Listooder Youth Fellowship

In the first of a series on the Psalms, Tim McIlwrath choose Psalm 55, a Psalm of David. David, the King, had a passion for his God, but he was not a perfect man. Despite his burning desire to serve His God, there were times when David failed in his walk with the Lord. There were times when he felt crushed under the burdens and the responsibilites of life. And it is at one of these moments that we find David in Psalm 55. A believer is not immune to rejection, to hurt and to pain, but Tim used this passage to remind us that our reaction to the hurt, pain and betrayal is what really matters. Reminded of David's sin with Bathsheba, we looked at firstly his reaction to that sin. David sought the Lord, he asked for the cleansing of God and for the joy of God's salvation to be restored to him. Later in David's life, as his own son was in rebellion against him, David showed his reaction to the hurt and turmoil which had befallen him. With the throne of the King under threat, David turned to the Lord. He showed a wil