Hello Jaedan,
have you heard David says this :
For when I KEPT SILENT, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. -
Psalms 32:3
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah ( Pause to reflect ) -
Psalms 32:4
When David kept silent or in other words, he didn’t pray, — he felt his life wasted away with groaning all day long ! Don’t we once felt the same way ?
Whose hand was heavy upon David ? It is God’s hand !!
David related his spiritual experience, that is, his strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. In other words, his strength was dried by the heat of God’s wrath.
What did David did then ? What David has done what was right ?
The answer is also in
psalms 32.
This is what David has said :
I acknowledged my sin to You, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,"
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah ( Pause to reflect )
Psalms 32:5
Right after, David confessed his transgressions—- David trust that God forgives the iniquity of his sin !
How can David trust like that ?
This is what David heard :
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, BUT
steadfast love surrounds the one who TRUSTS in the LORD. -
Psalms 32:10
David understand this spiritual truth that the one who trust in the steadfast of the Lord will be surrounded by the steadfast love of the Lord !
That is why it is written:
Therefore let
EVERYONE who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of GREAT WATERS, they shall not reach him. -
Psalms 32:6
Are you doubting yourself whether you are godly ? please understand the spiritual conditions that David was in when David kept silent or didn’t pray ! Compare that to ourselves! We were just like David when we kept silent and didn’t pray !
David, eventually prayed, so we should pray that prayer, too and believe that God forgives the iniquity of our sins.
Then we remember the promise that is written:
surely in the rush of GREAT WATERS, they shall not reach him. -
Psalms 32:6
What are these great waters spoken about ?
When I meditate God’s word, I eventually find the answer in the following verse:
You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from TROUBLE; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah -
Psalms 32:7
I understand that surely in the rush of GREAT WATERS OF TROUBLE, THESE TROUBLES shall not reach me. If these troubles shall not reach David and me, so you can, too.
Why and how these troubles can reach ?
Why ? It is because David and I believe that God is a hiding place for us.
How ? God surrounds us with shouts of deliverance or songs of deliverance; in other words, when I am discouraged, I sing praises or song of worship to God for His faithfulness.
Then this promise is fulfilled:
to grant to those who mourn in Zion' to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified. -
Isaiah 61:3
are you not mourning and want to be in God’s presence ? Therefore, wear the garment of praise to God then the evil spirit of despair will flee from you. Why ? It is because you lift up high His name and His name has power over the enemy.
what God have said to David in this spiritual experience or what God answers:
I
will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I
will counsel you with My eye upon you. -
Psalms 32:8
Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you. -
Psalms 32:9
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but
steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD. -
Psalms 32:10
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart! -
Psalms 32:11
Are you willing that the Holy Spirit instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go ?
Will you allow Holy Spirit to counsel you with His eye upon you ?
If yes, then trust in the steadfast love of the Lord then His steadfast love will surround you.
Keep this counsel of the Lord always in your mind:
I who trust in the steadfast love of the Lord will be surrounded by His steadfast love. Amen
The Lord, Holy Spirit will teach you in the way to go, that is, to be glad in the Lord and to rejoice as you know how the Lord Jesus Christ redeem you and teach you to gain His strength to shout for joy as you learn how the Holy Spirit gives you an upright heart.