Saturday... It's good to know we're not the only one.

The Psalms in the Old Testament of the Bible are so honest. They really are and they make us feel so good that we are not the only one who feels like we do and is going through what we are going through.

David in Psalm 55:4-5 (NLT) writes, "My heart pounds in my chest. The terror of death assaults me. Fear and trembling overwhelm me, and I can't stop shaking." Have you ever felt like that? Are you feeling that way today? David goes on. Verses 6-7 says, "Oh that I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest! I would fly away to the quiet of the wilderness." Sometimes that is what we want to do, isn't it? Maybe that is you today?

It seems that the human part of Jesus felt that way as He was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane before He was to be arrested and taken to die on the cross. God put these verses through David in the Bible to show you and me that he knows, He knows.

But He doesn't stop there. In verse 16 David puts in another "but". He says, "But I will call on God." But I will reach out to God, I will pray with deep emotion to Him. I will acknowledge that I need help and I will not stop.

David goes on. Verse 17 says, "Morning, noon, and night I call out in my distress, and the Lord hears my voice." And the same is true for us if we keep at it, if we keep calling out to Him in our distress.

Now here is what happens if we do. Verse 18 says, "He ransoms me and keeps me safe from the battle waged against me, though many still oppose me, God, who has ruled forever, will hear me and humble them." God will hear me, God will hear me, God will hear me. Write that down somewhere so you can see it everyday. "God will hear me."

And then verse 22, "Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall." He will not permit, He will not permit, He will not permit.

Yes it is good to know that we're not the only one but it is also good to know that we can call out to God in our distress, and that He hears our call and that "He will not permit the godly to slip and fall."

It's good to know that we are not the only one but more importantly that He is the Only One. And as the last phrase of verse 23 says, "but I am trusting you to save me.". Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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