Be of good courage!

Psa 31:9  Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

Psa 31:10  For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

Psa 31:11  I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

Psa 31:12  I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

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David here is at one of his lowest points in life. To David everyone in the known world was against him, and there was no tomorrow. Have you been there? We all at one time or another have been in David’s predicament. We cry out to God because of our troubles and our grief. We seem to have no one to turn too and there is nothing left for us. Our whole world is turned upside down and no one loves us. We tend to wallow in our infirmities and would rather die than to go on.

But there is one who will always love us and care for us, our Father in Heaven. He is always there and will always be ready to come to our aid to help us. David was at the lowest point in his life what would he do? Would he continue to cry or be in such a slump that no one could stand to be around him? Maybe he would confound his woes with bitterness. Or maybe he would just continue to sulk in his worries.  Lets see what he did!

Psa 31:14  But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.

He believed that God was his Father and Friend; that He was on the throne; that He could protect and defend him; and he left himself and his cause with Him. In such circumstances as these there is no other sure refuge but God; at such times the strength of faith is shown, and then is seen pre-eminently the power and value of religion. (Barnes commentary on the whole Bible) David knew that God would never fail him even though he had failed miserably. What a great testimony of Gods love for each of us. The God of all Heaven will actually be willingly to reach down to rescue us from our trials and tribulations if only we would cry out to Him

Have you cried out to Him lately? Or are you still wallowing in self pity and depriving yourself of Gods grace? We tend to believe that we can take care of ourselves and that we don’t need anyone to help us. That’s just the way we humans are. We would rather sulk than cry out. There is always one (God) who will not leave or forsake us; and the friendship and favor of that One is of more value to us than that of all other beings in the universe combined.

Be of good courage and cry out to Jesus!

Pray about it

Pastor Phil

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