Monday 4 February, 2019

Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, my soul. 2 I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. 3 Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. 4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. 5 Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. 6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever. 7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free, 8 the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous. 9 The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. 10 The Lord reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the Lord.

What do I do when God doesn’t come through for me? If the answer is no and my expectations of what I think God will do are dashed?

So many prayers are offered up, why does God seemingly not intervene?

I guess sometimes the only answer is simply I don’t know. It’s one of the things that makes God God and me, not god. He is sovereign and Lord and He will do what He will do.

But something in me still can’t deny His goodness. He is good and just and fair and caring and understanding and despite the outcome I know He was in control.

Maybe God has other purposes, either way Lord, may my attitude be like King David in Ps 146

“I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath”

Amen

Written by Boudy vanNoppen