Thought for another day

May 24, 2012

Today's verse: Ps. 18:6. In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.  (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

In the situation I am, I agonize at the silence of God.  In fact, there're many times I try listen to Him, but there's no response.   It's as if the Lord were sleeping and won't rise on my waking Him up.  The silence is really painful and unable to bear.   I ask myself, 'is the Lord really deaf to my plea; is He really so upset with me that He won't hear me?  My mind says I've sinned and sinned, wantonly, so perhaps God is very upset with me and won't listen.  But when I stand covered with the blood of the Lamb, freely available to anyone who believes in the August Son of God, Jesus the Messiah, then how can the Father notice the sin in me?  Yet, my mind cannot fathom the silence of God and sometimes I cry gently into the night.

To strengthen me, Grace comes and whispers, 'Don't you know how many years Abraham waited before he could beget Isaac?  Twenty five years!   And later, Abraham was put through such a harsh test; he was asked to sacrifice his only son Isaac and this at a time when there was no way he could bear another or atleast the thought would be playing in his mind, yet Abraham did not vacillate, but picked up the knife and fire and set forth.  I cry to think of that old man, so keen to please the God of his life and here I please myself!  Thoughts of Moses too gush into my mind.  Moses ran to Midian when he realised his secret work toward his fellow Hebrew was no longer a secret.  Deep inside he knew he had to do something for his brothers the Jews, but again, the man had to wait 40 years!  

Is this going to be my case too Lord? I ask.   Again silence, but wait what is this… On my ears fall the Word of this psalm: 'In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried unto my God.'  Sounds familiar, yea, I awake from my 'distress stupor' and my ear craves the notion of the Word and I hear again, 'He heard my voice out of His temple and my cry came before Him, even into His ears!!!'   I leap with joy, for I realize now that the Lord has heard my prayer and He will rise to relieve the pain off me.   Yes, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the Eternal, Immortal and unchanging God has heard my plea and I'm sure He will not delay, even a moment, and he will pick me up and set me among His nobles, both here on earth and in His Kingdom, simply because I believe His Word and His Word is His Son, the Eternally Living Anointed Savior, the Lord of all, the one who reigns at His right hand forever and ever.