God is absolutely amazing to me. I am so humbled at how much He loves me (all of us). One of my favorite Scripture passages is found in Psalm 18. It is a beautiful picture of God's love in action when we cry out to God in our moments of distress, totally trusting in Him to help us. I have moments creep up on me on a daily basis...critical moments when I can choose to allow my faith to grow by trusting completely in God's power, or I can fall prey to the enemy's lies regarding my particular situation or circumstance. You know, the enemy doesn't have anything new up his sleeve...he just tries to trip us up on the things he knows has worked in the past to sideline us from doing anything worthwhile. The exciting part about these weak attempts of sidelining me is when I see how much I have grown in my faith. The enemy cannot have a foothold in my life, when I am safely and securly and boldly in the palm of the right hand of my God. I imagine God's mighty hand flicking the enemy away, like an unwanted peice of dirt or lint...sending him flying away from me.
My favorite thing about the passage in Psalm 18, that I have shared below, is how ACTIVELY God comes to our rescue. He hears our cry even into His very own ears! Wow!! He has heard my voice in His ears. Simply. Amazing.
In my distress I called upon the LORD;
to my God I cried for help.
From his temple He heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.
Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and quaked, because he was angry.
Smoke went up from his nostrils,
and devouring fire from his mouth;
glowing coals flamed forth from him.
He bowed the heavens and came down;
thick darkness was under his feet.
He rode on a cherub and flew;
He came swiftly on the wings of the wind.
He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him,
thick clouds dark with water.
Out of the brightness before him
hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.
The LORD also thundered in the heavens,
and the Most High uttered his voice,
hailstones and coals of fire.
And he sent out his arrows and scattered them;
He flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
Then the channels of the sea were seen,
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your rebuke, O LORD,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
He sent from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.
He rescued me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too mighty for me.
(Psalm 18:6-17 ESV)
God very ACTIVELY pursues us...He ACTIVELY rescues us, when we seek Him! What a loving God. You know that amazing feeling when you realize that you have a friend who has "got your back"...well, that is God all the time! He knows our needs before we even do. My needs, wants, desires, passions, goals...all of those things are important to God. I have to remember that because God has already handled what I will be facing tomorrow...It is a comfort to know.
