Psalm 94:17-19 – “Unless the Lord had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death. When I said, “My foot is slipping” your love, O Lord, supported me. When aniety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.”
Difficult Circumstance.
Failure.
Fear.
All of these have the potential of putting us in a place of weakness, of vulnerability, of helplessness and hopelessness. And I think that the first two feed the third. Pain of our circumstances and personal failures tend to invoke fear. I have spent much of my life (sadly) operating out of a place of anxiety and fear. Some induced by circumstances. Some by my own mistakes and failings. And some by my own “what if?” mentality.
But if I truly believe what God says about Himself and His love for me, these fears have no choice but to dissipate.
“Unless the Lord had GIVEN ME HELP, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.” When my circumstances are difficult, God lavishly gives His help. Do I look to Him with open hands to receive that?
“When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your love, O Lord, SUPPORTED ME.” When I fall or fail, He is there to catch me, to hold me, to support me, to lift me up. When I am on my face after a fall, do I look up into His tender and loving eyes and take His outstretched hand?
“When anxiety was great within me, your consolation BROUGHT JOY TO MY SOUL.” When the pit of fear in my stomach brings me to my knees, do I breathe in the fresh and fragrant air of His comfort and peace?
Help, support, consolation. Available. To us. Ours for the receiving, graciously given by the One who knows and loves us so very deeply, personally and intimately. And, “if God is for us, who (or what) can be against us?”
I hope that whatever today may bring your way, you, like me, will lean in to all that God offers and find His incredible, indescribable peace and rest right there in that place…
