100 Days with David 2025 Day 32: The Lord may put you in a difficult situation in order to protect you from your enemies; but He will also give you the ability to safely navigate it.

“He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭18:33‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

I have watched with awe, videos of mountain goats scaling or descending mountain shears, seemingly effortlessly. And, if that weren’t enough, I’ve seen them actually jumping from one “invisible” ledge to another!

From what I understand, among the characteristics making them able to do these awesome maneuvers, are their agility, body structure, and good eyesight.

However, the main feature that makes these mountain goats able to do these amazing feats, is their hooves. You see, rather than having flat hooves, their hooves are split into two parts, making them able to grab on to the smallest of protrusions in the rock face. Additionally, their hooves are rubbery, giving them traction. They also have—at the back of their hooves—what are similar to claws, used to help slow their descent when coming down the steep slopes.

Yes, I love animals, and watching this type of incredible behavior is thrilling. But, the fact that the kids actually begin doing these climbing maneuvers at one to two days old, is very scary to watch!

Even more fantastical than watching the goats make these death defying maneuvers, is the fact that they rarely fall. In fact, when they do fall, it’s generally males fighting each other during mating season. As well, the tiny kids may fall due to inexperience. However, in both of these cases, falling is still rare.

Now, whereas mountain goats might scale steep slopes in search of food (when food is scarce at lower levels), the main function of their climbing/clinging ability, seems to be to protect them from predators. You see, most of the main predators of mountain goats—mountain lions, bobcats, wolves, coyotes, bears—dare not pursue them on the steep slopes. They are not equipped to do so without falling.

In today’s portion from David’s psalms, we see that David references the fact that the Lord has given him “deer’s feet.”

Given David’s experience out in the wilderness tending sheep, he no doubt had seen goats traversing rocky cliffs, marveling, as do I, at their elegance.

But notice, another thing David points out, is that the Lord had put him on these high places! So, why had the Lord put him on these high, dangerous, places? Well, the inference is that the Lord had put him in these dangerous places to thwart a pursuing enemy.

Given, most people would not actually sign-up to be in extremely dangerous places, literally or figuratively speaking, let alone to do so when being pursued by an enemy! But you see, that’s just it; the Lord may put us in treacherous situations—not to destroy us—but to preserve us! Additionally, if he does put us in a treacherous situation, He also equips us with the ability to safely navigate it.

Child of God, remember, when we find ourselves in situations that seem to be too high, too narrow, too severe—with the added element of being pursued by an enemy—we must understand that God may be actually doing this to protect us from that ravening wolf!

For today let us know and understand what David knew:

The Lord may put you in a difficult situation in order to protect you from your enemies; but He will also give you the ability to navigate it.

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!