“I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him.” (Psalm 40:1-3, NIV)
I love reading the Psalms. There always seems to be something that fits my life, right here, right now. Today, this is my Psalm.
Right now, it feels like I’m in the slimy pit – in the mud and mire! I’m not the most graceful of creatures on a good day, but you add some slimy mud – and I’m doing some serious flopping around. My heart is aching from everything that has happened in recent weeks. Some things are much, much better. Some things are not better, yet – I miss my church family with every fiber of my being – but we have found somewhere to worship, a congregation where we can get involved, but still “blend into” the crowd for a while. We are seriously and diligently working on finances, and getting a job for Dave. There is a long road ahead.
What a promise and blessing this Psalm brings to my heart! “He set my feet on a rock…” – I’m not going to flounder and flop around in this muddy pit forever! “He put a new song in my mouth…” – the tears of recent weeks will turn to music, and just maybe, the music will be sweeter because there were tears. “Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him.” When God brings me out on the other side of this – people will know that it wasn’t anything I did. It wasn’t anything Dave did. It was GOD, and GOD alone, who helped us through this. And if God can – would – did – help us, then just maybe, God will help these other people too!
I look forward to the day when this is behind me, when my heart praises God with a NEW SONG! Until that day, I will trust in Him – and I will “wait patiently” for the Lord.
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