Psalm, Chapter 57Prayer for Rescue from Persecutors.For the choir director; set to [a]Al-tashheth. A [b]Mikhtam of David, [c]when he fled from Saul in the cave.57 Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, For my soul takes refuge in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge Until destruction passes by.-          The title of this message is Prayer for Rescue from Persecutorso   It brings to the front line our need to pray for rescue (we need to be rescured)o   It also brings to mind “from persecutors” all Christians have persecutors (those who are trying to cause us trouble to damage our Christian testimony)-          For the choir directoro   This means it was meant to be a song and the worship leaders were to encourage God’s people to sing this song for a specific reason-          Set to Al-tashheth (Al-tashheth means “destroy not” or “do not destroy”-          A Mikhtam (Mikhtam means “golden thing that covers or hides” or “precious tablet inscription” the idea is so precious of words it warrants being engraved. A psalm precious as stamped gold)-          When he fled from Saul in the caveo   David means “beloved” but also “weak” or “flowing”o   Saul means “to ask” or “ask for”-          Consider thiso   We have prayer for rescue from persecutorso   Then we have Al-tashheth (do not destroy), then David (beloved), then Saul (asked for or to ask)o   Everything points towards the beloved of God who are weak asking God to help!-          What is the thing you are afraid of today that makes you want to run and hide in a cave?o   It’s time to ask God to rescue you because you are His beloved!-          Now David shows us how to do ito   Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to meo   The first thing David asked is for God to be gracious to himo   grace is absolutely the thing we need (it is unearned, undeserved favor)o   he repeats the phrase twice be gracious to me; be gracious to me; apparently David wants to make sure God heard this request so he repeated it§  so too sometimes we need to repeat our request to God multiple times§  that does not mean he did not hear you the first time§  it means sometimes you have to say it multiple times to get to the place of faith where you will believe that he heard you and that he will answer-          for my soul takes refuge in youo   your soul is the part of you that lasts forevero   David says his soul is taking refuge in Godo   a refuge is a safe harbor or a safe place§  it is a place that you can run to in your protected from all harmIntro to Outbless Weekly Thanks for listening to Outbless.com

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