Monday... Is this where you are today?

I was standing singing in church yesterday with my mask on and feeling frustrated at what we have been going through for the past two years and prayed out to God with some frustration, to somehow put an end to this. Margaret and I were there with some anxiety because of this new Covid but we wanted so much to worship God with others but seeing others with no masks caused us to be concerned. We then in our day found out that one of my cousin's older sons had just died with Covid. It isn't over and I want it so much to be over.

David writes with some deep concern in Psalm 54:1-3 (NLT), "Come with great power, O God, and rescue me! Defend me with your might.Listen to my prayer, O God. Pay attention to my plea. For strangers are attacking me; violent people are trying to kill me. They care nothing for God." And that is a desperate prayer that we too can pray.

But He goes on in verse 4, "But God is my helper. The Lord keeps me alive." And that is what we need to grab on to as we face this new week. Now for some that may mean that they will pass on to be with Him and in that they will truly be alive. Yes, He is truly our helper and He will, He will, He will keep us alive forever.

So, let's give Him our concerns, our anxieties and our desires. Yes, we want to go back but that is impossible, God has given us the help to live today with confidence, with hope and with peace.

Verses 4-5 in The MESSAGE says, "Oh, look! God's right here helping! God's on my side, Evil is looping back on my enemies. Don't let up! Finish them off!"

And then verses 6-7, "I'm ready now to worship, so ready. I thank you, God - you're so good. You got me out of every scrape, and I saw my enemies get it."

God, you know what you are doing and I'm ready now to worship You with peace, with hope and with joy no matter what is happening around me. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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