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Verse: Psalm 3
Why do so many people who can not sleep at night? Burdened with problems that have not been completed? Fear of thieves and robbers? Worried about an uncertain tomorrow?
David never experienced it when he had fled from Absalom, his son coup (see 2 Sam. 15). In the night for David as it was when he hunted fear will chase an enemy determined to destroy him. Absalom then had many followers. Even among some people close to David who defected. It was they who said, "for him (David) no help from God" (3).
How did David deal with this situation? In the midst of fear and panic, David looked up into the sky. By faith he called for help to God. David knew the Lord would help because God has been proven in the past to defeat its enemies, namely the people who do not fear God (8). David knew that God would protect him as king of Israel because God is the helper of His people (9). In His holy mountain, God answered David (5). Symbolizes the holy mountain of God's presence in the midst of his people (see Ex. 19). So, in the middle of the night flight of David said, "I lay down and sleep, I woke up because the Lord sustains me" (6). The enemy as much as anything that chase behind him, David was no longer afraid. God will help him.
There are commentators who say that the psalm is Psalm 3 is not a complaint but a psalm of confidence. It begins with fear, but instead turned and dominant in feeling confident that God will help.
Maybe we are often worried because of the existence of people who always want to drop us. But God is the God we worship is powerful and merciful. He definitely helped us.
God Bless ^ ^