Psalm 28

Psalm 28. This is a fairly simple and short psalm that, among other things, celebrates God's faithfulness. David writes, "

What is David saying here? This is basically David's way of saying, I am depending on You, Lord, and there's no other. In other words, I don't have a plan B. I don't have a way of escape. I don't have a secondary option. You're it. You're my only hope. If You don't help me, I will die. And that's what he means when he says, don't let me be like those who go down to the pit. He's talking about the grave. And by the way, the fact that David made the Lord his only hope, his only realistic sense of protection, is the secret to David's stability in his life. And not having God as our only hope is the reason many of us fail. The fact that we leave the door open to a secondary means of deliverance, or a second, or even tertiary, or whatever way of getting the job done, right, if just in case the Lord doesn't happen to come through like I want or need him to. Verse 2,

In other words, the duplicity of those evil individuals. He says,

And then this celebration of the Lord's hearing. He says,

Here's the voice of faith again, you guys. In the midst of the difficulties, as David is crying out for mercy, calling upon the Lord for help, look at this word of faith, "Blessed be the LORD! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy." How did David know that? Did an angel come and tell him, by the way, God heard your prayer. There's no record of that. David says this often. I seriously doubt there was an angel that immediately came down after all or even during his prayers and simply said, hey, just wanted you to know, your prayer...made it. Got up to heaven. Well done. David is speaking from faith. And again, this is something we don't do in our prayers, that we ought to do. Speak that word of faith, Lord! Just to speak out, just say, “Blessed be the LORD!” For you have heard my plea. You've heard my prayer. You've heard my petition. Thank you, Lord, for hearing me! Many times people will say to me, I prayed, but I just really feel like the Lord's not listening. I get that. I understand where that comes from. But what are you going to believe? Are you going to believe your feelings? We keep coming back to that same question. Are you going to believe your feelings or are you going to believe God’s Word? Are you going to believe... Are you going to trust in His faithfulness, right? Or are you going to give way to your own emotional twists and turns? Because if you do, you're in for a rollercoaster ride. David is speaking the words of faith here, I believe that the Lord heard, hears my pleas, because He's good, and I believe that He hears the pleas of His people. And so David goes on to say in verse 7,

Beautiful Psalm. Full of the heart of faith and trust. The recognition of God's faithfulness. I really believe it blesses the Lord when in our prayers, we echo that trust in His faithfulness. But You, O Lord, I trust. I trust in You, God, for, I know that You hear my prayer. I know that You love me and You've planned good, and so forth. I think that needs to be a part of our prayer when we're offering up our petitions to the Lord.