Psalm 3 - Praying God's Word

Please read Psalm 3.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/psa/3/1/s_481001

Meditate on verses 2-3.

Many are saying of my soul,

“There is no deliverance for him in God.”

But You, O LORD, are a shield about me,

 my glory and the One who lifts my head.

King David wrote Psalm 3 when his son Absalom turned the people against him and attempted to make himself the king of Israel (2 Samuel 15). God used the situation to make David humble and contrite, and when he climbed the Mount of Olives, David was a broken, weeping man. He spent the night there and awoke knowing the LORD would sustain him. David no longer feared the ten thousands of people who set themselves against him (vs. 3-6; 2 Samuel 15:25-30).

Perhaps this psalm describes a daunting situation you face. Trust the LORD to deliver you. Even if everyone and everything around you says the situation is hopeless, declare with confidence, “But You, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory and the One who lifts my head” (v. 3).

Come humbly before the LORD and pray Psalm 3:7-8 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“Arise, O LORD; save _______ and me, O my God!

Smite all our enemies on the cheek;

shatter the teeth of the wicked. 

Salvation belongs to You, LORD.

Let Your blessing be upon us, Your people.

For the sake of Your name, Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL, Volume 2 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell