My Lovely Genesis

I cry aloud to the LORD;
I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy.

I pour out my complaint before him;
before him I tell my trouble.

When my spirit grows faint within me,
it is you who know my way.
In the path where I walk
men have hidden a snare for me.

Look to my right and see;
no one is concerned for me.
I have no refuge;
no one cares for my life.

I cry to you, O LORD;
I say, “You are my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living.”

Listen to my cry,
for I am in desperate need;
rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.

Set me free from my prison,
that I may praise your name.
Then the righteous will gather about me
because of your goodness to me.
Psalm 142

So I am not really going through any sort of trial right now, but even still, this passage stuck out to me. In the book A Purpose Driven Life it talks about how in life we are either about to enter a trial, are in the midst of one, or overcoming one. Life was like that for David, but with a lot more trials thrown in the mix. But even though he was ‘big, tough David’ he cried out to God. He knew that without God, he was nothing. He wasn’t afraid to tell God that He was fearful, upset, angry, tired, ect. He cried out to God. That’s pretty hardcore. He knew that he needed God’s presence with Him, and He wasn’t afraid to ask for it. As I am studying David, I am seeing more why God called him a ‘man after His own heart’. Or something like that.