DAYS OF TROUBLE, by Raphael ben Levi
“For He will conceal me in His shelter on the day of trouble. He will hide me in the folds of His tent; he will set me on a rock.” “Even though my father and mother have left me, Adonai will care for me.” Ps. 27:5:10
In life, trouble can occur at the most inconvenient of times! All our routines, our creature comforts, our plans and everything we may hold dear can be stripped away in a moment like a wisp of smoke. God does not shield us from hardships or personal loss because although He cares deeply about them He is acutely concerned about how we deal with them.
Sudden trouble is no gentleman and does not play according to the ‘Queensberry Rules.’ But God is faithful as countless testimonies have borne witness to throughout history. Nothing need ever rob us of victory through the precious blood of Yeshua when we place our trust squarely upon Him.
David revealed something of great significance in Ps. 69:10: “Even though my father and mother have left me, Adonai will care for me.” The Hebrew word to be estranged is ‘Zar’ rooted in the word ‘Mamzar’ meaning illegitimate. In verse 21, when David lamented that, “they gave me gall for food and vinegar to drink” (which also prophetically refers to Yeshua’s crucifixion) it implies that His brothers made life extremely hard for him.
Psalm 69 is a sad testimony of David’s miserable early phase in life growing up with extreme loneliness and rejection (v3) where he was frequently considered worthy only for being an object of mockery. (v26) The sages claim that this was because he carried the personal shame of his mother’s sin (v19-20) as stated in Ps.51:5: “Behold I was brought forth in iniquity and in sin my mother conceived me.” (i.e.,David’s mother committed adultery and was the byproduct of this infidelity)
How amazing that David who was punished for the sins of his parents, was despised and rejected by his family and humiliated by those in his hometown. Yet, it was he who was chosen by God to be the next king of Israel from whose lineage would come the Messiah who likewise “…was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, One from whom people hide their faces. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.”
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