Our Victor

Psalm 124

English Standard Version (ESV)

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

124 

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side—
    let Israel now say—

2 

if it had not been the Lord who was on our side
    when people rose up against us,

3 

then they would have swallowed us up alive,
    when their anger was kindled against us;

4 

then the flood would have swept us away,
    the torrent would have gone over us;

5 

then over us would have gone
    the raging waters.

6 

Blessed be the Lord,
    who has not given us
    as prey to their teeth!

7 

We have escaped like a bird
    from the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
    and we have escaped!

8 

Our help is in the name of the Lord,
    who made heaven and earth.

(http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+124&version=ESV)

I have been amazed just in the past week at how people think they can turn God on and off.  When things don’t go exactly the way we want how easily can we and do we blame God.  Some will go as far as to say, I don’t believe in Him anymore, or I don’t want to have anything to do with Him.  It makes me sad and even angry, I can only imagine how God feels about it.  We so quickly discount Him but He is always there for us.  Serving God should not be about getting what we want or serving when it is convenient for us but rather it should be about a life commitment to put Him first in our lives no matter the circumstances.

In the case of the Israelites, He saved them over and over again.  Their lives were far from perfect but when push came to shove, God would allow them to be the victors.  When they would become stubborn and turn from Him, He would split them up allowing them to go into captivity until they would realize His greatness and would repent and come back to Him.  When they allowed God to be in control, life changed for the better. 

Life will not always give us what we want but God we always give us what we need if we will only allow Him to be Lord of our lives.  We might suffer, we might be wronged, all of that is because of our sinful nature, but one thing holds true, God will see us through if we will allow Him to be our guide and our strength,

Seek Him in the good times and in the bad times, He is our victor.

Seeking Him with all my heart,

Sheila