We’ve seen the cartoon with the bird in the cage, the door open, and the tabby peering inside, just hoping for a meal. The bird quakes in fear, trapped by its precarious predicament.
What has the bird trapped? Is it the bars on the cage, the waiting cat, or could it be something else?
Psalm 57 tells us of a great man of God trapped in a cage. The man is David. The tabby peering hungrily inside is King Saul. What has David trapped? Is it Saul, or is it something else?
The bird would say it is trapped by the bars of its cage. David says his enemies have dug pits to entrap him, and they have cast nets for him to stumble into.
The bird would say a fearsome cat waits at its door to devour its flesh. David says he is surrounded by lions. The men around him have spears and arrows for teeth, and their tongues are as sharp as swords.
Clearly there is no escape for either. The bird may as well be behind a locked door, because to exit its cage is to be eaten. That is how David’s situation looks, also. To move forward is to face defeat, for David’s enemies await him at every turn.
Yet, the cage has already been opened. Can the tabby leap as high as the bird can fly? Can our enemies strike before God lifts us up?
Psalm 57 tells us of David’s salvation, for his enemies are fallen into their own pits, even as David sings praises unto the Lord.
We may feel caged by life, weighed down by our circumstances, and in fear of the enemy at the door, but God holds the door to our salvation, and he swings it wide. He simply wants us to walk thorough.
What situation forms our cage? Is our son on drugs? Is our job situation desperate? Or is loneliness clawing at our soul? Remember David’s words in Psalm 57:7:
“My heart is fixed, oh God, on thee.”
Our cage is already open, and the enemy cannot reach us where God will take us.
When we quit watching our cage, we will see that God’s freedom has been there all along.
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