The Child of God
Walking in Darkness - Psalm 55
King David wrote Psalm 55 when he was betrayed by his son Absalom
Focusing on V22 "Cast thy burden
upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous
to be moved." What is this psalm
about? What experiences does this psalm
delineate and explain to the child of God?
"Betrayed".. This psalm
was written by King David when he was betrayed by his son Absolom. It was written at the time of rebellion among
God's covenant people in Jerusalem. We
see in this psalm an expression of the broken heart of King David. We see the great anxiety and stress and pain
which David's heavy burden thrusts upon him.
"The child of God walking in darkness." How relevant is this, because God's people do
not live every day in sunshine.
Sometimes the sun of the Christian life is hidden by the clouds of a
storm. This psalm helps those who are at
the extremities of experience. This man
of God is in extreme anguish of soul.
Have you ever felt like this?
1. Condition of God's child. V1 "Give ear to my prayer, O God; and
hide not thyself from my supplication."
God's child wants to be listened to..not primarily talked to, but
listened to by God.
2. V2 "Attend unto me, and hear
me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise" Mourn means overcome, restless. Make a noise means distraught. Moral is very low, he is overcome and driven
to distraction. Serious anxiety and
depression.
3. V4-5 "My heart is sore pained
within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me,
and horror hath overwhelmed me." He
has inward emotional pain. Fearfulness
has come upon him. Depression has come
upon him. Deep emotional pain,
overwhelming feelings have come upon him.
4. V6-8 "And I said, Oh that I
had wings like a dove! for then would I
fly away, and be at rest. Lo, then would
I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness.
Selah. I would haste my escape
from the windy storm and tempest."
I wish I was a bird, I would fly away from all problems, a desire to
avoid the burden of the trial. These
verses teach that the psalmist wants to flee from the problem he was faced
with. It doesn't bring peace, the
problem is still there.
