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Wednesday... Maybe you are in this same spot.


Psalm 13:5-6 9 (NLT), "But I will trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me. I will sing to the Lord because he is good to me."

Wednesday... Maybe you are in this same spot.


I love the honesty of David the writer of Psalm 13 and he starts by saying what we may want to say because we are in the same spot. He starts in verses 1-2 (NLT) by saying "O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way? How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my enemy have the upper hand?"

Maybe you woke up this morning with those same feelings of despair but you were afraid to say it, to feel it. Yes, life can be so tough and we feel that no one cares and maybe we feel that God doesn't even seem to care. 

But this isn't where David stops. Yes, this is where he starts but he doesn't stop here but it is so easy to stop here, isn't it? 

In verses 3-4 he goes on and says, "Turn and answer me, O Lord my God! Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die." Is that what you feel? "Don't let my enemies gloat, saying, 'We have defeated him!' Don't let them rejoice at my downfall." 

He turned to God and after he shared his feelings he says in verses 5 & 6, "But I will trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me. I will sing to the Lord because he is good to me." And we too need to be reminded that God loves us with an unfailing love and that we can trust him because he isn't done yet even though it seems that he doesn't care. And yes we need to be reminded and believe that he isn't done.

Proverbs 13:12 (MSG) says, "Unrelenting disappointment leaves you heartsick, but a sudden good break can turn your life around." But the waiting is so difficult, isn't it? But it will be worth it.

James 1:2-4 (NLT) puts it all in perspective. James who was the human brother of Jesus wrote this letter 40 some years after Jesus death and resurrection to the twelve tribes who were scattered. And he wrote this as an encouragement in the midst of their trouble. They too could have been feeling what David was feeling. 

Here is what he said, "Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing." The Amplified Bible says, "so that you may be perfect and completely developed [in your faith], lacking nothing." And The Message, "Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way."

God knows what he is doing. So do what David did. Psalm 13:5-6 in The Message says, "I've thrown myself headlong into your arms - I'm celebrating your rescue. I'm singing at the top of my lungs, I'm so full of answered prayers." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginnng

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