Flood Waters

Joshua 7-8; Psalms 69; 1 Corinthians 5 

“Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me…Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters…You know how I am scorned, disgraced, and shamed…”

Psalm 69:1, 2, 14, 1

David’s call to leadership came from the Lord as Samuel anointed him with oil and the Spirit of God filled him. Later, as he faced betrayal, opposition, and a campaign to destroy him from his father-in-law Saul and later his son Absalom, David found refuge in God. Rather than fight those who opposed him, David asked God to fight his battles for him. The “flood waters” which seemed to drown David were a metaphor for relational conflict. The mud and mire of a slander-campaign gave David no foothold on which to stand. 

When we are “scorned, disgraced and shamed,” where do we turn? 

David cried out to the Lord who had called him. God’s deliverance of David can be our story as well as we fully surrender our conflicts to the Lord. In forgiveness and blessing we find a firm place to stand.

What is the Lord’s invitation to us in our ‘flood’?

“Lord Jesus, I cry out to you for deliverance and life, for your glory.”