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Psalm chapter 142, verse 3.

When my spirit faints within me, you know my way.

In the path where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me.

Oh, I love these two sentences here. Just think about them both. We'll take the second

one first. In the path where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me. This is David writing

this when he's in the cave and King Saul is coming after him and he knows he's surrounded by people who want him to fall, who actually

want him to die. They do not want his good. And they're hiding traps for him, like they're just

waiting for him to make a misstep. They want to pounce on him and there are many different applications

of this specifically these are people who are attacking david here but the reality is there is an

adversary who is always laying traps for us all day today is laying traps for you and me and wants us to fall,

wants to destroy us. And so we need to be on guard, which is where, first three, the first part

is so encouraging, when my spirit faints within me, you know my way.

David is saying, I'm tired and I'm seeing traps all around me.

But you know my way.

And when my spirit faints within me, you keep going on in this Psalm, he looks to the Lord as his

refuge and his portion in the land of the living. Trust that God will deal bountifully with him.

And I just want to encourage you, especially if you are weary in any way.

Weary from attacks of the adversary in your life, weary from, as David describes here,

people coming at you, or just weary in this fallen, sinful world when your spirit is fainting within you.

Know this.

God knows your way.

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