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2. PROTECTION: Trust in the BIG God v.4-7

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David switches his tone a bit here in this section.

Before, he was offering praises to God.

Here, David is looking back and is actively magnifying what God has done for him.

So what exactly HAS God done for David?

Do y’all remember that title above the Psalm that we read? The superscript?

That is referencing the story in 1 Samuel 21:10-22:2.

Let’s go ahead and read it together to get a really good understanding of what’s going on in these verses.

Vs. 1 Samuel 21:10-22:2

You all know the story of David and goliath, right?

Right after that very famous fight, the people of Israel started singing David’s praises because of his great victory.

They came up with a song that they sang to honor and lift up David.

“Saul has killed thousands, but Davids his ten thousands.”

Saul was the King in Israel at the time.

And that first part of the song? They used to sing that about him!

Naturally, he did NOT take too kindly to David’s new fame.

He grew jealous, and eventually, he started hunting David down trying to kill him.

So, David fled his homeland, and ended up taking refuge in… you guessed it! The city called Gath.

To make matters worse… guess whose hometown Gath was?

Goliath’s.

And guess whose massive sword David waltzed into Gath carrying, like a dummy.

Goliath’s.

You seeing the picture now?

David went out of the frying pan, and into the fire.

As the slayer of this city’s champion, David would’ve been executed on the spot.

Even the King of Gath’s advisors had heard of David’s fame since they were singing his theme song.

So, David made the strange (but effective) decision to pretend to be a crazy person to bring down the heat surrounding him.

Because surely the slayer of the 9 ½ ft tall Goliath wouldn’t be a nut job.

Annoyed by yet another crazy man in his city, the king shoos him away, and David escapes!

He ends up finding a safe haven in a cave, where his family and several hundred people supporting his cause rallied to him.

David found himself in an impossible situation, but God delivered him out of it! And even blessed afterwards.

And that God-story of David’s is what he writes this 4-verse section about.

In verse 4, David says, “I sought the Lord, and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears.”

Here, David is looking back—not on a mountaintop victory like defeating Goliath or commanding entire armies—but on a lesser-known, very raw, very personal moment: when he fled to Gath, was seized by fear, and had to act like a madman just to escape with his life.

Honestly... it’s not the highlight reel of his story. Not even close.

It’s messy. Humbling. And strange.

But nevertheless, this is the moment David chooses to magnify.

He doesn’t reach for the giant-slaying moment or the royal triumph—he reaches for the time when he felt like a poor man, afraid, cornered, and desperate.

That’s the moment he wants to praise God for.

“I sought the Lord…”

David didn’t just wait passively.

He searched, cried out, turned towards God. And what happened?

“He answered me…”

God met him in the moment.

- Not with immediate escape.

- Not with fireworks.

But with PEACE in his fear.

David says God delivered him from all his FEARS—not all his enemies.

His situation didn’t change immediately, but his attitude and mindset did.

And here’s the challenge for us: