“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.” Psalm 56:3
Jesus, we love everything about this verse. King David felled Goliath with creek pebbles, conquered the barbaric Philistines, brought the ark of the covenant back to Jerusalem (dancing with all his might), and refused to take vengeance on King Saul (who was trying to “eliminate” him). Yet inside this mighty warrior (and weak man), beat a heart susceptible to fear—just like us.
Nothing in your Word suggests spiritually mature people don’t experience feelings of anxiety, fear, and worry. That’s graceless nonsense, and a recipe for heaping guilt and shame on top of our vulnerability Rather, you’re calling us to the “stewardship” of our weakness, not denying it. King David said, “When I am afraid, I will trust in you.”
Jesus, thank you that trusting you is less an exercise of great faith and more the posture of total abandonment. It’s not “getting a grip,” it’s letting go of what we don’t have—control. It’s not “bucking-up,” it’s getting low, because grace always runs downhill.
Some of us begin today in a hospital room, not knowing what’s next. Some of us are treading water in a pond of circumstance-piranha, nibbling away at our joy and hope. Some of are overwhelmed with little sleep, too much to do, and our emotional-gas tank on empty.
As I write this prayer, “He Will Hold Me Fast” is playing in the background (and foreground). “He will hold me fast. He will hold me fast. For my Savior loves me so, He will hold me fast. When I fear my faith will fail. Christ will hold me fast. When the tempter would prevail, He will hold me fast.” Thank you, Jesus. You are and will “hold us fast.” So Very, Very Amen.