We are enjoying a bit of Lenten quiet on Mondays here until Easter. I’m posting a verse, a devotion and a prayer. Peace and grace, friends…
“O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you restored my health. You brought me up from the grave, O Lord. You kept me from falling into the pit of death. Sing to the Lord, all you godly ones! Praise his holy name!” (Psalm 30:2-4)
Sometimes we take passages like these a little too literally. We read a verse like, “I cried to you for help, and you restored my health,” and we think, “My health isn’t completely restored; I’m not completely cured – why didn’t God answer my prayer?” We begin to doubt God, or feel like he has abandoned us because our lives and circumstances don’t seem to accurately reflect what we read in Scripture.
The fact is, God might not cure all of our ills, even when we ask him to. But what He will always do is give us hope, peace and even joy in the midst of the most difficult circumstances, if we let him. Our faith in God keeps us from careening into the pit of despair. Our faith in God keeps us steady, allowing us to walk forward in holy confidence knowing that no matter what the outcome, he will be with us.
This is indeed reason for singing and holy praise because we know, as this psalm says, that while “weeping may last through the night, joy comes with the morning.” (30:5) He will see us through.
Lord, sometimes my grief and suffering feel like more than I can bear. Sometimes I doubt your presence and wonder where you are amid the trials. Thank you for this psalm today, Lord – a reminder that you are always here, working to restore me, lifting me up from the pit of despair and loving me. Amen.
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Oh how often am I stressed over God seemingly ignoring my requests. Thanks for the reminder that He hears and works…whether I see it or not…whether I like it or not…whether it’s what I want or not.
Thanks so much for sharing such a beautiful verse today. Thanks too for hosting so faithfully each week.
Michelle, so very true. While God may not remedy every situation the way we would at times like, He truly does give us His Word & promises to hold onto in the midst of it all. So grateful to Him for His Word. I also loved your beautiful photo!
I want to thank you again for the Lenten devotional and for hosting the link up. Blessings to you as your book officially debuts this week!
“If we let Him” jumped off the page at me…going through a “season” right now where I would almost believe you had followed me around to write this post, lol. I do not doubt He is with me, He is the One who gives me strength. I am a little disappointed in myself this time. Normally I plow right through and keep giving God praise no matter what. This one has knocked me a little, one of those “but I don’t understand, God!” And I have to keep reminding myself that I do not see “behind the curtain”. But He does. I must keep trusting, believing that He has my best interest at heart. Praise Him through the storm!
It must say something about the state of my heart that I actually read the title of your post as “God Sees Through Us.” But perhaps that’s a revelation. Maybe God sees through my inability to get through life without Him, and maybe He allows trials to show me that. The fact is, I can’t do life without Him, and I have never needed Him more than in the last few weeks of sorrowing and great anxiety.
GOD BLESS.
At the end of it all, is Jesus. He is our hope in every situation……Amen to this Michelle!
Pussywillows have always been an image for me of hope, I don’t know why. Thanks for hosting again.
Thank you for this all important reminder, Michelle. Beautiful!
This reminded me of what an abortionist said this week. “The Christians keep praying for abortion to stop and God hasn’t answered. God must not have a problem with it.” God doesn’t always answer our prayers in OUR way, but as you say, we still trust.
Hey Pamela, (beautiful name), I cannot believe this is the reasoning of an abortionist…..and yet I can. It amazes me the way people justify themselves before a totally Holy God! How ‘warped’ can you get?!? The Day of Reckoning is upon us. What a rude awakening awaits such people. The only thing that can change all this is the Love of God spread abroad in our hearts. I feel sorry for this person—so deluded. Yet, we trust in God who sees all, knows all, and IS working behind the scenes of the prayers of His faithful.
Whatever my status, God is beside me. My hope is ever in Him.
Thank you, Michelle, for this beautiful reminder that He walks with us no matter what we’re going through. Sometimes it’s hard to know how to pray for ourselves and others who may be suffering a physical ailment. I’ve heard it said that God is most concerned about our spiritual ailments, and will use physical ailments to get our attention. That has been the case with me a few times, but sometimes it’s just plain illness. I love the verse you quoted today.
Thank you for letting God speak to me through your blog. I have always loved pussywillows, since a child, but have not seen them since childhood. So the picture got my attention. Then I read the Psalm below it, and it made me smile, because God did restore my health and bring me up from the grave, when I prayed for His help. No my body is not free from all disease, but I am still alive, when I would have been dead. Praise God! I give thanks for Easter that is coming soon. Another Easter to give thanks of joy!
I love Psalms 30:5. I’ve done some weeping lately, so this post really encouraged me. Thanks for reminding me that He will see me through. 🙂
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