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Tuesday... Where do we turn when we are in trouble?


Psalm 88:2 (AMP), "Let my prayer come before you and enter into your presence; Incline your ear to my cry!"

Tuesday... Where do we turn when we are in trouble?

That is an important question when we are in trouble. Maybe there is relative, a friend, a neighbor who is close by whom you can turn to but can they really make a difference?


My dad was always someone I could turn to but he is in heaven now. And the same with my in-laws, they always would help when we asked. My kids are now adults and without a doubt they would be there if I needed help. And of course the one closest to me, my wife Margaret would help. It is so good to have someone that we can turn to when we are in trouble.

Well, the Psalmist here had someone and so do we. The writer of Psalm 88:2 (AMP) says, "Let my prayer come before you and enter into your presence; Incline your ear to my cry!" Yes, that really makes a difference to know that God cares and that he will incline his ear to us. 

The NLT says in verses 1-3a, "O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out to you day by day. I come to you at night. Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry. For my life is full of troubles." Maybe that is true of you today and you don't really know where to turn. Maybe your need this word of encouragement today. 

Now my pray each morning to God before I start reading my Bible is, "Open my eyes to see, my ears to hear, my heart to comply, my mind to comprehend and then my hands to communicate so that someone would be encouraged, enlighted, inspired, invited to a new relationship with you and a deeper walk with you." And then I start reading. Now these words that came to me this morning are possibly a message to you personally from God.

The Message Paraphrase says, "God, you're my last chance of the day. I spend the night on my knees before you. Put me on your salvation agenda; take notes on the trouble I'm in. I've had my fill of trouble."

Now over in Exodus, Pharaoh was having a great deal of trouble but he didn't want to do what God wanted him to do. Exodus 9:13-14 (NLT) says, "Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Get up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Tell him, '"This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews. says: Let my people go, so they can worship me. If you don't, I will send more plagues on you and your officials and your people. Then you will know that there is no one like me on the earth."'"

Yes, sometimes troubles come our way for God to get our attention and then we realize that he is the only one who can really make a difference, that he is truly the one for us to turn to. Yes, he works through others but he truly is the one and there is no one like him on the earth. 

And we can turn to him. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



 

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