GUEST MEDITATION

My times are in thy hand, Psalm 31:15.

The writer of Psalm 31 is David. We note that he used the word times, which is plural. Yes, life is made up of a period of time, but there are times within our time of life.

Briefly in Davids life there was a time that he kept his fathers sheep as a shepherd boy out on the hillsides of Israel, and it was no doubt a very peaceful time.

Growing up with seven older brothers would be an interesting and learning time of getting along as a family. Then there would be at time that David was anointed to take King Sauls place as King over Israel, but there would be a time between his anointing and when he would occupy the throne.

In the meantime, he would trust God to slay Goliath the giant, play music for the king he was going to replace, be successful in battle, experience King Sauls jealousy, experience rejection, and live among his enemies; but the time would come that David would sit upon the throne as the anointed king over all Israel.

After becoming king, there would be a time of success, a time of failure, a time of restoration, a time of disappointment in his own family, and finally there would come the time of his death.

David had said, In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust, Psalm 31:1; and he knew that regardless of the time, he was in Thy hand.

Read also John 10:28-30.

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