Easier said then done right? I can’t
count how many times a day I say the words “ Lord please just help me get
through this day, this hour, sometimes even the next 5 minutes” I was reading Psalms 139 this week and I just
got this overwhelming sense of belonging and comfort. Things that I worry about on a daily basis
seem to have not as much meaning as they seemed to at the time. Verse 5 says “You hem me in-behind and before;
You have laid your hand upon me”. How much more secure can we get then that!
I worry about the kids, finances, the stresses
of my husband, and things with our moms group, church obligations and the vast
amount of other things that weigh on my mind when I lay my head down at night.
I’m sure at least half the women reading this can relate in some way. As
mothers we think it is in job description to have the answers to the universe
and if we don’t we will find them or die trying. We literally hold the weight
of the world on our shoulders and never give it a second thought, except for
the few times we have breakdowns hiding in the closet scarfing down a bag of
chocolate because we just can’t take any more. Then we go to bed and wake up, just to do it
all over again. But have we ever asked ourselves why we do this, why we worry
about everything that comes into contact with us?
When you
really sit down and quiet yourself before the Lord, all the worry just seems so
pointless. When you read a chapter like 139 you go with confidence knowing that
God has your back without a doubt, he is ready to catch you before you even
realize you’re going to fall. “Oh Lord You have searched me and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar” To me
that is the most amazing love, to know that no matter how caught up we get with
the everyday, that God is still there. He knows us, that is so comforting to me
to know that the almighty God knows me.
So I just
wanted to encourage you when you have those moments of feeling overwhelmed and
out of touch. Quiet yourself before the Lord, listen to him and he will fill
you with the most overwhelming sense of peace and love. All the days ordained for me were written in
His book before I even came to be (verse 16). God formed us and he loves us, what
more do we need to go through this life with confidence in knowing that through
Him, we can do ANYTHING. Even more, that
God is right beside us, cheering us on, always wanting the best for us.
I have
decided to start every morning with this chapter; I know that my days will go
so much better when I start them with the love and encouragement of Christ. I
hope and pray that in some way this has been an encouragement to you, the
Spirit led me to put these thoughts down and I obeyed.
1 You have
searched me, Lord, and you know me.2 You know when I sit and when I
rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.3 You
discern my going out and my lying down; you are
familiar with all my ways.4 Before
a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind
and before, and you lay your hand upon me.6 Such
knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for
me to attain.7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?8 If I go up to
the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.9 If I
rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on
the far side of the sea,10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will
hold me fast.11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”12 even
the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for
darkness is as light to you.13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.14 I
praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.15 My
frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I
was woven together in the depths of the earth.16 Your
eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.17 How precious to me
are your thoughts,[a] God! How vast is the sum of them!18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand when I awake, I am still with you.19 If
only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from
me, you who are bloodthirsty!20 They
speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.21 Do
I not hate those who hate you, Lord, and abhor those who are in
rebellion against you?22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.23 Search
me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.24 See if there
is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the
way everlasting. Psalms 139:1-24
Written by Heidi Gerard-Mops Coordinator
