Thoughts for another day

June 10, 2013.

Today's verse: Ps. 27:5. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. (KJV)

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

Where do we go when faced with trouble and what do we do when we stare at disaster in the eye and it looms so large that fear gnaws at us and it looks as if we are to be swallowed into oblivion soon.   The kind of person you are and the nature of your relationship with God determines whether you look up or you look around.  If you’re looking around, it means your soul is not inundated with the moisture of prayer and your eye is nothing but, a vacillating instrument when it comes to looking at God.

But I, though a sinner and one who offends Him often and sometimes even grievously, choose not to look around, for in the nettles and thorns of the world around, it may seem I’ve found an ally, but know they are enemies in disguise.  So therefore in the time of trouble and distress, when the heart is heavy with pain, I and people of my ilk, look up to the hills for our help comes from there.  Thence is the sure-fire recipe for a life filled with confidence and fearlessness, for we say: In time of trouble, He shall hide us in His pavilion; in the secret of His Tabernacle He shall hide us and set us up on a rock, to be rid of the warring floods around our knees.

Then His help comes quickly for He delights in us when we’re able to stand up in the midst of our disaster and proclaim His Name – believe me that’s a difficult and queer thing to do; queer because the world jeers at those who trust in Him Who can’t be seen and Who they hold responsible for the disaster in the first place, even when He should have safe-guarded from it.  But for us who do call on His Name when all hope has dried up, He extends His hand for behold, the LORD God, the Mighty One of Jacob, cannot bear to see our tears.  Test us though He will, He yet cannot see us cry and He sends His redemption – a complete and comforting act by which we’re able to get on our knees and ring our praises to Him powered by the wind in our lungs and the power in our loins, given by Him.