Rest for the Anxious
Drew Hunter
Psalm 3
We're taking a few weeks to focus on prayer within our series on the Psalms. The handful of Psalms we're looking at these weeks are ones that were written out of the midst of some kind of significant situation in the Psalmist's life. The situation is either some kind of terrible circumstance or it was a problem within the author's own heart. Often we see both.
We're looking at issues like depression, anxiety, doubt, and suffering. This morning, we're going to look at Psalm 3. This is a prayer of the anxious.
[Read Psalm 3]
[3:1] O LORD, how many are my foes!
Many are rising against me;
[2] many are saying of my soul,
there is no salvation for him in God. Selah
[3] But you, O LORD, are a shield about me,
my glory, and the lifter of my head.
[4] I cried aloud to the LORD,
and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah
[5] I lay down and slept;
I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.
[6] I will not be afraid of many thousands of people
who have set themselves against me all around.
[7] Arise, O LORD!
Save me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;
you break the teeth of the wicked.
[8] Salvation belongs to the LORD;
your blessing be on your people! Selah
Now we have several things working against us from the outset here. My guess is that many of us might not be leaning in and thinking, ''Yes. I need to hear this. This is for me.''
I think there are a couple reasons why this might be the case.
Anxiety Is More Common Than We Think
First, we may not realize how common anxiety is. Most of us don't think of ourselves as anxious people, but many of us are. In fact, all of us become anxious at different times and in different degrees. We don't recognize this because we use different words to talk about it. There is a spectrum of anxiety and we use different words to talk about different paces along the spectrum.
- We call the lowest level, 'nervousness.' This is when w ...
Drew Hunter
Psalm 3
We're taking a few weeks to focus on prayer within our series on the Psalms. The handful of Psalms we're looking at these weeks are ones that were written out of the midst of some kind of significant situation in the Psalmist's life. The situation is either some kind of terrible circumstance or it was a problem within the author's own heart. Often we see both.
We're looking at issues like depression, anxiety, doubt, and suffering. This morning, we're going to look at Psalm 3. This is a prayer of the anxious.
[Read Psalm 3]
[3:1] O LORD, how many are my foes!
Many are rising against me;
[2] many are saying of my soul,
there is no salvation for him in God. Selah
[3] But you, O LORD, are a shield about me,
my glory, and the lifter of my head.
[4] I cried aloud to the LORD,
and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah
[5] I lay down and slept;
I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.
[6] I will not be afraid of many thousands of people
who have set themselves against me all around.
[7] Arise, O LORD!
Save me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;
you break the teeth of the wicked.
[8] Salvation belongs to the LORD;
your blessing be on your people! Selah
Now we have several things working against us from the outset here. My guess is that many of us might not be leaning in and thinking, ''Yes. I need to hear this. This is for me.''
I think there are a couple reasons why this might be the case.
Anxiety Is More Common Than We Think
First, we may not realize how common anxiety is. Most of us don't think of ourselves as anxious people, but many of us are. In fact, all of us become anxious at different times and in different degrees. We don't recognize this because we use different words to talk about it. There is a spectrum of anxiety and we use different words to talk about different paces along the spectrum.
- We call the lowest level, 'nervousness.' This is when w ...
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