Fear has a way of narrowing our vision. When pressure rises, uncertainty grows, or danger feels close, everything starts to revolve around the storm itself—what might happen, what could go wrong, what we can’t control. In moments like that, fear doesn’t just affect how we feel; it begins to shape how we see reality…PS 27 was written in that kind of world. || This is not a calm psalm spoken from a safe distance. David is surrounded. Enemies are real. The threat of war is not imagined. The storm has not passed. And yet, PS 27 gives us one of the clearest pictures in Scripture of how faith functions when the storm doesn’t stop.

What makes this psalm so striking is not that David ignores danger, but that he refuses to let danger define reality. Before he names a single threat, he fixes his gaze on the LORD as his light, his salvation, and his stronghold. Only after the light is established does the storm come into view. In other words, David does not wait for circumstances to change before trusting God—he trusts God in order to navigate the circumstances that remain. That is why PS 27 is like a lighthouse in a storm. || A lighthouse does not calm the waves. It does not remove the rocks. It does not chase the storm away. But it stands fixed. It gives light. And it provides orientation for those who trust it enough to steer by it. The safety it offers does not come from changing the sea, but from giving sailors a steady point of reference when everything else is moving.

Over the next six weeks, we’re going to walk through PS 27 verse by verse and learn how faith is formed in that way—not by escaping the storm, but by trusting the light while the storm still rages. This psalm does not promise quick answers. It promises a steady light. It moves with intention, and this is how we’ll walk through it over the next six weeks.