{"id":909,"date":"2023-11-11T04:30:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T04:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/?p=909"},"modified":"2024-01-23T11:32:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T11:32:26","slug":"caught-in-a-cave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/nl\/caught-in-a-cave\/","title":{"rendered":"Caught In A Cave"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"909\" class=\"elementor elementor-909\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-551c59a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"551c59a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8679eb9\" data-id=\"8679eb9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb50e73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb50e73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Caught In A Cave<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a3ec7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a3ec7e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b71791a\" data-id=\"b71791a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0383b13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0383b13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I remember visiting the Carlsbad Caverns when I was a boy. I remember the caverns to be very cold and damp! They had lighted paths to walk on, but at one point on the tour, when we were deep in the cave, they shut off all the lights, and the underground chamber was pitch black! It was so dark that you could not see your hand before your face! They left the lights off for a minute, but it was long enough to get a very uncomfortable feeling!<\/p><p>Sometimes, visiting a cave can be fun to explore, but it\u2019s not a place you would want to live in at any time. But in 1 Samuel 22, we see David did just that when running from King Saul. But the Lord uses the Cave of Adullam to break David down, to build him up again, to use him to encourage others, and to fulfill His purposes for his life! Sometimes, it is in the darkest caves of our lives that God does His deepest work in us so that He can use us!<\/p><h2><b>The Pathway to the Cave of Adullam<\/b><\/h2><p>David went from obscurity to prominence when the prophet Samuel came to David\u2019s home and anointed him as the next King of Israel. David\u2019s fame grew even more when he defeated Goliath. That victory gave him a place in the palace of King Saul, where the King kept a close eye on David! David became a very successful commander and became a household name (1 Sam. 18:30). David\u2019s best friend was the King\u2019s son Jonathan, and he even married one of Saul\u2019s daughters. This sets the stage for the King to become very jealous of David, tempting several attacks with a spear on David\u2019s life! David had to run for his life, fleeing first to Gath, the city ofvery people he had defeated whe had killed the Philistine giant, Goliath! There, David ends up pretending to be insane! This was a very low point in David\u2019s life! He had lost everything that meant anything to him!<\/p><h2><b>The Crutches Removed<\/b><\/h2><p>In fleeing from Saul, David had lost his wife Michal (who would return later), his family (who also came to him later), his job as a commander in Saul\u2019s army, his spiritual counselor Samuel, who had died while he was on the run, his best friend Jonathan, his self-respect and his security! The Lord had removed everything that David leaned upon from underneath him, and now He can begin working in David! So David finds himself alone, discouraged, and running for his life.<\/p><p>David didn\u2019t realize it when he ran into the cave of Adullam; he wasn\u2019t running into a cave, he was running into the classroom of the School of God! At one point, David would call this cave a prison (Ps. 142:7), but the Lord used this prison of a cave as a closet of prayer for David!<\/p><h2><b>The Closet of Prayer leads a Chamber of Praise<\/b><\/h2><p>C.H. Spurgeon once wrote, \u201cHad David prayed as much in his palace as he did in his cave, he might never have fallen into the acts which brought such misery upon his latter days.\u201d God allowed David to experience the difficult days of discouragement and despair to draw him to Himself! While David was in the cave and going through the experiences of the cave, he wrote at least two Psalms, Psalms 142 and 57. Psalm 142 seems to be the first, filled with despair! Psalm 57 could have been written second as it contains more hope and confidence!<\/p><p>David had already been anointed king, but why did it take so long for him to take the throne? Scripture teaches us in the life of our Lord Jesus, whom David is a picture of, that suffering comes before glory (1 Peter 1:10-12). Before the crown, there had to be the cross! So it is in our lives before God can use us, He must prepare us and teach us to rely on Him! David ran to Adullam, which means \u201cjustice,\u201d \u201ca testimony\u201d or \u201ca refuge.\u201d But God had to teach David that the cave was not his refuge, but God Himself was! The word \u201crefuge\u201d means \u201cprotective place,\u201d \u201cplace of security,\u201d or \u201cplace of secrecy.\u201d In Deuteronomy 33:27, we read, <i>\u201cThe eternal Go is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy from before you and will say \u2018Destroy!\u2019\u201d<\/i> This is what David had to learn!<\/p><h2><b>The Cries from the Cave<\/b><\/h2><p>We have all felt discouragement and maybe despair! But what did David do? He cried out to the Lord. This Cave was a Cave of:<\/p><ol><li><strong>Complaint<\/strong> <em>(Psalm 142:2):<\/em>\u00a0David poured out his heart to the Lord, begging the Lord for help and deliverance!<\/li><li><strong>Trouble<\/strong> <em>(Psalm 142:2):<\/em> His heart was full of anxiety and distress, but he was praying to the Lord!<\/li><li><strong>Fainting<\/strong> <em>(Psalm 142:3):<\/em>\u00a0The word for overwhelmed here means fainting. David was ready to give up; he had nowhere else to turn!<\/li><li><strong>Snares<\/strong> <em>(Psalm 142:3):<\/em> When we feel trapped in a corner, many snares wait for us. But even then, the Lord has promised a way out if we trust Him (1 Cor. 10:13).<\/li><li><strong>Loneliness<\/strong> <em>(Psalm 142:4):<\/em> David felt all alone, like he had no one that understood where he was at!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><strong>Despair<\/strong> <em>(Psalm 142:6):<\/em> David says he is very low, discouraged, and depressed.<\/li><li><strong>Bondage<\/strong> <em>(Psalm 142:7):<\/em> He describes his feelings as being in prison!<\/li><\/ol><p>Who hasn\u2019t experienced caves like this? David felt alone in that cave; maybe you are experiencing a cave of your own right now. David was not alone in that cave, and neither are you! David was hurt enough to admit his need before God. He was honest enough to cry for help and humble enough to learn from God. The Lord allows us to get to this point to transform us so that we can fulfill his plan!<\/p><h2><b>Lessons Learned Alone with God in the Cave<\/b><\/h2><p>The Lord is glorified as we trust Him in the darkest hours of our lives! It is then that we begin to learn and enjoy:<\/p><ul><li><b>Intimacy with the Lord<\/b>: David verbally communicated with the Lord during this dark time in his life! The Lord is there, and we have access to His presence to cast our cares upon Him (Heb. 4:14-16, 1 Pet. 5:7).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/li><li><b>He is Enough: <\/b>David had lost everything, but as he poured out his heart to the Lord, he learned that the Lord was his portion (Ps. 142:5)! Prophetically, this is what the Lord Jesus said in Psalm 16:5! When we realize that all our resources and sustains are found in Him, we act the way He did while He was here as a man when He, God His Father, was His portion! He is not only our resource for life; He is our life (Col. 3:4) and our portion!<\/li><li><b>His Character:<\/b> David began to learn what God was like and praised Him for who He was (Ps. 142:7)! David no longer focused on who or what he lost but on who was with Him! This comes out even clearer in Psalm 57.<\/li><\/ul><p>In Psalm 57, we see David as the Lord, who strengthened Him in the cave and prepared him for what was next. The Lord changed David\u2019s heart from being a discouraged heart to a heart encouraged by the presence and power of the Lord! Let\u2019s look briefly at Psalm 57 to learn more of David\u2019s heart:<\/p><ol><li><strong>Humble Heart<\/strong> <em>(Psalm 57:1)<\/em>:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>David had humbled himself in the presence of the Lord, and now his perspective is different! He sees the Lord as the One who is full of mercy and who is trustworthy! He has learned that the Lord is willing to take him under His wings and that He is a refuge until the calamities pass!<\/li><li><strong>Prayerful Heart<\/strong> <em>(Psalm 57:2)<\/em>: He is now willing to depend on the One above all others in His person and power!<\/li><li><strong>Realistic Heart<\/strong> <em>(Psalm 57:4, 6)<\/em>: David is not denying the difficulties but acknowledging that His God is greater than his problems!<\/li><li><strong>Trusting Heart<\/strong> <em>(Psalm 57:5, 7-11)<\/em>: David praises the Lord and again emphasizes that His God is above everything else!<\/li><\/ol><p>David had learned total dependence upon His God while in the Cave of Adullam, and now he is prepared to be used by the Lord!<\/p><h2><b>Going from being Isolated to being an Insulator<\/b><\/h2><p>David went to hide alone in the cave but was now prepared to be used by the Lord. He went there discouraged, and the Lord sent people to him who needed to be encouraged! David had learned to trust the Lord fully. First, his family arrived, and even his brothers, who once called him prideful, now come to him!<\/p><p>We are told the number of people: 400. We are also told the type of people who came: everyone who was distressed, in debt and discontent. The word \u201cdistress\u201d means \u201cthose under pressure.\u201d This would remind us that before we came to Christ, we were under the burden of Sin, but coming to our David, the burden was lifted at Calvary! \u201cEveryone who was in debt\u201d has the thought of \u201chaving many creditors.\u201d We were bankrupt and owed a debt that we never could repay, but we come to the One who has paid it in full! \u201cEveryone who was discontent\u201d means to be in bitterness of soul.\u201d This reminds us that nothing could ever fill the God-shaped vacuum in each of our lives before we came to Christ!<\/p><h2><b>The Captain of the Cave<\/b><\/h2><p>These men were unhappy with Saul, the man after the flesh, and sought out David, the man after God\u2019s own heart! They left Saul and the city and went out to David. Here, we have a beautiful picture of Christ and the Church. We are told to go unto Him outside the camp, and He is the Captain of our Salvation (Heb. 13:13, 2:10). The flesh can never satisfy; no matter if it is sinful or religious flesh, the flesh of any kind cannot satisfy! Only Christ can meet the needs of the human heart!<\/p><p>We learn from 2 Samuel 23 that these men come from all over Israel. Some were from Benjamin, which was Saul\u2019s tribe. Some came to David from Judah, Dan, Ephraim, and others even Gentiles. This reminds us that the Lord Jesus will have those around Him in a Day to come out of every tribe, every tongue, and out of every nation!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>These men came to David just as they were, in their distress, debt, and discontent, and the Lord satisfied them through the man after His own heart! These 400 men came to David when he was rejected and in exile. He was, but He had won their hearts. Their aim would later be to please their Captain and fulfill his every desire, as we see in 2 Samuel 23:8- 23. This ought to be our aim today. The apostle Paul states this in 2 Corinthians 5:9: \u201cTherefore we make it our aim\u2026to be well pleasing to Him.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>The Cave of Adullam became a training ground for David and his mighty men. Everyone experiences cave-like circumstances in life. 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