What Surrounds and Protects Us?

2 Samuel 15-16; Psalms 32; Matthew 25

“Then the king said to Zadok, ‘Take the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the Lord’s eyes, he will bring me back and let me see it and his dwelling place again. But if he says, ‘I am not pleased with you,’ then I am ready; let him do to me whatever seems good to him.”

2 Samuel 15:25, 26

“You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance…the Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him.”

Psalm 32:7, 10

David learned to experience and trust in God’s unfailing love for him in the cave, and he did not depart from that love in his greatest leadership crisis. In our crises we, too, find our source of security and values tested. David’s dependence was on the Lord’s deliverance, not the might of his army or bodyguard. It was God’s presence and love which surrounded David.

What surrounds us?

What do our actions indicate about our trust when the crises of life confront us?

David was ready to face death if the Lord decided his leadership-journey was over. It was this full surrender to the Lord which prevailed in David’s greatest test.

“Lord Jesus, you are my hiding place and your love surrounds me, for your glory.”