  Psalm 3 A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom. 1 O LORD , how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me, "God will not deliver him. " Selah [1] 3 But you are a shield around me, O LORD ; you bestow glory on me and lift [2] up my head.
4 To the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side. 7 Arise, O LORD ! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
8 From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. Selah Footnotes 3:2 A word of uncertain meaning, occurring frequently in the Psalms; possibly a musical term 3:3 Or LORD , / my Glorious One, who lifts If there's one thing that I've learned, my enemies are just as close to me as my friends. I don't know of anyone who goes out of the way to make enemies, but in this mad world, there's no denying our enemies exist. Their attacks range from spreading stories about you to actually physically hurting you. A few years back, I went through a dark time when someone spread rumours about me (I still don't know why, to this day).
Chaos ensued, with threats and ill-will aimed at me for the good part of a year. That time was filled with sleepless nights and I was constantly depressed and on edge, for I felt I had enemies on all sides just waiting to get me. In Psalm 3, David went through something similiar (though I doubt it was something as trivial as teenage rumours). David got out of it okay, because of God. It's asking alot for man to cope with the feeling of being surrounded by enemies. David brought his fears to God, and He eased them (how can you not calm down knowing you have God on your side?).
David refused to listen to people who said God wasn't with him (verse 2), but instead trusted that God was his protector. I didn't exactly write a psalm to God the way David did during dark times. I was scared senseless some days, and wide awake most nights. A big thanks goes to out to God, for "striking my enemies on the jaw" (one of the all time greatest bands: Jawbreaker, not relevant, but something that came to mind >. I can't say that my worries ended for good after one prayer to God. I prayed alot, and one thing is sure, God is the reason I wasn't psychologically scarred for life =).
Verse 8 says that "from the Lord comes deliverance", so have faith that He will. Quit worrying. It's not easy, and it might never be to have enemies around you. But God promises a better way out by lifting your fears to Him, and trusting and believing that He's watching over you. This is an appealing alternative to thinking we can cope with the world alone. This world is too big, but God is bigger, and He's there for us when everyone is out to get us.
Your friend, Kevin 
