Day 287: As I Cried Out To God In The 'Night' ...
Read: Psalm 77
Life is chocked full difficulties and sometimes it’s more of a disaster
than a difficulty. Life’s difficulties call for help: Work problems,
financial problems, raising kids, aging, health problems, etcetera. We
all need help along the road of life. We all too often find ourselves in
difficult or desperate situations that simply require taking dramatic
steps like having some very loud, very vocal, very 'unchristian like'
conversations using an array of 'unchristian like' words in the middle
of the night that scare everyone within earshot. It does not have to be
dark outside for souls to be in the middle of the night. What should we do when we find ourselves in a distressing or desperate situation?
Pray about this: What is it that we should do when our souls refuse to be comforted? The Psalmist tells us what we should do. First and foremost, talk to
God (v.1). When I do get into such a time as that my wife suggested that
when I cannot sleep at night that instead of 'counting sheep'
(sounds silly I know), instead of threatening to keep her up till all
'hours of the night', to go find someplace quiet to talk to the Shepherd
of those sheep. Again this consistent with what the Psalmist recommends
we do as well (v.3). We can all sit in our 'dark of night' and try to
ponder just what it was that troubled the Psalmist so much, what gave our darkness life but our dark turns darker.
So, what will throw a shadow of light into our night to confound the
darkness, again a knock down, drag out session of words with the Lord
like Jacob did one night when he wrestled with the Lord until daybreak (Genesis 32:24 - 32). I do not believe I have ever seriously entertained doing what Jacob did, but as the story is told, Jacob fought the Lord all night long and would absolutely not let God go until the Lord blessed him. In much the same way for Psalmist and us that 'conversing with God' brings with it a great reassurance that God will not let go of us either, will strive with us to the end, and will bless us to no end for the effort we put into it. Our God is TRULY an awesome God!
When your feeling exceptionally discouraged, get your eyes off of your
circumstance and place them square onto the Lord who is ready to wrestle
with You for as long as it takes to bring sunshine and blessings into your life. What an awesome thought that is! It also helps if while you are wrestling with God, you wrestle with yourself also. I do not guess that any one of us will wrestle God to a standstill by allowing God to do all the wrestling. God very much desires that if you are going to give God all He can handle of your night, then you had better put forth far better than your very best of efforts standing toe to toe with God if sunshine and greater and greater blessings are to be gained!
Let Us Pray: Gird yourself for the fight of your life! Get ready to
stand upon your own two feet to share with God the battle for your life!
Prepare yourself as Jacob did to take on the the deepest darkness of
your circumstances. All day and all night if that is what it will take
to receive the greatest blessings the Lord has to offer you. Give not
one inch of ground, give not one more inch of your soul to the adversary
who threatens you with very deepest gloom, the very darkest despair the
most excessive of miseries. Pray to the Lord with, by, whom you will
share battle to the words of Psalm 77:11 - 20. Strive with God! Call the
place where God gives you your victory 'Peniel, for he said, “I have
seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved.”'
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Read: Psalm 77
Life is chocked full difficulties and sometimes it’s more of a disaster than a difficulty. Life’s difficulties call for help: Work problems, financial problems, raising kids, aging, health problems, etcetera. We all need help along the road of life. We all too often find ourselves in difficult or desperate situations that simply require taking dramatic steps like having some very loud, very vocal, very 'unchristian like' conversations using an array of 'unchristian like' words in the middle of the night that scare everyone within earshot. It does not have to be dark outside for souls to be in the middle of the night. What should we do when we find ourselves in a distressing or desperate situation?
Pray about this: What is it that we should do when our souls refuse to be comforted? The Psalmist tells us what we should do. First and foremost, talk to God (v.1). When I do get into such a time as that my wife suggested that when I cannot sleep at night that instead of 'counting sheep' (sounds silly I know), instead of threatening to keep her up till all 'hours of the night', to go find someplace quiet to talk to the Shepherd of those sheep. Again this consistent with what the Psalmist recommends we do as well (v.3). We can all sit in our 'dark of night' and try to ponder just what it was that troubled the Psalmist so much, what gave our darkness life but our dark turns darker.
So, what will throw a shadow of light into our night to confound the darkness, again a knock down, drag out session of words with the Lord like Jacob did one night when he wrestled with the Lord until daybreak (Genesis 32:24 - 32). I do not believe I have ever seriously entertained doing what Jacob did, but as the story is told, Jacob fought the Lord all night long and would absolutely not let God go until the Lord blessed him. In much the same way for Psalmist and us that 'conversing with God' brings with it a great reassurance that God will not let go of us either, will strive with us to the end, and will bless us to no end for the effort we put into it. Our God is TRULY an awesome God!
When your feeling exceptionally discouraged, get your eyes off of your circumstance and place them square onto the Lord who is ready to wrestle with You for as long as it takes to bring sunshine and blessings into your life. What an awesome thought that is! It also helps if while you are wrestling with God, you wrestle with yourself also. I do not guess that any one of us will wrestle God to a standstill by allowing God to do all the wrestling. God very much desires that if you are going to give God all He can handle of your night, then you had better put forth far better than your very best of efforts standing toe to toe with God if sunshine and greater and greater blessings are to be gained!
Let Us Pray: Gird yourself for the fight of your life! Get ready to stand upon your own two feet to share with God the battle for your life! Prepare yourself as Jacob did to take on the the deepest darkness of your circumstances. All day and all night if that is what it will take to receive the greatest blessings the Lord has to offer you. Give not one inch of ground, give not one more inch of your soul to the adversary who threatens you with very deepest gloom, the very darkest despair the most excessive of miseries. Pray to the Lord with, by, whom you will share battle to the words of Psalm 77:11 - 20. Strive with God! Call the place where God gives you your victory 'Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved.”'
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