From Rock Bottom; Psalm 130; Proverbs 24

May the mumbling commence!

Stay the course.  Sometimes, we may feel like we have hit rock bottom.  But stay the course.  Stick with God, and you will not be disappointed.  Read Psalm one-hundred thirty:

Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord; 

Lord, hear my voice!

Let Your ears be attentive

To the voice of my supplications. 

If You, Lord, should mark iniquities,

O Lord, who could stand? 

But there is forgiveness with You,

That You may be feared. 

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,

And in His word I do hope. 

My soul waits for the Lord

More than those who watch for the morning –

Yes, more than those who watch for the morning. 

O Israel, hope in the Lord;

For with the Lord there is mercy,

And with Him is abundant redemption. 

And He shall redeem Israel

From all his iniquities. 

Out of the depths!  Rock bottom!  And our own devices have brought us so low.

Thank God for the forgiveness and mercy of the Lord.  Without them, who could stand?  No one!

To receive the forgiveness and mercy of the Lord means to wait.  We will wait more than watchman wait for the morning.  We will wait more than security guards at the various retail establishments wait for the end of the shifts.

We will wait in hope of more than a paycheck and a quiet shift.  We hope in the promise of the Word of the Lord.  That hope means no less than redemption.  That hope means no less than restoration of rightful relationships – what the Lord has made us for.

Yes, stay the course.  Pursue peace that only the Lord can bring.  Then there will be hope and joy.

Then there will be no reason to defame or attempt to ruin another person – even if that person deserves to be ruined.  In the sight of God, who does not deserve to be ruined for their participation in sin?  No one!  Read from Proverbs chapter twenty-four:

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,

For would you deceive with your lips? 

Do not say, "I will do to him just as he has done to me;

I will render to the man according to his work." (Verses 28-29)

Enough mumbling for now… 

Peace Out