His Reminders

Psalm 119:137-152

English Standard Version (ESV)

Tsadhe

137 

Righteous are you, O Lord,
    and right are your rules.

138 

You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness
    and in all faithfulness.

139 

My zeal consumes me,
    because my foes forget your words.

140 

Your promise is well tried,
    and your servant loves it.

141 

I am small and despised,
    yet I do not forget your precepts.

142 

Your righteousness is righteous forever,
    and your law is true.

143 

Trouble and anguish have found me out,
    but your commandments are my delight.

144 

Your testimonies are righteous forever;
    give me understanding that I may live.

Qoph

145 

With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord!
    I will keep your statutes.

146 

I call to you; save me,
    that I may observe your testimonies.

147 

I rise before dawn and cry for help;
    I hope in your words.

148 

My eyes are awake before the watches of the night,
    that I may meditate on your promise.

149 

Hear my voice according to your steadfast love;
    O Lord, according to your justice give me life.

150 

They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose;
    they are far from your law.

151 

But you are near, O Lord,
    and all your commandments are true.

152 

Long have I known from your testimonies
    that you have founded them forever.

(http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+119%3A137-152&version=ESV)

When life throws us two curve balls and it seems like we have just stuck out, we need to remember these verses.  We may want to just give up and decide life is just not worth it but that is not true at all.  As long as God has us on this earth, He has a plan for us and we need to continue to seek His counsel, and know (even if we don’t understand) that His ways are righteous and just. 

Just as in these scriptures, I have cried out to the Lord at night, I have sought Him in the early morning, and I have longed to hear His voice.  When I have cried out to Him at night, He has always given me scriptures in the morning that have helped me know that His commandments are true and they will last forever. 

I may not be satisfied right at this moment with the direction that I am going but knowing the Lord is guiding me assures me that He has a great and mighty plan for me and that He will see me through until it is finished.  I will continue to seek Him in the morning and continually ask Him for the strength to make it down the road He is leading me.  Some say that an open window or door does not always mean that is the direction that you should go. If you are asking God to guide you and you are seeking His ways, then, I believe that is the way that you should go.  I truly believe that if you are seeking His ways, He will not open and close any door or window that will keep you from following Him, if you choose to follow Him.  Just as He gave Peter the rooster to crow, He will give you reminders to continually acknowledge Him and trust that His commandments are true.  (Matthew 26:30-35; 69-75)

Seek Him that you may know and follow His commandments.

Seeking Him with all my heart,

Sheila