Psalm 3
1 LORD, how numerous are my enemies! Many attack me.
2 Many say about me, “God will not deliver him.” (Selah)
3 But you, LORD, are a shield that protects me;
you are my glory and the one who restores me.
4 To the LORD I cried out,
and he answered me from his holy hill. (Selah)
5 I rested and slept;
I awoke, for the LORD protects me.
6 I am not afraid of the multitude of people
who attack me from all directions.
7 Rise up, LORD!
Deliver me, my God!
Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw;
you will break the teeth of the wicked.
8 The LORD delivers;
you show favor to your people
Biblical Studies Press. (2006; 2006). The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible. Biblical Studies Press.
It is so easy to lose our way. We start out with great goals to serve God and some where along the way we will lose our focus and wander down a trail that God perhaps did not want us to go down.
In the fog we walk until something awakes us. A loud call to return to the Lord. A call to repent. We then may find ourselves in over our heads surrounded on all sides. When we are on this edge we often exclaim this in our hearts. "Rise up LORD! Deliver me my God!"
We then can only refocus, and return to the Lord, clinging close to Him and even though many exclaim "Many say about me, “God will not deliver him.” " We need to trust in His grace and mercy, knowing that we are not worthy of His love. But that is why Jesus went to the cross, to pay for all our sin, that we may have standing before God under the covering of Christ.
When we reach this point it can be very hard because
there is nothing we can do to justify where we have wondered. It is then that we can take hold of the words of the Psalm
"But you, LORD, are a shield that protects me;
you are my glory and the one who restores me.
To the LORD I cried out,
and He answered me from His holy hill. (Selah)
I rested and slept;
I awoke, for the LORD protects me."
I often ask "Why did you let me go my own way Lord" Perhaps He lets us go so that, He may impart iron into our being, that from the bumps, bruises scrapes of our wondering we will have the reminders of His Grace that will allow us to serve Him better.
Every day is a fresh start, God promises "As thy day so shall thy day be." Just enough strength for each day, nothing more nothing less.
What is behind we can not change.
We need to learn from yesterday, that we may try to hold our focus on Him and make a difference in the world with all the Glory of our efforts to be directed at Him.
God does take us as we are and fills us with His Spirit which starts to mold us on the wheel of life, changing us from within to become more and more like His Son.
Amen
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