Psa 3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God.
This is a psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom. We are told that the hearts of all Israel went after Absalom (2Sam 15:13). David was astonished to find such a sudden revolt. Now the words of Nathan begin to be fulfilled: “The sword shall not depart from thy house”(2 Sam 12:10).
David was now in great grief; but he continued to trust in God. His son wanted not only the throne, but also his life. But his enemies were determined to shake his faith in God. They said to him: “There is no help for him in God” (verse 2).
They mocked at him and said even God had forsaken him. David had been driven away from his throne and his capital; the king was now a fugitive and worse still, it was his own son who was hunting him down. To the enemies of God, they were saying God was on their side for even God despised David and would not help him.
“There is no help for him in God.” The enemies of David tried to shake his confidence in God and drive him to despair of relief from him: “God has deserted you. You trust Him but He is not there for you.”
The same is still happening today. Unbelievers still mock at believers and deride them: “If there is a God, why are you suffering? Where is your God whom you trusted so much in?” Their attempts are to shake the faith of the believers.
Afflictions and problems can have two results in our lives:
1. They drive us closer to God.
2. They drive us away from God.
What do you do when you face problems in your life? You run to your mother. Though the entire world may forsake you, your mother won’t. A mother is the only person in this world who carries you nine months in her belly, three years in her arms, and forever in her heart.
God is like a mother to us. Our Lord cried out to Jerusalem: “How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!” (Matt 23:37).
The metaphor which our Lord uses here is a very beautiful one. When the hen sees a beast of prey coming, she makes a noise to assemble her chickens, that she may cover them with her wings from the danger. The hen’s affection to her brood is so strong that she will put her own life in danger just to save her children. And the only reason a chick does not take shelter under her wings is that it has no desire.
Afflictions in life should drive the faithful ones to God. The faithful servants of God run to God in times of need: “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber” (Psa 121:1-3).
The enemies of God want to shake away our faith in God. They want us to stop trusting in God. God does not guarantee us a trouble free life when we trust in Him; He guarantees to be with us: “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Heb 13:5).
The enemies of God are still troubling the church. They say God will not help. But God will help. He will not leave us alone. David trusted in God in spite of what others said. He did not believe their words; he believed in God’s words.
Let us have faith in God that He will not forsake us: “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Pro 3:5-6).
Jimmy Lau
Psa 119:97 Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
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