Look inside this book.Where the Bush is Burning: A Daily Devotional by [Thomas Tice]

Tag: Psalm 142
You Knew My Path

You Knew My Path

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When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, 
then You knew my path. 
In the way in which I walk 
they have secretly set a snare for me. 

Psalm 142:3

 

Does Christ understand what we are enduring? As David hid in the cave of Adullam, he expressed his faith in God’s understanding of his situation. We should acknowledge the evangelical understanding of ancient believers, that we not sell them short in the fullness of their theology. David had a good understanding of God and more specifically of Christ, the Son of God. In the gospel of John, Jesus describes Himself as the Good Shepherd. David had said, in Psalm 23, ‘The Lord is my shepherd.’ In that same place he speaks of his Shepherd as leading him in the path of righteousness and goes on to say, ‘Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.’ Going back to the text, we see how David, in the midst of being overwhelmed with terrifying circumstances says of Christ, ‘Then You knew my path. In the way in which I walk.’ Even in his most dire situation, he knew that Christ understood what he was enduring. It is the same for us. We may be enduring circumstances we have never faced before. Our path may be, ‘through the valley of the shadow of death.’ We may be overwhelmed by what we are enduring. Christ, Who was David’s Shepherd, is our Shepherd as well. If He knew David’s path, He knows ours also. Even in the cave, we can have confidence in the Christ Who understands. He did not fail David. He will not fail us.  

Our All-Wise and All-Knowing God, 
we rejoice that You know every circumstance that we face. 
We praise You that You will be faithful to us, 
in our hardest places. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning
A Cry From The Cave

A Cry From The Cave

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I cry out to the Lord with my voice; with my voice to the LORD I make my supplication. 

Psalm 142:1

David’s life was full of adventure, to say the least. He became the darling of Israel when he defeated Goliath. His popularity provoked the jealousy of Saul, the king, who was also his father-in-law. Saul attempted to kill him on two occasions by throwing a javelin at him. Eventually, David had to flee, becoming a fugitive in the wilderness. Around him gathered many who were discontented with Saul or felt disenfranchised in some way. At a certain point they took refuge in the cave of Adullum. It was there he penned the psalm from which our text derives. He begins with an anguished cry. Here is a distraught soul who hopes in God. He cries out pathetically to the only one who can do him good. He is in distress of soul and God is his confidant. We may find ourselves in deep distress of soul. Although our outward circumstances may not match David’s, we may find that whatever they are, they have brought us to the place where we cry out to God as the One Who we believe will hear our complaint. Christ demonstrates He is willing to hear the anguished outcry of His beleaguered people. Throughout the days of the Old Testament in the Christophanies, where He appeared in pre-incarnate form, it was often in response to anguished prayer. If He heard the cry of His people then, we have hope He will hear us now. We have trusted in Christ and lean upon Him as our Confidant when we cry out in anguish.  

Our Gracious, Loving Savior, 
we rejoice that Your ears are open to our cry. 
We praise You that You have 
heard the prayer of Your people, in all generations.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

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