Rejoicing Our Way Through the Hard Places of Life: Psalm 37 and Psalm 57

Our Anchor Text: Philippians 4:4-9

Psalm 37:3-6

Psalm 57:1-11: When he fled from Saul, in the cave.

David’s Hard Place: Alone in a Cave while Destruction is Passing By

1st He’s Choosing Psalm 37:3-6:

Trusting in the Lord and Doing Good.
He is Cultivating Faithfulness
Committing His way to the Lord.
Delighting In the Lord, expectant of God giving Him the desires of His heart.
Trusting in the Lord and He Knows God is going to do it.
He’s Resting in the Lord, waiting Patiently for Him
He’s Putting away Anger, and forsaking wrath.
He Knows that Fretting leads to the very evil doing that Saul is doing to Him.

2nd He Crying For Mercy: V 1: Be gracious to me O God, Be gracious to me.

Mercy:

Hebrews 4:14 Hebrews 4:14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. 16 Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

By His Mercy He Forgives Our sins: Psalm 51:1
By His Mercy he redeems and Leads us: Exodus 15:13
By His Mercy He saves us: Titus 3:5
By His Mercy He Made us alive and saved us: Ephesians 2:3-5

3rd He Steadying His Heart:
“My heart is steadfast, O God, My heart is steadfast.” V7

Steadfast:

This is where we direct our hearts: The Promises of God:

He Promises We will be like Jesus: 1 John 3:2
He Promises that His Spirit will come and be with us forever. John 14:16
He Promises that We will be revealed with him in glory Colossians 3:4
He promises to finish what He started. Philippians 1:6

1 Peter 5:6-10:

4th He Sings Praises: “I will sing, yes, I will sing praises!” V 7-8