PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Psalm 28
What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage?
“For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.” (Psalm 28:1)
David is calling and calling, praying and pleading without ceasing.
His world is crashing in around him, and God is silent.
If nothing changes, David is as good as dead – he hears the gravediggers approaching.
In moments like this, we usually do not hear these kinds of words…
“My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.” (Psalm 28:7)
God is silent, yet David fills the void with his own noise… his praise.
For some unknown reason, God is not stepping in yet, but David refuses to give up on God.
Job’s wife urged him to curse God and die, to let the darkness win (Job 2:9).
But why fill the silence with more darkness, why join the enemy in despair and defeat?
Satan makes sure that you will have negativity and difficulty in your life.
We cannot stop him, but certainly we can stop ourselves from joining him.
Giving up on God does not make our difficulties any easier… it makes them harder!
David had the joy of anticipating God’s help, and the joy of eventually experiencing it.
Try filling the silence of God with the praise of God, it will make a difference!
PRAYER
Lord, like You I am living in this dark, sin-cursed world. But I refuse to add my own curses to the curse. Boost my heart with joy, and liberate my lips with praise! I will trust You to the end!
It hurts when the Lord seems to ignore me – almost like Jesus on the cross saying why have you forsaken me – but I say ‘seems’ because I know that it was me that was the problem. I had to experience the consequence of my actions and thoughts as they had drifted from God – yet God was teaching me. Like the Psalmist, I too would like to see the retribution for those who do evil. God is patient – I must be too – I’m learning to ‘wait on the Lord’ every day. It helps to reflect afterwards and see God’s faithfulness – yet not always understanding why.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped . My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song. (Ps 28:7). O Lord with this difficult time when we cannot go and visit with family and friends and faced with the uncertainty of this pandemic; I come to you for my strength and you are my shield. My Lord is risen! It’s Easter Sunday. Because He lives I can face today and tomorrow with this COVID or no COVID.
My help is in the Lord God Who made the heavens and the earth. He is my Strength and my Shield.
I need t praise Him always.
I need to arise each new day coming into His presence with praises to His name.
He is my Strength.
He is the wind beneath my wings and lifts me up.
He continues to lead and guide me in times like these.
He is my Shepherd.
1 Come into God’s presence singing
“Alleluia,
alleluia,
alleluia.”
2 Come into God’s presence singing
“Jesus is Lord,
Jesus is Lord,
Jesus is Lord.”
3 Praise the Lord together singing
“Worthy the Lamb,
worthy the Lamb,
worthy the Lamb.”
4 Praise the Lord together singing
“Glory to God,
glory to God,
glory to God.”