Psalm 56

This is a psalm of David.

Title says:  A Silent Dove in distant lands.

David is not in Israel, he is running away for life and in this run, he ends up in a city called Gath.

Gath is the one of the five cities of philistines. ( the other 4 are Gaza,Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron).

So for David, this is distant land, not only a distant land but this is land of enemy. because Gath is the city of goliath whom David has defeated.

So the servants of the king of the land looked at David and immeadiately recognized him and reported to king.

And David started acting out like mad man with his saliva running out of his mouth to escape.

Such was the pathetic situation of David and after this escape he writes this psalm (psalm 56) and he titles it as a silent dove in distant lands.

In this psalm goes. In verse 4, verse 10. 

David sings a situation and then sings this chorus.

4 In God (I will praise His word),
In God I have put my trust;
I will not fear.
What can flesh do to me?

10 In God (I will praise His word),

     In the Lord (I will praise His word),
In God I have put my trust;I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?

In God, (I will praise His Word)

In God I have put my trust.

This verse is actually In God, In God I have put my trust.  But David brings out this I will praise His Word.

This is what called Faith brings worth Praise. For a person who truly trusts, for that person sings of the Gods Promise even before they say we trust.

And After David says I have put my trust , then he says I will not fear, what can flesh or what can man do to me?

We are more worried, what people will think about me, than what God thinks about us.

Some people are worried if I say i am christian... what will my coworkers think.

Some youngsters may be worried what will my friends think ...If i dont do like what they do.

Some people are worried about their dress....what will they say about my dress.

Most of the times We are always in engaged  in what people think. But rarely we consider hey what God thinks o

What will people 

Every fear goes away when we truly trust God.

Praise comes before your Faith Statement.

Fear goes  when truly believe in God.

In the stanza of the song, In Verse 2, there are many who fight against me.

But ends up with chorus in verse 4, In God...

again in the stanza , he sings all the day they twist my words, ...

but ends up with chorus in verse 10, In God..

This is not just a song for that moment in Davids life, but this is his song throughout his life.

Whatever situation he faced he was quick to come to that chorus..

Whatever the stanzas in your life may be. be quick to come to this chorus always.

The chorus is :

In God I will praise His Word,

In God I have put my trust.