Love you all, praying for you…
I just love God’s Word – it separates facts and feelings. It gives truth and practical application. It’s honest – things aren’t always perfect. Sometimes it seems like you’re losing the fight… Psalms 13 – How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will the enemy triumph over me? Wow! David is going through some stuff. How long must I wrestle with my thoughts – that’s where the real battle is. It’s not really what’s happening, but our thoughts about it, what we put to words - that determine the state of our mind and heart. That wrestling between faith and doubt, belief and unbelief, promise and ignorance or forgetfulness… Verse 3 Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Clearly David is still waiting on an answer – it’s seems like it’s been forever. He’s struggling with his thoughts, doubts and discouragement are trying to creep in and darkness take over. “Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death; my enemy will say, ‘I have overcome him, and my foes will rejoice when I fall.’” David had some enemies who delighted in his misery, who were glad at every negative thing that happened. He doesn’t have his answer yet, the answer to his prayer for God to deliver him and help him, but he asks that God would give light to his eyes. What you see is everything. We’re not talking about the shallow glass half full versus half empty positive thinking – that only lasts so long, until real struggles come. You can’t fake it all the time, sometimes reality is heavier than mere positive thinking. This goes to faith and belief in the promise of God which trumps everything that rises against you. “Give light to my eyes.” Jesus said, “I am the light of the world.” And He is the Word of God. He said if the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness…” But, if your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. The light is the Word of God that shines through the darkness. That’s how God gives you light – to see and believe, to hope and rejoice – through His Word! Verse 5 – But I trust in your unfailing love. Know one thing for sure, God’s love for you never fails. You can bet your life on it. “My heart rejoices in your salvation.” David hasn’t experienced it yet, but because God’s Word gave light to his eyes, He can now see God’s Salvation – which he’s not experienced yet, but will surely see come to pass as sure as the Sun will rise in the morning. So he begins to rejoice in his heart in the salvation that He has by faith and will experience as sure as He sees it now by faith. And the rejoicing of heart – replaces the sorrow in his heart. “I will sing to the LORD for He has been good to me.” Praying that PRISM – those five things you can do in God’s Word every day… that you will do them! So it will become the light that God gives to your eyes. So you will see His salvation, so your heart will rejoice. So you can sing to the LORD for his goodness. He will surely come, He doesn’t forget you forever, He doesn’t forget you ever! And if you ever are wrestling with your thoughts, His Word will take over and realign them with His promise, so your thoughts are of hope and trust, and joy and faith. Praise God for His goodness in the land of the living. The plans of the wicked will come to nothing, but His plans for you will be good – forever. Love you all, dad
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