Friday... What if? What if?

David in Psalm 124:1 (NLT) writes, "What if the Lord has not been on our side?" We need to be reminded of what if the Lord had not been on our side through this past year. What if the Lord had not been on our side when we lost our job? What if the Lord had not been with us when we were facing the unknow of a physical problem? What if the Lord had not been on your side through whatever you have gone through this past week and through whatever you are facing today?

David goes on. Verses 2-5 says, "What if the Lord had not been on our side when people attacked us? They would have swallowed us alive in thir burning anger. The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us. Yes the raging waters of their fury would have overwhelmed our very lives." Yes what we went through was awful, but what if the Lord had not been on our side. In no matter what we have or are going through we need to be reminded of what if, what if. But He was, He is!

Verse 6 (MSG), "Oh, blessed be God! He didn't go off and leave us. He didn't abandon us defenseless, helpless as a rabbit in a pack of snarling dogs." Verse 7, "We've flown free from their fangs, free of their traps, free as a bird. Their grip is broken; we're free as a bird in flight."

And here is what we also need to be reminded of no matter what we have faced, are facing and will face. Verse 8 (NLT), "Our help is from the Lord." Here it is again, "Our help is from the Lord. who made heaven and earth."

So what if? But He is! No matter what we have or are facing, He has been and is and will help us! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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