Theme: Psalm 13.
This whole Psalm is a commentary on the grace of God and His love: God's : loving way of sustaining us in times of trouble and providing for our needs. In life's most trying times, when even our family and friends deserts us, we can rely on God to hear our cries and to help us in every circumstance.The psalmist is tempted to believe God has abandoned him because God's deliverance has been so long in coming. But David did not buy into the lie that God had forgotten him. He concludes the Psalm by expressing his confidence that God will once again provide him salvation from his trouble. David was faithful to God and trusted wholeheartedly in him, but he felt the pressure of his problems as much as anyone. Instead of giving up or giving in, however, David held on to his faith. In times of despair, it is much harder to hold on than to give up. But if you give up on God, you give in to a life of despair. Keep saying yes to God. Ask him to strengthen your grip on his promises and faithfulness.
David despaired at the odds against him. He knew that God could not be confined to any space, but he wrote poetically, expressing confidence that God would hear him when he prayed. God responds to us when we earnestly pray to him, no matter how dangerous or precarious the situation may be. We can overcome our anxieties in our darkest hours by holding on to God’s assurance that he is with us and is merciful to those who trust him as Lord over all.
When circumstances go against us, we may be tempted to think that God has abandoned us. But David reminds us that the opposite is true. When everything seems to go wrong, God stays with us and protects us. If a circumstance has turned against you, don’t doubt God’s Divine Presence – look around. He is right beside you!
God’s people experience moments when God seems to have vanished and to have forgotten us. Even then we can trust God’s love and praise him. He is good even to the sufferer.
The distraught psalmist David understood that to see God’s face is to be right with him and that the justice in this life is also a manifestation of God’s face. Revelation of God is our basic need. Too often we only realize this in times of crisis.
The psalmist praised the love of God, making it equivalent to the salvation of God. This expression of faith in the love of God was made when the writer was in the depths of despair or suffering. Even in the midst of difficulties we can trust the love and goodness of God and feel His Divine Presence. Salvation and trust belong together. Beloved in this season of LENT, We can trust because we know God loves us.Rev Samuel Muwonge.
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