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It’s amazing how some things in David’s life has paralleled events
in my own life lately. I know it’s Your
timing, Father – perfect as always.
My commentary started, “David was attempting to remain silent in a time of trial, lest he say
something that would offend believers or give ammunition to unbelievers.” I too have found myself wanting to say some
things, yet fighting not to say them
and invite blowback that would cause dishonor to God. Like my own feelings, David felt “this
restraint only made his heart burn
with intense pain … David didn’t even say good
things; he just kept quiet as long as he could.”
“When we find ourselves burying our true feelings and creating physical and emotional pain for
ourselves, then it’s time to talk to the Lord and seek His help,” my commentary
added. David’s heart was burdened at
this point. But in verse 7 it all begins
to turn. David recovers his believing heart. “If life is short and goes past so swiftly,
what am I waiting for?” he says.
Once David humbly asks for forgiveness, his broken heart is healed. “We don’t know the particular sins that
brought this stroke from the Lord,
and we don’t have to know. We do
know that God listens to the cries
of the brokenhearted and forgives
when we confess.”
“David then prayed for God’s direction … His closing prayer was that God would turn away His frowning face and give him strength to return to life with its
duties and burdens and then one day enable him to pass into eternity … dwelling in the house of the Lord forever.”
Oh, how I’ve also held back, Father. My heart has been burdened. It is
a believing heart, for I know You are in control and that You will win. I too seek Your direction.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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