A song like that is not like ordinary music. It carries with that something from the spirit of a man, so that when you begin to play it and allow it to come around, suddenly you begin to find you're weeping, because it's saying what's in your heart, that you can't quite get the right words for. I can't always find the words, but music can help. Praying in tongues can help, and spending time in the presence of God, loving on Him and communicating with Him. It helps to unload the heart, and the emotions, and begin to develop a much deeper trust in the Lord.
If you've ever had a broken relationship, and it breaks your heart, where will you go? I remember my heart being broken over a broken relationship, and night after night, weeping with grief, and struggling to find God in the middle of it; but this is part of the making, of a person of God. You need to learn how to handle the issues of life. Instead of whimpering, and rolling over, and becoming a victim, and “poor me”, you begin to pursue God in the middle of it, and then you start to build into your life the qualities that are needed to prepare you for your next season.
Isaiah 43:2 – “You go through the water, but it will not overwhelm you; you go through the fire, but it will not consume, because the Lord will help you”.
I know that verse, because I needed that one time, when the waters were overwhelming, and the fire looked like it was going to burn me to the ground. I heard God saying: I'm with you, I will hold your hand, I will help you. That's not a verse for me; that's a reality. That's how you become made, as a man of God. You have experiences, and what God and all heaven is watching for is, what will you do with the lemon He gave you? Become bitter and sour, turn away, get disappointed, rejected, overwhelmed, offended; or will you just turn into God, and become something sweet for others?
There are no shortcuts to the making of a man or woman of God - this is how it takes place. That's why we have so few people who can make influence, or make great changes, because there's a price to pay in your personal life.
God is looking for you. You're the one that He's got His eye on. All of heaven has got their eye on you right now, in the challenge you're facing - the lion that's seeking to intimidate you, or the bear that is crushing you. All of heaven is watching whether you'll reach to the Lord, and overcome that, through His ability in you. We can preach messages, and others can ring you up or text you, and you can be encouraged, but the bottom line that it comes down to is: what will you choose, when these things happen to you? David chose to go straight into the presence of God.
1 Samuel 22:1-2 – “David then departed from there and escaped into the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down. Everyone who was in distress, in debt, everyone who was discontented gathered to him. And he became captain over them, about 400 of them.”
He went into the cave, and the cave of Adullam is the season of your life which is like a cave. In the Bible natural things are often pictures of spiritual realities. To be in a cave means that you've withdrawn from everyone; you're in a place where you're really lonely, and it's dark, and cold, and you're miserable. Everyone in their life has some cave time. Cave time is not a nice season, but it doesn't need to last. It will only last as long as it is needed for your life to turn, and change, and develop, and then you're out of your cave.