Tuesday, April 17, 2018

 
 
Devotional for Tuesday, April 17, 2018
 
“But You Lord…”
 
 
 
 
 
by Dona Hake
 
 
“Lord, I have so many enemies. So many people have turned against me. They say to themselves, “God will not rescue him!” Selah But you, Lord, protect me. You bring me honor; you give me hope. I will pray to the Lord, and he will answer me from his holy mountain. Selah I can lie down to rest and know that I will wake up, because the Lord covers and protects me. So I will not be afraid of my enemies, even if thousands of them surround me.”
Psalm 3:1-6 easy to read version
 
 
It is interesting to note here that in David’s time of trouble a song rose up in his heart. He was not sitting on his throne in a place of power, but he was rather running for his life from his rebellious son Absalom, and a host of traders. David reminds us that God is always for us no matter what our circumstances look like. No matter what people say, we can look up and know that our God is with us and He surrounds us with His shield.  We can look up and say as David did, “But You Lord, protect me!”   Maybe we will declare “But You Lord are with me.”   “But You Lord are my provider.”   No matter what, we need to acknowledge the Lord is with us and declare who He is in the situation.
 
I have encountered people in the midst of a trial…and there is a statement that I have heard and it greatly troubles my heart.   One of the most grievous things I have ever heard a child of God say in the midst of a trial is “Where is God in all of this?“     Honestly, I cannot even explain how bad this hurts my heart to hear a child of God speak of the Lord in this manner. These words speak of one that really does not understand the loving and faithful character of God.  They really do not understand that Jesus meant what He said when He declared that He would never leave or forsake us.
 
You may be reading this and thinking to yourself that you know that your Lord is always with you and you would never ever speak “ Where is God in all of this?”   Well then I encourage you  to meditate upon this for it may help you share with one that needs to hear truth in this area.   Sometimes people just need to be reminded of the faithfulness of God. Sometimes they just need to see that there is light at the end of the tunnel but until they get to the end of that dark tunnel may they come to understand that  the true Light is right beside them.  
 
We as believers also carry that light and hope! We carry the answer within us and that is the Word of our Lord Jesus Christ. If God before us who can be against us?
 
“…So what should we say about this?
If God is for us, no one can stand against us.
And God is with us.”
Romans 8:31 – Easy to read version