Trusting God Through It All
There are days, and then there are days. I think you will agree there is a difference. The first example might just be the routine Monday when you feel a little behind after a weekend off and have a couple unexpected challenges suddenly arise. It might be a resignation you weren’t expecting. Maybe it is a family member who isn’t in a crisis but needs some help. Or possibly you experience an unexpected repair situation for your car or home. Maybe it was all of these on a particular Monday. While you started your day with a prayer, you did not expect these struggles, and yet you know God will give you wisdom and guide you through.
But then there are days! You were lied to by someone you trusted. Maybe you became the victim of gossip that wasn’t true but is being spread actively, and you don’t know how to defend yourself. Maybe it was a business partner who isn’t living up to their promises or a customer whose expectations are unreasonable, and yet they demand more than they are paying for. Maybe your employer is making unfair demands on you and accusing you of not being a good employee unless you fix a situation that you did not create. Again, you started your day in prayer, but things seem to have gone downhill fast and your problems are growing instead of resolving.
If your situation is more like my second example, then a prayer like Psalm 54 fits the moment. Like David, you need both a rescue and God’s vindication. Praying with the intensity, or even seemingly the demands, of this prayer may feel uncomfortable. But if we can learn anything from the psalms, it is that we can be real and transparent with God. He cares for us that much and wants to help us in our times of need.
David placed his situation in the Lord’s hands and trusted God to deliver the outcome according to God’s will. David acknowledged that God is his helper and the upholder of his life. He surrendered those that were fighting against him and treating him unfairly, even ruthlessly, to the Lord.
When we have been wronged and mistreated or lied to, it is hard to trust God to handle the situation when everything in us wants to fight back and defend ourselves. Yet David reminds us that we can and must trust in God’s faithfulness to resolve what we cannot fix on our own.
The one thing we can offer is a free will offering of praise and gratitude to God and then step aside and allow God to do what only God can do, trusting that what God does is better than anything we can do on our own.
Today, Father, we come to you because we trust in you and in your promises. We come with hearts of gratitude for every time that you have rescued us, defended us, and provided for us. We declare that you are good, and we will surrender to your plans and your solutions for us and our situation. You have delivered us before, and we trust you to do it again. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Your Time with God’s Word
Psalm 54:1-7 ESV
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