God hears you. God knows your sorrow and pain. He himself has endured that longing. He has set the day for your relief. But God is not like Amazon. You can’t select the life you want, the thing that you think you need and have it delivered the next day. God has his own timing. God has his own purposes. God makes his how plans. Your wait will never change his love.
When David wrote Psalm 3, his son, Absolom, had incited his people against him. David was on the run. Enemies were everywhere. Even those to whom David had shown great compassion rushed to ridicule him.
David couldn’t see any hope. David couldn’t anticipate any end to the hostility. The king had been a bad father. The king had made terrible mistakes. Maybe he did deserve this. Maybe God wouldn’t save him. Maybe his enemies were right.
