Saturday... What is happening and what do you need?

Saturday... What is happening in your life and what do you need?

I love how David puts it. In Psalm 138:7-8 (MSG), he says, "When I walk into the thick of trouble, keep me alive in the turmoil." Are you in the thick of trouble? Are you?

Here is what he asks and this may also be what you need to ask. He says, "With one hand strike my foes, with your other hand save me. Finish what you started in me, God. Your love is eternal - don't quit on me now."

The NIV says, "The Lord will vindicate me." Now that is real faith, real confidence. The NIRV says, "Lord you will show that I was right to trust you." The AMP says, "The Lord will accomplish that which concerns me. Your [unwavering] lovingkindness, Lord, endures forever - Do not abandon the works of Your own hand."

Yes there may be trouble in your life. Yes there may be someone who is causing you great distress and great pain. And you may feel all alone and you don't seem to be able to handle it at all.

So pray, pray. Please God, keep me alive in this turmoil, this thick of trouble that I am in. Please, with one of your hands strike my foes and with the other one save me. Would you please God, finish in me what you have started, would you save me. would you vindicate me, would you, Lord, show that I was right to trust you? Would you? I know that Your love is eternal, I know that it will endure forever, so please, please, don't quit on me now!

"Lord, your faithful love continues forever. You have done so much for us, so don't stop now." (NIRV) Please, do not stop now! And He won't because His loves endures forever! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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