Psalm 54:2-Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

Let us look at the word Ziphims; they were Ziphites. In 1 Samuel 26:1, it says that the Ziphites went to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hakilah, which faces Jeshimon?”

When I look at Psalm 54:2, David is praying to God because strangers have risen up against him, his oppressors seek after his soul: because they have not set God before them. David is hiding from Saul because he is trying to kill him. Saul knows that David is going to be the next King, so he is doing everything he can to kill David. David is running for his life! He has never did anything to King Saul to disrespect him. David is asking God to protect him from his enemies. Even though Saul is doing this to David, he will never retaliate against Saul because he is the King. David knows that one day King Saul’s reign is going to end, but he will not harm King Saul. David was there to play the harp for Saul when the evil spirit came upon him to calm him down, but King Saul was mad at David because of jealousy. Jealousy is something that will make people do crazy things that they would not normally do. One would think that King Saul would be proud to have David around. David won wars, he made his fair share of mistakes, but nonetheless He was a man after God’s own heart.

King David still prayed to God even though he made mistakes, when he was in despair, when he did not understand something, when his baby died because of what he did to Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband. He called on God for help.

Whenever I look at the things that I go through sometimes, I called on God in every last situation that I have ever had to face in my life. God has delivered me through heartache, sickness, and pain, anxiety, and depression, through all of the surgeries I have had to have in my life. Just as God delivered King David from King Saul, He still delivers us out of all of our troubles today. He delivers us from our enemies that they may not triumph over us, just as King Saul did not triumph over King David. When I look at King David, I see hope and faith, just as well as I see mistakes he made in his life, but the thing is we all make mistakes in our lives…we are human beings. For as long as we live, we will make mistakes and we will call on God to deliver us from the mistakes we make, but while He is delivering us from those mistakes, we have a lesson to learn from them. We will not make that same mistake again. We cannot please everyone, just as King David could not always please King Saul.

King David asked God to give ear to the words of his mouth. He wanted God to hear every word he was saying to Him, He did not want God to turn a deaf ear to him. He was saying, God, please hear me! God, I need You! I need You to deliver me from my enemies that are trying to kill me!

In verse(4.) David said Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. David realized that God was his helper. He knew that God would help him even though he was in distress…in fear for his life. He knew that they wanted to take his life from him. When we are in distress about something, no matter what it is, we can call on God, but when we call on God, we cannot doubt, we have to know that He hears us , just as David knew that He heard is plea…his prayer. We must have that kind of faith…faith that is unwavering. We must have the faith as the size of a mustard seed, and a mustard seed is very small. Having a little faith is better than having no faith at all. Having no faith will get you nowhere, but just having a little faith can move mountains. That is mustard seed faith. There is nothing wrong with being afraid of something, but do not let fear overtake you. Perfect love casts out all fear, and that is the perfect love of God.

No matter where we are in our lives, God is with us, just as He was with King David. He was with the disciples even when Jesus returned to heaven. What would ever make us think that He is not with us? He said that He would never leave us nor forsake us. He is our ever present help when we are in trouble… when we are facing things that we do not understand. When we cannot feel His presence, He is with us. When we cannot find Him, He is still wit us, just as He was with Job, just as HE WAS WITH JACOB, JOSEPH, ABRAHAM, DANIEL, and all of those who came before us! They lived by faith, they walked by faith and not by sight, just as we should today! Yes, there are going to be hard times that will come along that we have no control of, but we must realize that we have a Savior to call on, and His name is Jesus Christ! If you have not talked to God in a while, or never talked to Him at all for whatever reason, He is waiting to hear from you. It does not matter what you have done in your life, or where you are in your life, He is here for you. Whatever you are going through, He can work it out, I know because He has did it for me more times than I can count. He loves you. He took our sins upon Himself so we could be free from sin, so we would not have to be separated from Him for all eternity. When you make the decision to live for Jesus, it will be the best decision you will ever make in your life. All praises be to God and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ…who was and is and is to come, Amen!