Our Helper

Sunday PM                                                                                                 June 24, 2007

OUR HELPER

Psalm 3

Psalm 3 is when David fled from his son Absalom (II Samuel chapters 15-18).

It is a confident prayer of the king who had fled from the palace and was surrounded by enemies.

In spite of numerous adversaries who were convinced that he had no hope, God’s elect David, found God’s safety and protection through the night and thereby had confidence in His ultimate deliverance.

Have you ever been in the situation where you were hiding from your enemy?

Were you as confident as King David that you would be delivered?

Surrounded by Enemies (3:1-2)

          David had been driven from the palace.

          His enemy was telling him that there was no way that God would deliver him.

          They were saying that God had abandoned David.

Sustained by God (3:3-6)

          Facing such antagonism, David found comfort in God.

          David says that God was the TRUE SORCE of his protection.

                   God was David’s SHIELD

          David was confident that God would restore him to his throne.

          God would lift David up and restore his dignity and position as king.

          God had sustained him through the night in the midst of his enemies, and that protection

          was a token of the complete deliverance he expected?

          David was able to lie down and sleep, even with his enemies surrounding him.

          David had no fear over the thousands that took their stand against him.

Saved by God (3:7-8)

          David had confident of his complete deliverance from his enemies.

          God has always destroyed his enemies and so he prayed that God would do it again.

          David was so sure that God was going to deliver him that he wrote this psalm as if it had

          already happened.

          David saw God as a mighty warrior; he refers to crushing blows to state that God would

          utterly destroy his enemies.

Deliverance comes from the Lord.

We should pray to Him when we are being attack by our enemies.

If we pray to Him and ask Him to help us He is more than willing to help.

God is our Protector

He is our Shelter

He is our Refuse

He is our Saviour

He wants to help us.

We don’t get help, because we don’t ASK for help.

He is always right there, He never leaves us.

We forget He is right there.

When we are being attack.

We look at the circumstances.

But, really all we have to do is ASK our Abba Father.

Communion

Denise and Mary