The more God blesses us, the greater the opportunity for worries. We ask him for a better job, and in the blessing, we also receive greater responsibilities. We plead for a larger home for our growing family, only to find the repair bills are larger, too. God gifts us the family we’ve desired, and we have baskets of diapers to accompany it.
How great must be the worries of a king?
David was blessed as few other men. He was a master musician. He was the chosen companion of a king’s son. He later stepped into the seat of royal power, becoming the king. Yet, all along the way, he was besieged by troubles and worries. King Saul tried to kill David at one point, flinging a spear at him even as he ministered to the king with song. As king, David had to flee for his life, hiding in a cave. Even more sorely, his position of power tempted him with the wife of another man.
David had the blessings of God showered on his life, and yet he was also consumed with the worries that went along with all that God had given him.
In Psalm 43:1-5, David pleaded before God. Absalom, David’s son, pursued him, wishing him dead. David could not understand why God allowed such a travesty to wash across his life.
Is that like us? We find our comfort in material things rather than in the Spirit, and we plead with the Father to increase our prosperity. Then, when God opens the doors of his storehouses, we complain about the stress of owning all that he has given us.
We must do as David did. In Verse 4 we read that David fell upon the altar of God, and he sang praises of thanksgiving, in spite of his overwhelming distress.
David’s words in Verse 5 still resonate with us today.
“Why are you cast down, O my soul? My hope is to be found in God, for he is the health of my countenance.”
When life bears down on our shoulders, finding peace can only come through praise to the Father.
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