The Lord had yet again shown his wonderful love to David. He praised the Lord. How had the Lord shown his love for David? David personally experienced the Lord’s love in a real-life circumstance.
The well-planned-out conspiracy against David seemed to him like he was in a besieged city. There was nowhere to escape and nowhere to hide. The circle of enemies was slowly moving in. He wanted to approach God at his footstool, the ark, and in the tent of meeting. However, he was entangled in a spider’s web. In his alarm, David said, “I am cut off from your sight!”
David did not say that the Lord sent his enemies to entrap him. He did not say, “God has brought these evil people into my life to entrap me and ruin me.” Nor did he believe that his wits and good luck had enabled him to escape the trap the Lord had placed him in. Rather, David knew that the Lord had allowed his enemies to besiege him so that David could experience the power and love of God in a very personal way. David had known and experienced God and his love.
After teaching and feeding the five thousand Jesus made his disciples get into a boat and go on ahead of him to the other side of the lake. (Matthew 14:22, Mark 6:45) Jesus knew what he was doing and he knew what would happen in the middle of their lake journey. Jesus did not go with them. Violent waves suddenly encircled them. There was no way to escape. When the storm came they believed they were cut off the Jesus. If they cried out they believed he would not hear them. Jesus did not send his disciples into what would become a dangerous life event to physically die. Rather, he sent them in to emotionally and spiritually grow. He sent them to learn compassion they did not have for the crowd. Most importantly, he wanted them to experience his love in a very personal way.
When entrapped by life-threatening spider webs I can experience God’s love and grow if I believe in his always reachable love.
