{"id":21611,"date":"2014-09-03T00:20:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T04:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=21611"},"modified":"2014-09-03T00:05:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T04:05:50","slug":"help-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/03\/help-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Help"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SeekingHimLogo\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Lord, I seek refuge in You;
\nlet me never be disgraced.
\nSave me by Your righteousness.
\nListen closely to me; rescue me quickly.
\nBe a rock of refuge for me,
\na mountain fortress to save me.
\nFor You are my rock and my fortress;
\nYou lead and guide me
\nbecause of Your name.
\nYou will free me from the net
\nthat is secretly set for me,
\nfor You are my refuge.
\nInto Your hand I entrust my spirit;
\nYou redeem me, Lord, God of truth.
\nPsalms 31:1-5<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In reading this passage I was captivated by David\u2019s personal, confident prayer of faith. \u00a0Faith and prayer go together hand-in-glove. \u00a0Charles Spurgeon wrote:<\/p>\n

\u201cFaith is the foundation of prayer. Faith gives to men on earth the protection of heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n

David cries out for help. \u00a0He has great faith in God. \u00a0In Psalm 18:2 (AMP) he confidently asserts that God alone is His protection.<\/p>\n

The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer;
\nmy God, my keen and firm Strength in Whom I will trust and take refuge,
\nmy Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower.<\/p>\n

David was wise to recognize his weaknesses. \u00a0As Chuck Smith states: \u201cWisdom is knowing your weakness.\u201d I would add that wisdom is also knowing where to turn for help<\/em>. \u00a0In Proverbs 30:26 the hyraxes (or conies) are considered wise because they realize they are small and weak then seek shelter in the rocks. \u00a0In 2 Samuel 22:2, 7 (HCSB) David cried out to his Rock, his Fortress to be rescued. \u00a0He said:<\/p>\n

The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
\nI called to the Lord in my distress; I called to my God.
\nFrom His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.<\/p>\n

I searched for definitions of \u201crock\u201d<\/em>:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. noun \u2013 shield, defense, fortress, refuge, stronghold<\/li>\n
  2. adjective \u2013 immovable, impenetrable, secure<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I want to be like David—<\/p>\n

      \n
    • I want to recognize that I am weak and open to attacks from the enemy.<\/li>\n
    • I cannot provide shelter or a refuge for myself.<\/li>\n
    • I owe my safety entirely to God.<\/li>\n
    • I want to take refuge behind the immovable, impenetrable shield of my Rock and my Redeemer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      He has sheltered me before…is defending me even now…and will continue to keep me securely in His grasp. \u00a0With faith-filled anticipation, we pray; and in faithfulness, He answers.<\/p>\n

      \u201cFaith establishes a claim to have it\u2019s anticipations made good\u201d
      \n\u2013 Pulpit Commentary<\/p>\n

      \u00a0\u00a0*<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u271e\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n

      Lord, we are so very thankful and grateful that we can seek refuge in You, our Rock and our Fortress, knowing we will be protected and secure as we stand behind the rock solid walls of Your promises. \u00a0Thank You for hearing our cries for help.\u00a0\u00a0Let us always be mindful to seek shelter in Your stronghold and nowhere else. \u00a0In your Mighty and Holy name we pray, Amen \u2013 it is so!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Lord, I seek refuge in You; let me never be disgraced. Save me by Your righteousness. Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly. Be a rock of refuge for me, a mountain fortress to save me. For You are my rock and my fortress; You lead and guide me because of Your name. You will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[7216,5889,3367,7217,4307,1287,425,7218,6206,497,7215,7214,7189,4302,3174,4437],"class_list":["post-21611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-2-samuel-222-and-7","tag-cynda-cottrill","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-deliverer","tag-fortress","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-god-is-our-help","tag-he-is-faithful","tag-help","tag-proverbs-3026","tag-psalm-182","tag-psalms-311-5","tag-rock","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-shelter","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-5Cz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21611"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21613,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21611\/revisions\/21613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}