Psalm 57:2 (NLT)
I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for me.
Have you ever had seasons in your life that you just wondered if there was any purpose to your life? Times where you feel like Solomon did in Ecclesiastes when he said “meaningless, meaningless everything is meaningless”? Maybe at one time you had a dream for your life or you felt that God has a calling for you, but in that season it all seemed hopeless? Maybe you are in that season right now. Maybe you have had a tragedy in your life and now you just feel hopeless and like you don’t understand. Maybe you were abused or used and you feel like damaged goods. Maybe nothing really happened, you just feel so far from God and you might even be questioning if He is even real.
David wrote this psalm at such a time in his life. He knew he was anointed to be king. He knew that God had a call for his life. He had been close to the king, ministered to the king, and even fought for the king. He was even best friends with the kings son. Things probably looked like they were going in the right direction for him to step into the purpose that God had for his life.
Then Saul turned on him. Saul began to hate him and falsely accused him- he even tried to kill him. Talk about discouraging! David had to begin to question what the purpose was in all of this. I am sure he wondered if God even knew what He was doing at times. This particular verse for this week came on a day when David was hiding from Saul in a cave. David, who was anointed as king, was hiding and afraid for his life.
Can’t you just picture David hiding in the cave. A man conflicted- knowing that God had shared a calling for his life. David knew he was a mighty warrior- he had killed a lion and a bear with his bare hands and he had killed thousands in war- but here he was hiding in a cave crying out to God. I doubt that he was just sitting quietly or even just kneeling beside his bed whispering a little prayer. This was a man confused and frustrated. I am sure he was pacing back and forth thinking of where he had been knowing where he was supposed to be going, but yet there he was stuck in that cave. This verse says he was crying out to God. Not talking, not whispering, he was crying out. And when he cried out he knew who he was crying out to- to God who would fulfill His purpose in David. David knew just crying wouldn’t do any good, he had to cry out to God, his God, the one with the plan.
Have you ever felt like you needed to really cry out to God? Do you now? Do you wonder if God has a purpose for your life? In Jeremiah 1:5 God told Jeremiah that God knew him before he was formed in his mothers womb. God had set him apart and appointed him as his prophet. God also knew you before you were born and he has a purpose for you as well! You may wonder how God can use you because you have been abused, hurt, or misunderstood. You may not feel that you have the abilities of others, that you are not attractive enough, smart enough, or anything enough- but God knows exactly who you are and exactly what He would want you to be.
