Tell God Everything!
"I cry out to the Lord with my voice; with my
voice to the Lord I make my supplication."
Psalm 142: 1
When reading the New Testament, we sometimes wonder:
“Was the apostle Paul thinking of such-and-such Old Testament event
when he wrote those words?” That could be the case when we see an
example (Old Testament) and exhortation (New Testament) to pour out
our concerns to God.
When David was anointed king, King Saul tried to kill David to
block his ascension to the throne. On one occasion, David hid in
“the cave of Adullam” (1 Samuel 22:1) to escape murderous Saul.
In Psalm 142, we have a record of David’s prayer to God while he
was hiding from Saul. And what a prayer! Surely it's an example of
what Paul wrote about in Philippians 4:6-7—don’t be anxious, but
through prayers and supplications let your concerns be made
known to God.
As David was guarded in a “stronghold” while he prayed
(1 Samuel 22:4), so the believer is guarded by the peace of
God as we commit our concerns to Him (Philippians 4:7).
Don’t be afraid to tell God your deepest needs and
concerns. By example and exhortation, the Bible
encourages that very thing.
"Anxiety and prayer are more opposed
to each other than fire and water."
J. A. Bengel
