6 This poor man cried , and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. 8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
These are some of my favorite verses in the Psalms. They remind me of how I should praise the Lord always. I am to magnify the Lord, Pastor Robbie spoke of that a prayer meeting this week. Bob, brought it out in the verses he read before prayer time. It is in the verses I'm reading, so I'm thinking God really wants me to hear this, He knows that my victory lies in praising His name and He wants me to get it!
This week I've read messages and posts from folks dealing with fear and I understand that so well. For years fear held me captive. Oh, I had been saved, but satan had chains of fear all around my heart. The 'I will fail', 'I have failed', 'I can't do anything right' kinds of fear. The 'if they knew', 'if they found out', 'if they even imagined' fears', they were always on my mind. The 'why would He love me', 'why would anyone love me', 'how can anyone love me' fears, they were my daily thoughts. There were also the 'it must have been my fault fears', I think at times those were the worst. The things I allowed satan to torture me with, blaming me with every thing from 'they died because God didn't want them to see what a failure I was' to the 'look at how I screwed up and how it is impacting others'. God cannot possibly really forgive all of that, He loves me but He must shake His head when He looks at me and say 'what did I ever see in her?' Use me? Really??? What am I really capable of doing. I mess up about everything I touch.
The verses above assure me that if I seek the Lord, He will hear me and He will deliver me from every one of those fears and any other fear I may have. It tells me that when I cry the Lord will hear me and save me out of all my troubles. Blessed is the man (or woman) that trusts Him!
Psalms 37 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verilya thou shalt be fed .
4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5 Commitb thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass
Not only will the Lord deliver me from my fear and save me out of my troubles, in Psalms 37, He promises that if I delight in Him, He will give me the desires of my heart! He loves me (and you) that much. He will deliver, He will save, He will give me the desires of my heart. To receive those blessings, He asks that I love Him, that I praise Him, that I delight in Him. As in any relationship, the more you put into it, the more you get out of it. He wants to bless us. He wants to give us the desires of our heart. We just need our heart in tune with His so He can.
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