His Love Endures Forever

Psalm 40:1-3

English Standard Version (ESV)

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

40 I ^(A)waited patiently for the Lord;
    he inclined to me and ^(B)heard my cry.
² He drew me up from ^(C)the pit of destruction,
    out of ^(D)the miry bog,
and ^(E)set my feet upon a rock,
    ^(F)making my steps secure.
³ He put ^(G)a new song in my mouth,
    a song of praise to our God.
Many will ^(H)see and fear,
    and put their trust in the Lord.

(http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=PSALM%2040:1-3&version=ESV)

Patiently?  Sometimes I think I am very impatient as I wait on the Lord and part of my indication of that is the fact that I cry and pout while I wait.  Yet in this passage David says the Lord heard his cries.  He says that he was in the “pit of destruction” and in the “miry bog”, that doesn’t sound like being patient to me.  That is where I have felt I have been the past several days, weeks, months, well years.  I have felt that I have not waited patiently enough on the Lord but once again I am drawn to David’s beginning statement, “I waited patiently”.   One thing that has always remained with me and with David as well, a faith that God is in control.  I know why I am here day after day, it is to bring Him praise. 

The other day I got up and decided that I was going to have a good day.  Said to myself that I would choose to be happy and it didn’t go so well for me!  I think I cried more that day than I had in the days past!  The Lord wants His power to shine through, not mine.  I can’t do this life without Him and His guidance and I do not need to be the radiant one He should be the radiant ONE.  If people look at me and see someone who is happy all the time, they will see Sheila putting on a front but if someone sees Christ radiance through me I have accomplished the will of the Father.  When someone can see that pain overtook me and then God lifted me up out of it, they will see the miraculous wonders of the Lord.

Just the other day I heard a speaker that talked about being in the pit and how the love of her family and the tenderness of other people helped her through her despair.  There is no question that human touch and knowing that you are loved is an important aspect of the healing process.  However, she failed to mention where that love came from.  She failed to mention that God had control of her life, because of that I had to question her entire story of a miraculous healing.  There is no way that she could have survived any of her ordeals without the intervening hand of the Father.  He is the creator of love, 1 John 4:19

English Standard Version (ESV)  ^19 (A)We love because he first loved us.

Dear friends, don’t be fooled by people who say they can do it on their own.  Don’t be fooled by people that say there can be true love without the Father.  God puts people into our lives to help us through difficult times but it is never those people that heal us from our despair.  He was the first one to recognize that Adam needed a helpmate, not Adam.  He was the one that created another human being for Adam to be able to relate to.  God is the creator of the desire for human companionship and thus I believe He gives us the ability to help one another through difficult time BUT if we lean so much on the human being and do not recognize the ONE who makes it all possible, there will be a time in our lives that we will feel all alone and we will be alone.  Humans are here and gone but God’s love endures forever. 

 

Psalm 136:23

English Standard Version (ESV)

²³ It is he who ^(A)remembered us in our low estate,
    for his steadfast love endures forever;

When troubles pass your way and heartache beats at your door, remember to cry to Him, seek Him with all your heartache and wait patiently for Him and He will answer in His time.

Seeking Him with all my heart,

Sheila