Psalm 55:4-5

Psalm 55:4-5

Overwhelmed by horror!

I would guess that this is about as bad as it gets! Remember, David is not sick or physically ill. He is not overwhelmed by personal sin or guilt. He is not on the run, fleeing from Saul, or the like. He is not anticipating a foreign nation launching an attack on his kingdom. David’s terror, at this moment in his life, is caused by the treacherous actions of one who was his close companion, maybe even one of his sons. His hold over his kingdom has been undermined by a deceitful traitor and such is the anxiety this has caused, that David is filled with horror and reduced to a quivering wreck. He feels the fear so deeply that he literally has trembling fits! That does suggest to me that the deceiver is one who is close to home, one whom people will follow and one whom David cannot bring himself to “dispose of”. In other words, his son, Absalom. 

Perhaps this is a little “eye-opener” into the anxiety brought upon Jesus by the actions of His friend, Judas? Until the betrayal, Judas keeps himself quietly in the background and has little impact it seems, amongst the disciples. He may well have been loyal and reliable but, at Passover, Satan entered into him, (Jesus’ words not mine) and he leaves the party to sell his soul to the devil. 

If there are close confidantes, colleagues, friends, even trusted family members who have turned against us, it is a cause for great concern. These kinds of deviousness hurt more than any. They shake us to our core and it’s a job to think about anything else. We may even have faced situations where we fear for our safety, such is the brutal and abusive behaviour of the one we once loved and trusted. If this is your experience, tell the Lord please. Don’t hold back, tell him the facts and tell Him how you are feeling and seek His deliverance. He will hear and answer you. 

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