Setup In The Stronghold
I want you to know that God gets you!
Psalm 142:1-7
David is conflicted and he cries out to God about it.
1 Samuel 22:5 (this is the backstory)
If I don't learn to pour out my complaints in His presence, they will pour out somewhere else.
The presence of God is not a place to bypass your emotions, it's a place to process them.
It's okay to tell God, "I don't feel You, but I need You."
Fighting whats in your mind, in your mind, creates enemy territory.
You are allowed to pray aloud!
Stop closing your eyes and worrying and calling it prayer!
It's not just being emotional, it's being strategic!
Everyone has a way that they escape.
The way you escape could lead to greater captivity.
It's so important where you go, when you run.
Sometimes what you run to ends up running you.
We see that David is supposed to be king, but he's stuck in a cave. He's safe, but he's stuck.
David wasn't expecting that it would be easy to be king. He was expecting that the people God called him to serve would have his back.
David is in a stronghold looking for a support system.
There's a difference between being surrounded and feeling supported.
Who really cares?
If I couldn't provide for them, would they really care?
Does anybody really care about me?
When are they going to ask me how I'm doing?
David asks for people. God sends 400 men who are all distressed. These are the men that bring him to the throne.
There are only some things that can only come together from the moments you feel alone.
The stronghold is not a bad thing.
Declare the word of the Lord to you : do not stay in the stronghold.
The stronghold is usually the thing you run to, as a defense mechanism.
Pessimism protects you from disappointment.
If you don't expect too much from me, you won't be let down.
When you hide in that stronghold, it protects you, but it harms you.
You've gotta get out of the cave!
David started writing Psalm 142 "behind bars" and ends Psalm 142 "writing bars."
He started with complaint and by the time he was done, he ended with praise!
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