Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Tag: God's Care - Psalm 54-56

Psalms 56:8-11
You have kept count of my tossings;
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?
Then my enemies will turn back
in the day when I call.
This I know, that God is for me.
In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?

Tag:  God's care

In Psalm 55 and 56 David is journaling his experiences as he ran from Saul and lived in the land of his enemies.  David was broken.   Saul, the father of his best friend (Jonathon) was hunting him like a dog.   He was so surrounded by those who had also fled the king, those where in debt and with, some, criminals of the state.   David is not in a good place.  His days were spent hiding and his nights, crying.   David was trapped by enemies on the outside and his own shame on the inside.   Yet, the above words come through to us from him.   Even though the circumstances of life were not speaking, "trust God," David did.  He knew that God not only new his path in life God was capturing each tear in a bottle and recording them in a book.  God is well aware of our pain and suffering.  God is capturing the sorrow of our hearts for the purpose of turning them to joy.  He completes this chapter with the following belief and resolve:

Psalms 56:13
For you have delivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.


God's salvation has a purpose.  For use to walk before Him in the light of life ... He wants to see us trust Him so that we can live victoriously in front of others.  

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