Confidence in Troubled Times

David writes Psalms 3 while fleeing for his life. His beloved son Absalom has decided to steal the kingdom from his father, and as a result David's life is in trouble (2 Samuel 15-18). David writes in Psalms 3:2, "Many say about me, there is no help for him in God." We all face troubled times. We are all going to have times of despair. Why is it that when we do face these times, those around us want to say it is our fault? An example of this is Job. We know, because we have the privilege to look from the outside of the story, that Job did nothing wrong to deserve his trouble. In fact, the Bible says about Job that he was perfect. Wow!!! Do you mean that I, a Christian, am supposed to face troubled times? Yes!!!! I Peter 1:6-7 speaks of our faith standing trial. David has done nothing wrong, yet his own son has decided to steal the kingdom from him. The result was that those around David began to look for reasons why the trouble came on him. They began to say that God would not help him because he must have sinned in some way. Not true!! David responds to those detractors by declaring in Psalms 3:3, But You, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts me up. I cry aloud to the LORD, and He answers me from His holy mountain." David did not let the words of others or their opinions distract him from what he knew to be true. Understand that sometimes trouble comes. It does not always mean that you have failed God in some way. When trouble comes, 1) search your heart before God, 2) if everything is right in you, then have faith in God and wait it out. The trouble will be for your good. Just hold on and believe. God bless