrayal near, on the day that we do not know why these things happen to us, it is on that day that our trust In God it must not wane, but stand firm knowing in Whom we have believed. This is what it is all about, my beloved ones, sending faith ahead to guard our hearts from fear. Doubt is fought with faith; fear is also fought with faith.
When fear knocks on your door, send faith to open it for you, and you will find that there was no one!
What arises within his being is a song, but not of complaints, but of confidence. Verse 3 expresses the following: "On the day that I fear, I trust in you." This teaches us that there is nothing wrong with being fearful. Fears surround us and knock on the door of our hearts every day. The key to everything is that we maintain our trust in God.
You always have to trust God, but as David said: even on the day that we fear to be alone, on the day that we feel betrayal near, on the day that we do not know why these things happen to us, it is on that day that our trust In God it must not wane, but stand firm knowing in Whom we have believed. This is what it is all about, my beloved ones, sending faith ahead to guard our hearts from fear. Doubt is fought with faith; fear is also fought with faith.
When fear knocks on your door, send faith to open it for you, and you will find that there was no one!
