Between A Rock and A Hard Place. Part [2] 07/06/2024 (Morning thought)

Psalms 13:How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Indeed, our human interpretations of the word reasonable, in a particular situation, is at times quite different than God’s version of the same word, for in the context of time, His version of “reasonable” is “The fullness of time”. Therefore, it is one of the most critically important, and difficult lessons that folks will ever have to learn as Christians.

For instance, how long would it be “reasonable” for David to wait for the fulfillment of God’s will for him to be king? Every morning, he gets up, and prays for deliverance, and with each passing day the threats against his soul only increase, to the point where he gives voice to the grim premonitions that haunt his mind at times.

1st Samuel 20:And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeks my life? 2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

1st Samuel 20:3 And David swore moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knows that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord lives, and as thy soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Between A Rock and A Hard Place. Part [1] 07/06/2024 (Evening thought)

Psalms 27:13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

The above Psalm was actually written when David was being hunted down as the most wanted person in Israel, by Saul. David had to be constantly looking over his shoulder, and he reached a point where he could have no fixed place of abode. David had not asked to be anointed as king, and the signal defeat of Goliath was all of God’s own doing, but after a day of bright beginnings, David now finds himself at the mercy of Saul, who was bent on not only flushing out David from cave and wilderness, but he intended to strangle him to death with his own hands.

 Yet, in spite all of this, David optimistically advises folks, who like him, might find themselves between a rock and a hard place, to wait on The Lord, and to be of a good courage. The immediate question that often arises when we hear the phrase “Wait on the Lord” is: How long should we have to wait, before seeking for alternatives? This singular question we must now address in this study, for the days that are coming upon the land will call for a faith that will not shrink or falter even when it is severely tried.

To be more specific, the phrase: “Wait on The Lord” can in some instances turn out to be open-ended, meaning that it might not conform to our schedules, timing or deadlines. The word “Reasonable” is fluid, meaning that it can shift in relevance and application from one person to another, and from one situation to another. But, with God faith is that form of trusting that surpasses reasonableness, since it lets the word be subject to God’s will and way.

Isaiah 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increases strength. 31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!