I don't know if I've ever been discouraged that way that David is discouraged in Psalm 3. It seems like he has all these people who want to beat down his faith and I don't think I've ever experienced this kind of persecution. At least not explicitly.
There may be a lot of people out there who claim that God doesn't exist or that God cannot save us from the dangers that surround us. Now that I think about it, this passage does bring up memories. But the persecutor wasn't someone else, it was myself. There are some things that I have struggled with for a few years now that I haven't overcome. What's strange is that no one has ever told me that God cannot save me from these sins that I keep committing, but through my actions I have shown that I don't believe that He can or He will save me from them.
What I want, and I think this is what a lot of people want, is for God to come down and force me to stop. Force me to give up on something that I know is not right. But that is not how God works. He may shield us from the consequences (sometimes) but He will not force us to obey his word. Instead, we must be like David, who when he was faced with doubt in a tough situation, he clung even closer to God. He pleaded for God's help and security.
When we are like David, when we finally cry out for God's help, He will comfort us. He will take away the guilt and the pain and will sustain our needs. In order for us to see how God can sustain us and bless us, we have to go to Him and ask him, just like David.
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