When it rains it pours, right? Have you had the experience of life's circumstances being terrible, and then find yourself hounded by belligerent people and/or betrayed by those closest to you? That's where David is--holding an "umbrella" when all hell has broken loose. But through the storm, we know that we can still trust God, the author and perfecter of our faith.

1. Trusting In The Tempest
2 Samuel 15-19, Psalm 3

2. A Psalm of David, when he fled from
Absalom his son.
Psalm 3 ESV

3. 1 O Lord, how many are my foes!
Many are rising against me;
Psalm 3 ESV

4. 2 many are saying of my soul, “There
is no salvation for him in God.” Selah
Psalm 3 ESV

5. 3 But you, O Lord, are a shield about
me, my glory, and the lifter of my
head.
Psalm 3 ESV

6. 4 I cried aloud to the Lord, and he
answered me from his holy hill. Selah
Psalm 3 ESV

7. 5 I lay down and slept; I woke again,
for the Lord sustained me.
Psalm 3 ESV

8. 6 I will not be afraid of many
thousands of people who have set
themselves against me all around.
Psalm 3 ESV

9. 7 Arise, O Lord! Save me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the
cheek; you break the teeth of the
wicked.
Psalm 3 ESV

10. 8 Salvation belongs to the Lord; your
blessing be on your people! Selah
Psalm 3 ESV

11. 1: Sin has Consequences

12. 7 Do not be deceived: God is not
mocked, for whatever one sows, that
will he also reap.
Galatians 6:7 ESV

13. 10 For we must all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ, so that each
one may receive what is due for what
he has done in the body, whether
good or evil.
2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV

14. 2: We Trust God In The
Tempest

15. i. We Trust God With The
Outcomes

16. 25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry
the ark of God back into the city. If I
find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he
will bring me back and let me see both
it and his dwelling place.
2 Samuel 15:25–26 ESV

17. 26 But if he says, ‘I have no pleasure
in you,’ behold, here I am, let him do
to me what seems good to him.”
2 Samuel 15:25–26 ESV

18. ii. We Trust God By
Praying

19. 31 And it was told David, “Ahithophel
is among the conspirators with
Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord,
please turn the counsel of Ahithophel
into foolishness.”
2 Samuel 15:31 ESV

20. iii. We Trust God With The
Circumstances

21. 11 And David said to Abishai and to all
his servants, “Behold, my own son
seeks my life; how much more now
may this Benjaminite! Leave him
alone, and let him curse, for the Lord
has told him to.
2 Samuel 16:11 ESV

22. 5 I lay down and slept; I woke again,
for the Lord sustained me.
Psalm 3:5 ESV

23. iv. We Trust God To Make
Things Right

24. 12 It may be that the Lord will look on
the wrong done to me, and that the
Lord will repay me with good for his
cursing today.”
2 Samuel 16:12 ESV

25. 19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves,
but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is
written, “Vengeance is mine, I will
repay, says the Lord.”
Romans 12:19 ESV

26. v. We Trust God By
Forgiving

27. 22 But David said, “What have I to do
with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you
should this day be as an adversary to
me? Shall anyone be put to death in
Israel this day? For do I not know that
I am this day king over Israel?”
2 Samuel 19:22–23 ESV

28. 23 And the king said to Shimei, “You
shall not die.” And the king gave him
his oath.
2 Samuel 19:22–23 ESV

29. 32 Then his master summoned him
and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I
forgave you all that debt because you
pleaded with me.
Matthew 18:32–33 ESV

30. 33 And should not you have had
mercy on your fellow servant, as I had
mercy on you?’
Matthew 18:32–33 ESV

31. 3: God Is Radically In
Control

32. 14 And Absalom and all the men of
Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the
Archite is better than the counsel of
Ahithophel.” For the Lord had
ordained to defeat the good counsel of
Ahithophel, so that the Lord might
bring harm upon Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:14 ESV

33. 3 Our God is in the heavens; he does
all that he pleases.
Psalm 115:3 ESV

34. 20 As for you, you meant evil against
me, but God meant it for good, to
bring it about that many people should
be kept alive, as they are today.
Genesis 50:20 ESV

35. 12 And the Lord said to Satan,
“Behold, all that he has is in your
hand. Only against him do not stretch
out your hand.” So Satan went out
from the presence of the Lord.
Job 1:12 ESV

36. 28 And we know that for those who
love God all things work together for
good, for those who are called
according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28 ESV

37. 2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when
you meet trials of various kinds,
James 1:2–4 ESV

38. 3 for you know that the testing of your
faith produces steadfastness.
James 1:2–4 ESV

39. 4 And let steadfastness have its full
effect, that you may be perfect and
complete, lacking in nothing.
James 1:2–4 ESV

40. 11 “Blessed are you when others
revile you and persecute you and utter
all kinds of evil against you falsely on
my account.
Matthew 5:11 ESV

41. 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our
sufferings, knowing that suffering
produces endurance,
Romans 5:3–5 ESV

42. 4 and endurance produces character,
and character produces hope,
Romans 5:3–5 ESV

43. 5 and hope does not put us to shame,
because God’s love has been poured
into our hearts through the Holy Spirit
who has been given to us.
Romans 5:3–5 ESV

44. 18 For I consider that the sufferings of
this present time are not worth
comparing with the glory that is to be
revealed to us.
Romans 8:18 ESV

45. 28 And we know that for those who
love God all things work together for
good, for those who are called
according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28 ESV

46. Response: God IS
radically in control, where
do you need to trust him
right now?