Who Do You Run To?

Psalm 42:11

“Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again-my Savior and my God!”

Read 1 Samuel 27

David living with the enemy

David is discouraged, despondent and feels like he will be running the rest of his life.

We read what he was thinking and fearing in Psalm 13:1-2. David has been running as a fugitive for approximately seven years. In his discouragement David chooses to run to the enemy.

He is not the only biblical leader that became discouraged and thought or did things they shouldn’t have. Take a moment to pause and read about the disappointments and discouraging times of Moses in Numbers 11:15 and Elijah in 1 Kings 19.

Have you been hard on yourself (or someone else) when they are struggling with discouragement and disappointment?

Only during adversity does your faith grow.

God did not use anyone in the Bible until they went through adversity.

Mark 9:23 “All things are possible for those who believe.”

APPLICATION:

Even in my discouragement God is with me and will guide and comfort me. I do not need to run to the enemy for refuge. I need to run to the Lord! If I am patient and actively hold on to my faith, in God’s perfect time I will be rescued and safe. 

Dig Deeper into Scripture on Hope vs. Despair

Psalm 130:5

Jeremiah 29:11

Philippians 4:6-8

Psalm 42:5

Philippians 1:20

“I eagerly expect and hope that I will in now way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.”