You know how troubled I am: you have kept a record of my tears. Aren’t they listed in your book? The day I call to you, my enemies will be turned back. I know this: God is on my side – the LORD, whose promises I praise. In him I trust, and I will not be afraid. What can a mere human being do to me?

O God, I will offer you what I have promised; I will give you my offering of thanksgiving, because you have rescued me from death and kept me from defeat. And so I walk in the presence of God, in the light that shines on the living.

Psalm 56:8-13

David was paranoid. The world of his time was out to get him. Saul was in pursuit. People were laying in wait to kill him. Sometimes we feel the same way. And maybe people are out to get us. Do what David did. He declared his trust in God. David vowed that he would not be afraid. After all, what can a mere human do to you? He cannot give you eternal life, like God can.

God is stronger than our strongest foe.

Our Daily Bread – June 12, 2003