“Our Hiding Place”
Therefore, let all the Godly pray to You while there is still time, that they may not drown in the floodwaters of judgment. For You are my Hiding Place; You protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory. Psalm 32:6-7
This Psalm was pinned by King David. David was ENCOURAGING the GODLY people, the TRUE BELIEVERS, to PRAY to our HEAVENLY FATHER, while there is STILL time. In the first two verses of this Psalm David talks about the JOY a TRUE BELIEVER can have when their disobedience (sins) is FORGIVEN and put OUT of SIGHT!
David tried to HIDE his sins from God and the result was: His body wasted away, and he groaned ALL DAY long. And God’s Hand of Discipline weighed HEAVY on him. And his STRENGTH EVAPORATED like water in the summer heat. (Vv3&4)
But when David FINALLY CONFESSED ALL his SINS and GUILT to God and STOPPED trying to HIDE them from God, God FORGAVE David! And ALL his GUILT was GONE. David wanted to be SURE that ALL the GODLY people would PRAY and CONFESS their SINS IMMEDIATELY to God, so, they would not DROWN in the FLOODWATERS of DISTRESS and GUILT. (Vv 5&6)
We NEED to PRAY a PRAYER of CONFESSION and REPENTANCE, WITHOUT DELAY. The WICKED people in NOAH’S day, REFUSED to REPENT and was SWEPT AWAY in the FLOODWATERS of JUDGMENT. Noah and his family were OBEDIENT to God’s plan and were SAVED, because they were in GOD’S HIDING PLACE.
In verse 7, David WORSHIPS God with this: “You are my HIDING PLACE; you PROTECT me from TROUBLE. You SURROUND me with SONGS of VICTORY.” Is God YOUR HIDING PLACE?
The ONLY WAY for Him to be your Hiding Place, is for you to become His Child, and the ONLY WAY you can do that is IF you will ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, God’s ONLY SON who GAVE His LIFE, by SHEDDING His BLOOD, to COVER your SINS. And BELIEVE with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for YOU, before God. Then CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS. And be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN to GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and let Him be YOUR HIDING PLACE!! Do this NOW, while you STILL can. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!! Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!