Monday... This is so important for us to know.

Psalm 142:3a (NLT), "When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn."

Monday... This is so important for us to know.

King David writes in Psalm 142:3a (NLT), "When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn."

Now David was a King and I am not a King. I mean, there is no way that I know what a king knows. I'm really surprised that he is overwhelmed but of course he knows the way to turn. He is a King. And that is the way so many people think.

Well, David was a different kind of King. He didn't have all the answers but knew who did and we can know who it is, too.

In verse 1 he says, "I cry out to the LORD; I plead for the LORD's mercy." In verse 2 he continues, "I pour out my complaints before him and tell him all my troubles."

Now verse 4 says. "I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me." And that is how we feel so many times, isn't it?

But here, this is so important for us to know. In those times when David felt this way, and yes, even as a King he did, when he was so overwhelmed, he did this and we can too. Verse 5 says, "Then I pray to you, O LORD. I say, 'You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life.'" And verse 6 goes on to say, "Hear my cry, for I am very low. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me." And no one is stronger than our LORD and He cares about what we are going through and we can pray to Him.

And then verse 7 (AMP) says, "Bring my soul out of prison (adversity), so that I may give thanks and praise Your name; The righteous will surround me [in triumph]. For You will look after me." And the NLT says, "for you are so good to me." And that is so true.

Listen, we don't have to be a King. And that is so important for us to know. Yes, "When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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