David wrote the Psalm when he fled from Saul into a cave. He records one day’s experience and gives advice on how to live our lives.

Close each day in prayer. Take all your concerns to God. When you start trusting Him, He changes you, and you see your surroundings in a new way. By faith you enter into His presence. God will take care of your problems. He performs and perfects all things for you.

Open each day with praise. David wanted God to have all the glory and wanted to tell the world what He had done for him. God answer us prayers. Calamities pass, so praise God for seeing you through them.

When you are in a tight place, your great concern should not be how you can get out of it but how God will be glorified because of it. Look up each today with prayer and unlock each day with praise. Praise is great medicine and will take all bitterness, envy, jealousy and unrest out of your life. Try closing each day in prayer and opening each day with praise. Give God in opportunity to accomplish His purpose in your life.

Usually the concerts are held at concert halls, parks and churches, but I never heard or experienced conducting a concert in a cave. David wrote this song when he fled from soul into a cave. David possibly turn his situation into a song and he turn a cave into concert hall.

We learn here that, David had God’s protection. David was protected by the presence of God. Likewise, our protection does not come from circumstances. It comes from the presence of the Lord. David knew that God would perform all things for him. And God did—intervene for him. Moreover David was considered only about God’s glory. No matter where he was—even the cave—David concerned only about the glory of God, that’s all really mattered for him and he glorified God. Moreover David had a joyful tongue and fixed heart to sing and praise unto God, and he sang and gave praises to God.

I don’t know what kind of cave you might be in today. Perhaps it’s one of your own making. I can assure you of these two truths: you have God’s protection, and He is working for you. So be concerned only about His glory.

Be encouraged that God will protect you and intervene for you. Be concerned about His glory, not your own. Take time today to praise Him for His care.

Fear can grip us when we feel life is out of control, and that’s what happened to David when he was hiding from King Saul. David, Instead of running from his fears, with God’s help he faced them.

David honestly admitted his fears. He admitted the Enemy was against him. We won’t win the victory if we pretend the enemy is not there or if we try to suppress our fears. David’s enemies were chasing him like ferocious animals. It was a matter of life and death. David admitted his fears and trusted in God.

David humbly confessed his faith. He spoke about God, not his enemies. David clung to the Word of God and did not back out of his commitment to Him just because he was going through trouble. God’s protection and provision brought forth David’s prayer and praise.

Although everything may seem stacked against you, God is on your side, admit your fear and then turn to the Word of God. Trust in His promises to protect and provide. God knows who you are, where you are and what you’re up against. Your faith will overcome your fear and lead to praise God like David.

_Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation._ —Isaiah 12:2

Many of David’s psalm contain a pattern. He starts with the problem, then he prays, and finally he praises God for solving the problem. At the end of Psalm 56 v. 10-13 David praises the Lord. There are three patterns that you and I can learn:

1. _David praise God for His Word._ David had the Word of God and he depended on it rather than on his feelings or his circumstances. 2. _David praises God for being trustworthy._ Romans 10:17 says _“Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. “_ 3. _David praises God for all the help He has given him._ Got delivered his soul from death. God’s past deliverance was the assurance of His Future care and concern. _”Have you not kept my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?_ (v.13).

Praise God before He answers your prayers. Praise Him for His Word, His trustworthiness and His previous help. God delivers us so He can delight in us and direct us that we might bring glory to His name.

Did you know that God is keeping a journal about you and me? His journal is composed of bottles and books.

David said in v.8, “Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into the bottle: are they not in thy book?.”

God sees where we walk. He knows the path we’ve been on. God sees when we weep. He sees the record our tears and files them for future reference. One day God will show you the book and the bottle. He’s going to say, “I know when your heart was broken. I knew what you were going through. I have kept a record of it. Now , that sorrow shall be turned into joy.”

God knows your difficulties and sorrows. The day is coming when your sorrow will be turned to Joy , and your tears will glorify Him.

Burdens are not accidents but appointments. “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved” (v.22). David is not talking about concern for others, although it’s good to bear one another’s burdens. Instead, he means the burdens that the Lord allows each one of us to bear.

The burdens you have in your life today are what God has ordained for you—unless they are the result of your own rebellious sin against Him. Burdens help us to grow; they help us to exercise the muscles of our faith. They teach us how to trust God and live a day at a time.

“Casting all your care upon Him, He cares for you” — 1 Peter 5:7. This promise also tells us that we can cast these burdens on the Lord. Notice that the verse doesn’t say He will keep you from problems all the time. He is going to use problems to build your character. Giving your burden to God is an act of faith. But giving yourself to Him and letting Him use the burdens to help you grow is taking an extra step of faith. But He will make sure the righteous will not be moved. Cast your burden on the Lord. Let Him sustain you today.

David was going through intense difficulty. Some of his friends, including his most family and friends, where turning against him, and it was painful.

How did David solve this problem?

He called upon the Lord (v.12). David had a systematic prayer life. He called upon God and told Him his troubles. David let God do the judging in verse 19. David believed God would resolve the problem. Don’t treat others the way they treat you. Instead, treat them the way you would want to be treated. Don’t return evil for evil. And David was determined to learn from the experience. David was going through a change of friends, and this was helping him to fear God more. We usually don’t like changes. But whenever God brings change to our lives, we can learn from it. Let’s not get so comfortable, so settled, that God can’t do anything new in our lives.

Determined to learn from difficult experiences. God has a purpose for allowing every difficulty and problem. Let Him teach you new truths and work in your life in new ways.

Perhaps the greatest trial is when someone you really love——a friend, family member——betrays you. It takes a diamond to cut a diamond and sometimes our friends can hurt us deeply. And we can deeply hurt them. David said about his friend, “The words of his mouth with smoother than butter, but was was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords” (21).

Jesus could have a applied these words to Judas. He could have said, “Yes, my own familiar friend, the one who walked with me, the one who ate with me—He is the one who betrayed me.”

See vs.14 “We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the House of God in the throng.” How sad it is when people we fellowship with in the House of God, turn against us and hurt us. But we must do what David did. He simply prayed, “Lord, Thou art the only One who can take care of this. I don’t understand it. I’m not going to return evil for evil. I am just going to leave it with Thee.” God met David’s needs. He Magnified him and healed his wounds.

We find two lessons here. First, “all of us are human.” Others will hurt you sometimes. But leave your hurt with the Lord and don’t fight back. Second, be careful “not to hurt others.” Betrayed trust is one of life’s most difficult pills to swallow. How you respond to those who hurt you is a true test of your faith. Leave it with God. He will meet your needs and use you to glorify Himself.

Be a friend who blesses, not betrays.

Have you ever felt like flying away just to get away from all troubles, and problems, and temptation? Has life ever been such a burden that all you can think about is escaping? David felt like that one day. That’s why he wrote, “... That I had wings like a dove! For then I would fly away and be at rest” (v.6).

All of us have felt like getting away from problems. But it is not a good solution to any problem. We usually take our problems with us. Sometimes when we tried to run away, we will only make the problem worse.

Why does the Lord allow us to go through windy storms and tempests? God allows trials to make/help us grow and mature and become like His Son. Isaiah 40:31 encourage us “... they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles;” The eagle faces the storm, spreads his great wings and allows the wind to lift him above the storm.

Don’t run away. Run to the Lord, and let Him left you high above the storm.

David wrote this Psalm 55 during the early stages of Absalom’s conspiracy.

David triumphed because he sought God:

I will call — Lord will save me (v.16), (Whosoever shall call upon the name of the God shall be saved Rom.10:13).

I will cast — Lord will sustain me (v.22). (Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for you 1 Pet.5:7).

I will trust — God will preserve me from the enemies (v.23). (Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. Ps.26:1).

God gives us burdens and we are to give them back to Him. Trials force you to respond. You can fly, fight or fly about them. God has a purpose in your trials and want you to learn how to fly about it. Cast your burden upon Him and trust Him for the strength to fly about your difficulty. Don’t ask for wings like a dove to fly away. Instead, Let God give you wings like an Eagle so you can soar above the storm.