SCRIPTURE: Psalm 57
(You can read the story behind this Psalm in 1 Samuel 24).
David is afraid, he is in danger, he is under pressure, he is under attack… and he prays this prayer.
He is hiding himself in God when life gets overwhelming.
He is confident that God will help and rescue him, so he pushes himself to pray and hope.
‘Awake, my soul. Awake, harp and lyre…’, in other words, start praying.
When I am afraid, I will praise You; when I am overwhelmed I will remember You; when I am pressured, I will rest in You; when I am under attack, I will take refuge in You.
And if my heart and mind are slow to do this, I will yell to myself, ‘Wake up, soul, start singing!’
This is the spiritual warfare that lies beneath our daily battles and challenges; many people fall and fail because they do not ‘arm themselves’ in the Lord.
This is how David puts on his spiritual armour, will you do the same?
What do you sense the Lord saying to you?
PRAYER
God, today I will challenge my soul to WAKE UP to You, to seek You and rest in You and love You and hope in You. I cannot survive the battle for today, unless I arm myself in You!