Why did God let this happen to me?

Psalm 3

Psalms 3:1-3

1)  LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

2)  Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

3)  But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

Have you ever been in serious trouble? Have you ever thought things just could not get any worse? At the same time all around you would have to agree, they may even say, 'why does God not do anything?', 'Maybe you have been judged and God will not help you!' This was the situation David found himself in when writing this psalm. His own son had seized the throne and was hunting him down!

For many unbelievers when things go right they say that they have done well, when things go wrong it is God's fault, or God does not exist, or he would have stopped this happening. They never stop to think what they did to cause the problem. As believers we fall into a similar trap. In bad times we cry out, God where are you? In good times we forget to praise him. How different is David's attitude. He was in the darkest days of his life. He could not see the hand of God at work, and all appeared to have deserted him, yet he knew that God is invincible and praised him regardless of his circumstance.

As you approach situations how do you react? We should do as David does in this psalm, look back at what God has already done. He has given you salvation, and has done all we read in the Bible. He rose from the dead defeating sin. No matter what you are facing today God is bigger, and his strength will never fail. Joseph spent thirty years in exile, in slavery and in jail before he saw that God was using him to provide for his family. God thinks long term. What about you?