"Many are saying of me,
'God will not deliver him." Psalm 3:2
And I agreed with them. There words stung. Of course they didn't say these words. But they could have. I knew what they meant. They always ask of me "when will it happen?" I am right in saying when God wants it to be done? Yet, their words echoed into the very depths of my soul until I heard the words come out of my own mouth. And in that moment, I knew that my hope was lost.
But what could I do? Who am I to do more that God can do in my life? But, at the end of my nighttime of hopelessness, I woke to a new day. It looked and felt like all the others. Will hope come today? Will there be a difference in the air and in my life?
"I lie down and sleep;
I wake again because the Lord sustains me." Psalm 3:5
Many days at the moment, I am not sure the point of waking and getting out of bed. There seems to be a pointlessness to it all. I am surrounded by my foes or my worst fears. It is easy to feel what the Psalmist felt. I can relate. I get out of bed, like so many others, because God sustains me and he delivers me from those thoughts. There are thousands of them in a day. Millions of tiny moments where I think "why?" And then I remember - because God is with me. He holds me in his arms as I sleep at night. He protects my life and renews my strength. He makes it possible for me to start the new day. I am able to achieve all things through Him.
'God will not deliver him." Psalm 3:2
And I agreed with them. There words stung. Of course they didn't say these words. But they could have. I knew what they meant. They always ask of me "when will it happen?" I am right in saying when God wants it to be done? Yet, their words echoed into the very depths of my soul until I heard the words come out of my own mouth. And in that moment, I knew that my hope was lost.
But what could I do? Who am I to do more that God can do in my life? But, at the end of my nighttime of hopelessness, I woke to a new day. It looked and felt like all the others. Will hope come today? Will there be a difference in the air and in my life?
"I lie down and sleep;
I wake again because the Lord sustains me." Psalm 3:5
Many days at the moment, I am not sure the point of waking and getting out of bed. There seems to be a pointlessness to it all. I am surrounded by my foes or my worst fears. It is easy to feel what the Psalmist felt. I can relate. I get out of bed, like so many others, because God sustains me and he delivers me from those thoughts. There are thousands of them in a day. Millions of tiny moments where I think "why?" And then I remember - because God is with me. He holds me in his arms as I sleep at night. He protects my life and renews my strength. He makes it possible for me to start the new day. I am able to achieve all things through Him.