DIFFICULTIES

 

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1(To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.) Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.

2Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

3Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

4Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

5But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.

Psalm 70

 

It is not difficult to understand when David wrote this psalm. At that time, of course, he was being persecuted. David, who had already been anointed as king of Israel, who was loved and respected by the people for his glorious victory over Goliath, who was the closest relative of King Saul (his son-in-law), was now in a terrible situation. For many years, he had not led a normal life: Saul was looking for him throughout the country to kill him. This wicked king once served God, but now serves Satan and himself - so much evil had he done, he even killed almost all the priests because they helped David. And it became clear that he would not give up this intention. After David crept up on Saul while he was sleeping and cut off the edge of his cloak, but did not kill him, Saul admitted that David was right, but continued to persecute him. Of course, this misfortune did not last forever. It ended when Saul died. Then there were other persecutions for David - this time from his son Absalom and his supporters, but they also ended.

Both were very difficult for David, and in the first case he was not to blame for what was happening.

It was truly unbearable: imagine what it was like to run away all the time, not have a home, move from one cave to another, when it is so difficult to get food and drink, and sometimes even leave your own country and end up in a foreign one. We can say that this is exactly the case when you need faith and prayer most of all. There are people who have been in such conditions, for some this is a predicted future for those who keep all the commandments, including Saturday, the seventh day of the week.

What is needed most in such a situation? First of all, a connection with God!

Atheists believe that believers are weak, that not believing in God and overcoming difficulties means being a hero. This is not true, moreover, it is madness, as it is written in other psalms. In a difficult situation, a connection with God, Who created the world, is normal and natural!

But it is not that simple. In such a situation, danger is all around you. As was said, these are problems with life itself and with safety, as well as with home, with health, with food and drink. But you have to overcome everything, no matter what. This will not be your victory, it will be God's victory. You have made your small part of this victory, and He has made His great one, something that does not depend on you. But this is only when you are on God's side, because you keep His commandments.

One more thing - in this psalm, David asks God three times to hurry, to act quickly, to help now, immediately. But this is not always the case. God helps when He considers it best and in the way He considers it best! Of course, when we are in such a difficult situation, we all want this help and deliverance from torment to be as soon as possible, but even though it happens, it will not always be so, we need a lot of patience for God to give us this, and a lot of prayer for this and for God's will to be fulfilled. Then everything will be fine if we serve Him and need victory over our enemies. If we preach the Word it will be like this: help will come, the enemies will flee and be disgraced, and we will rejoice!