Key Verse: “Lord, prove them wrong when they say, “God can’t help you!” Let the light of your radiant face breakthrough and shine upon us.” Psalm 4:6 (TPT)
Key Theme: David distressed, running to God, and finding peace.
Key Descriptives of God: He who Declares Innocent (v.1 NLT). He who Answers When Called (v.3 NLT). He who Keeps Safe (v.8 NLT).
I spend much time with the Lord for these posts. They are written daily. I have been up since 4 am today on this one having put together some original notes yesterday. I am greatly encouraged with what I already see shifting and being revealed but won’t comment beyond that now for time’s sake and so as not to distract from our focus of gazing at Him who is the Game Changer of all Game Changers.
Psalm 4 is the prototype chapter of David’s processing with God. He begins in typical raw honesty “Answer me when I call to you.” This is a recurring theme with David in the Psalms. He is frequently NOT feeling answered and so in his frustration/desperation, he pours out his heart to the Lord. Where we might give up quickly and resort to figuring it out on our own, David hangs in there with the Lord until his spirit is lifted. He begins with “Answer me” but by verse 8 he is at “I will lie down and sleep in peace”. “Sleeping in peace” is also a recurring theme for David. It is a practical way he experiences “His face shining upon us”.
David is FREQUENTLY distressed as this journey through Psalm 67 will reveal. He is also FREQUENTLY QUICKLY FREE from his distress. Generally within a few short verses of either writing down or singing who God is he has gone from some level of being overwhelmed to boasting in how secure he feels. This is a discipline that would serve us well to fully incorporate during this 67 day Summer of Love/Favor/Awakening. We know from the Psalms that David loves to encounter the Lord early in the day even before dawn. Verse 4 here lets us into the reality that also in bed at night David is in processing mode and has to resist anger. He refuses to be overcome by the anger and instead works it out with the Lord.
“LORD PROVE THEM WRONG when they say, God can’t help you!”
It is such a relational appeal to who he knows God to be. It is also a confrontation of THE BIG LIE that many of us tangle with when facing challenges. “God can’t help you.” This is a lie straight from hell. We are attacked with this lie about our personal economy. We are attacked with this lie over health matters. We are attacked with this lie over family matters. We are attacked with this lie over national matters. We have dreams and revelation that we pass around in the Body of Christ feeding that lie— while cloaked in spirituality. Any “warning” revelation that conveys directly or through the take away from it that “God can’t help you” (i.e. “brace yourself”) is a big lie needing to be confronted. I join in with David saying, “Lord prove them wrong”. All other prognostications must bow to His breakthrough radiant face shining upon us.
Verse 2, had David sounding off about what seem like national matters that a king or president (ours) would face. “How long will you people ruin my reputation?”, “How long will you make groundless accusations?”, “How long will you continue your lies?” It seems David’s present distress was “fake news” that wanted to overwhelm him in his day. He is in bed, trying to sleep and media lies have him incensed. I have to admit, anytime I want to feel “identificational distress” (not really a thing) all I have to do is plug into “mainstream media”. Helplessness and the aforementioned “God can’t help you” feeling often accompanies this as well. David again shows us the pathway through this. His conclusion after essentially entreating God with “Come on now Papa” is the point of these 67 days, “Let the light of your radiant face breakthrough and shine upon us.” David actually believes that “His face shining upon us” can take care of three significant things.
#1, Dealing with the “fake news media”.
#2, Proving dire/lying prognostications wrong.
#3, Giving restful sleep.
May we ACTUALLY believe so likewise. God may your shining face break through the fog of the lying spirit that has shrouded our land. Intercessors perhaps go after that today.
Written by: Johnny Enlow
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