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Thursday... We really need to know what to do.


Thursday... We really need to know what to do. When we are suffering and weak, we need to know what to do.

Well, Psalm 102 gives some thoughts on this situation. Maybe this is what you need today. You too are suffering and you too have grown weak and you need to know what to do. This Psalm is for you.

And here is what the writer did. He prayed and he shared his prayer with us. God wants us to pour out our problems to Him. He really does.

Verses 1 & 2 (NIRV) says this, "Lord hear my prayer. Listen to my cry for help. Don't turn your face away from me when I'm in trouble. Pay attention to me. When I call out for help, answer me quickly."

He then lists his problems, he lays them all out before God. It is a good thing to be honest before God. It really is.

And then at the end he reinforces what he knows. Verses 25-27 (AMP) says, "At the beginning you founded the earth; The heavens are the work of Your hands. Even they will perish, but you will endure; Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them and they shall be changed. But you remain the same, And your years will never end." And then verse 28 says, "The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendant will be established before You." 

There are reasons why the Evil One strives to break down the reality of God creating this earth. He is striving to do all he can to weaken our belief in a God who created us and is there to strengthen us in our time of weakness. And we need to be reinforced in the fact that God is alive and that He will always be with us and He will hear you when you pray, when you call out to Him. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 

 

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