Tell God Everything
Psalm 142: 1 says: “(1) I cry unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.
True religion is fellowship with God that withstands a;; adversity. David’s description of loneliness could ne anyone’s: he is disoriented, deserted, depressed, and defeated. His first step toward healing was to cry out to aloud to God in heaven, his maker.
When reading the New Testament, we sometimes wonder: “Was the apostle Paul thinking of such – and – such Old Testament event when he wrote those words?” That could be the case when we see an example of (Old Testament) and exhortation (New Testament) to pour out our concerns to God.
When David was anointed king, King Saul tried to kill David to block his ascension to the throne. On one occasion, David hid in the cave of “Adullam” to escape the murderous Saul.
1 Samuel 22: 1; “David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.”
It is possible Saul had levied a heavy tax upon the inhabitants of Israel, and that many of these victims – in debt and discontented and in distress – decided to join David when they heard that he was in exile.
In Psalm 142, we have a record of David’s prayer to God while he was hiding. And what a prayer! Surely it is an example of what Paul wrote about in Philippians 4: 6 & 7 which says: “(6) Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known to God. (7) And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Believers who take their anxiety to God in prayer discover the peace of God. They are also promised something even better. The God of peace Himself – His protection, presence, comfort, and encouragement.
So we as believers are guarded by the peace of God as we commit our concerns to Him.
So don’t be afraid to tell God your deepest needs and concerns. By example and exhortation, the Bible encourages that very thing. Anxiety and prayer are more opposed to each other than fire and water.