FAITH CAPSULE: Challenging trouble can be of affliction.

Psalm 3

Psalm 34:19 records to encourage against challenging trouble, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.” For a righteous one, challenges will come, but the deliverance of God will manifest.
Among identified points that King David engaged for his deliverance in the time of challenging troubles are:
FIRSTLY, DAVID ACKNOWLEDGED GOD
Despite increasing challenges, David acknowledged the awesomeness of God, “But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head.” (Psalm 3:3) 
David, in time of his challenging trouble, his worshiping of God was not distracted.
David gave himself to worshiping God instead of worrying over his challenging trouble. He acknowledged God for what God has done and could do at the time of challenge.
Acknowledging God in a troubling challenge is the way of thanking God to provoke the intervention of the deliverance hand of God.
Acknowledging God in a challenging time is a self-deliverance to overcome.
SECONDLY, DAVID CRIED TO GOD
David cried out to God alone, not to a man
Crying out to God will not elude one from God but will receive the attention of God for self-deliverance in times of Challenging trouble.
David testifies, “I cried to the Lord with my voice, and He heard me from His holy hill.” (Psalm 3:4) Crying is not a sign of weakness but a way of getting the attention of God.
Often, pride will deny one from crying out before God, but David cried out to God with no spirit of pride.
The evidence of crying out before God with a voice is a cry from the depth of heart as David testifies that he cried to the Lord God. 
Crying out before God with a wide-open mouth should be with the expectation to be filled with manifestation. 
David testifies that the Lord heard him from His holy hill.
THIRDLY, THE TESTIMONY OF TRUST AND HOPE OF DAVID 
The Bible records testimonies of David, “I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me.” (Psalm 3:5) 
In a time of challenging trouble, the trust of David in God made him lay with the hope, not to lose his sleep in the challenging of his life.
Trusting God at the onset of challenging trouble but not having hope in God can deny the testimony of deliverance. With understanding, David was with trust, hope to provoke the intervention of God.
Jeremiah 17:7 testifies of trust and hope, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.”
David laid and went to sleep in a challenging time just as Jesus lay and slept in His time of challenging trouble of the storm at His cross-over journey. (Mark 4:35-41) 
To gain victory in a time of challenge, have trust and hope in God.
Meditates on Psalm 34:19 to remain encouraged in challenging trouble that, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.”
God is a good God that delivers at all times in all challenges.

Prayer for today: Ask for the hand of God to become established over your life.