Psalm 55:22
Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Psalm 30:4-5
When you go through trying times in life, complaining should not be in your vocabulary; we are reminded today that we must cast and sing from the two psalms which we are set to examine today as we travel through this earth no matter what we face or encounter along the way… It is important to know and realize today that as a child of God things could always be worse… There are storms and trials that we all will be subject to; however, the true Christian finds the silver lining and comes to the conclusions that things are not as bad as they could be… Take your very life, you may not have all the things you desire, but you are alive and are not perishing as you should have from your mother’s womb… I say that to make the point that there a storms in life that we will face and when we endure these storms we must know that the things which we are learning from this process are not things which will destroy us through this process… Yes, life can be hard to deal with on a daily basis, but we are reminded today that we serve a God that shall never suffer the righteous to be moved… There are things in you life that you will endure, but you can take pride and comfort in knowing that the things which the enemy tries to use to break you will be transformed to exalt you… The stumbling blocks placed in your path today will become the stepping stones for your destiny tomorrow… We are reminded today of the importance of not being overcome by situations and to continue to rely on God instead of turning to peers or substances for comfort…
God knew that you would go through troubling times; His word tells us that there will be ups and downs and this is why the Psalmist says Cast thy burden upon the Lord… It’s okay to let God know about your problems, the trouble comes when you try to solve them… Notice that the writer goes on to say He shall sustain thee… Go to God in prayer when you face trying times, He already knew the storms were coming and He is waiting for you to turn to Him so He can work in and through you so that you can handle them… God wants the things of this earth to point you to Him and not another direction; this is the problem that we face in our daily walk; we become so bogged in the mess of this world that we allow our minds to become cluttered so that we cannot clearly focus on the Lord and the sustaining power that He possess… A lot of the things we go through in this life can be avoided if we cast our cares instead of seeking our own way… The Lord has a plan which He has devised uniquely for you; however, the choice is entirely up to you as to whether you will follow His lead and this is shown through your songs of praise or your words of complaints… Not only are we called to cast our cares upon the Lord, the 30th Psalm reminds us that we must sign unto the Lord, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness…There are things which will test you and your song of praise is not turning a blind eye to the situation but rather turning your focus to the Lord knowing that He will show up and deliver… The Lord keeps His promises and you will be kept as well… Yes the Lord is disturbed by our choices when we go against Him and this why we endure some of the storms in our lives; however, knowing that things could be worse and understanding that he has looked beyond our faults to see our needs we can sing for his anger endureth but a moment… The psalmist reminds us today that we are to cast our burdens upon the Lord! He shall never suffer you to be moved…
Casting your burdens is to seek God’s counsel and guidance in your life; in all that you do, make God your focus… Jesus said my yoke is easy and my burden is light… He will bring you through, He will hold you up and He will provide the strength and endurance that you need to run this race we call life! Nothing on this earth will prevail against you if you are walking in the Grace of the Lord, that’s why the psalmist says that he will not suffer you to be moved… Know that no weapon formed against you shall prosper, know that you can do all things through Christ which strengthens you and know that through the Holy Spirit you have received power to tread on serpents and defeat the might lions in your life! Turn to God and the devil will always lose… Because of God’s grace, because of his mercy and because of his Love we have been given an avenue to obtain salvation and victory! He has opened his arms and said if you will abide in me, I will abide in you... I will take care of you, I will sustain you; I will keep you in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee! Because of the promise found in Psalms 55:22 we can fulfill the call of Psalms 30:4-5; we can sing to the Lord and give thanks, we can smile in the time of despair and we can laugh in the moments of fear, because we know that by casting our burdens upon the Lord we will see joy in the morning! By understanding the trials that we face and knowing that they are but for a moment, we can come out stronger and better than before! God has said that he will never leave you nor forsake you… So stand still, seek Him and smile knowing that your burdens were nailed to the cross and buried when he rose! Praise him while you have the chance because tomorrow is never promised…
ALL FOR HIS GLORY!
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