Psalm 95
Psalm 95
Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
For the Lord is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth,
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.
Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care.
Today, if only you would hear his voice,
“Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,
as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness,
where your ancestors tested me;
they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
For forty years I was angry with that generation;
I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,
and they have not known my ways.’
So I declared on oath in my anger,
‘They shall never enter my rest.’”
I'll admit that my head and my heart have not been where they should be today. I have let anxieties and worries overtake me to the point of chest pains and an upset stomach.
I feel like I am walking around in the desert, crying out "are you there? It's me, things were going great and now everything is falling apart again."
Sigh. How quickly I forget. How quickly I fail to be still and rest. How quickly I fail to turn away and try to solve things on my own.
But I am not a world-fixer.
I am a child of God.
And my God is not just some world-fixer but rather He is a world Overcomer.
This world guys. This world can really get me down. I can get so lost in my own head and lose sight of what really matters.
I am a child of God.
There may be moments in my life where I feel lost in a desert. Where I cry out and whine about the seeming unfairness of it all.
But no matter what I am feeling or what silly thoughts go through my head I can rest knowing this: He never changes. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. And in a world that seems to change every second, in a world where nothing is promised - I need Something sure. I need a Rock.
So even in the storms of life; even in the moments of my own humanity in which I flail around at a loss - I can look to Him. I can sing for joy because He is my Lord and Strength. I can trust in Him.
Furthermore, I must trust in Him. I can't succumb to the same fate as the Israelites. I want more than that. I want Him. I want to trust and rely on my Rock and Redeemer.
I do not want to be cast away. I want more. I want to be His child.
I pray that I look to Him and trust in my Rock instead of screaming out in the desert. I pray that I always come to Him with thanksgiving - for my God truly is a great and mighty God.
Let me never forget that I am His child. May I always cling to my Father. May I always hold tight to my Rock. May I always be still in my Savior as He continues to lead me onward.
May I forsake my human ways and turn to His path of Salvation. May He make my path straight. Yes, may I trust in Him and be still. Let me be still.
Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
For the Lord is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth,
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.
Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care.
Today, if only you would hear his voice,
“Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,
as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness,
where your ancestors tested me;
they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
For forty years I was angry with that generation;
I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,
and they have not known my ways.’
So I declared on oath in my anger,
‘They shall never enter my rest.’”
I'll admit that my head and my heart have not been where they should be today. I have let anxieties and worries overtake me to the point of chest pains and an upset stomach.
I feel like I am walking around in the desert, crying out "are you there? It's me, things were going great and now everything is falling apart again."
Sigh. How quickly I forget. How quickly I fail to be still and rest. How quickly I fail to turn away and try to solve things on my own.
But I am not a world-fixer.
I am a child of God.
And my God is not just some world-fixer but rather He is a world Overcomer.
This world guys. This world can really get me down. I can get so lost in my own head and lose sight of what really matters.
I am a child of God.
There may be moments in my life where I feel lost in a desert. Where I cry out and whine about the seeming unfairness of it all.
But no matter what I am feeling or what silly thoughts go through my head I can rest knowing this: He never changes. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. And in a world that seems to change every second, in a world where nothing is promised - I need Something sure. I need a Rock.
So even in the storms of life; even in the moments of my own humanity in which I flail around at a loss - I can look to Him. I can sing for joy because He is my Lord and Strength. I can trust in Him.
Furthermore, I must trust in Him. I can't succumb to the same fate as the Israelites. I want more than that. I want Him. I want to trust and rely on my Rock and Redeemer.
I do not want to be cast away. I want more. I want to be His child.
I pray that I look to Him and trust in my Rock instead of screaming out in the desert. I pray that I always come to Him with thanksgiving - for my God truly is a great and mighty God.
Let me never forget that I am His child. May I always cling to my Father. May I always hold tight to my Rock. May I always be still in my Savior as He continues to lead me onward.
May I forsake my human ways and turn to His path of Salvation. May He make my path straight. Yes, may I trust in Him and be still. Let me be still.
Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10
Comments