King David, in great anxiety, said, ‘No man cares for my soul’ (referring to his entire being and purpose of living). Perhaps no one – even you – cares for your soul, except God. What is the soul, and what can God do for it?
David, pursued by 3000 military men of Saul, has taken refuge in a mountain cave. Bereft of all help, he turns to God, and is delivered. Here he recalls his sense of helplessness in order to illustrate the realisation of spiritual isolation and loss that usually precedes conversion to God.
King David shows that no ruler or society or relation or loved one can help an individual person concerning the soul. This central, vital core of our being can only be enlivened and protected by God, and David’s message is about God’s way of saving the soul.
