WHAT IS OVERWHELMING YOU? RUN TO THE LIGHT!

OUR RESOLVE MUST ALWAYS BE GROUNDED IN THE TRUTH

READ PSALM 60

Psalm 60:1-4

1 O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses;

you have been angry; oh, restore us.

2 You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open;

repair its breaches, for it totters.

3 You have made your people see hard things;

you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.

4 You have set up a banner for those who fear you,

that they may flee to it from the bow. Selah 

Israel is under threat from its neighbors, and their request is for God to protect them. David realizes that what the people of God are experiencing has been very hard for them to handle.

David does not lose sight of the fact that God will continue to provide protection and care, and that the Israelites must continue to fear God.

Today, we don’t live in a theocratic nation, but we must continue to trust God, never forgetting that He is our shelter and help. We must not look elsewhere for our care and protection.

Psalm 60:5

That your beloved ones may be delivered,

give salvation by your right hand and answer us! 

David knows that God will answer and has the power necessary to accomplish His will. He never doubts the love of God. When we are going through our own difficulties, we can easily be driven to have wrong thoughts: “God doesn’t care, He does not love me, He is angry with me, I am not important enough to attract His attention”.

God’s character, wisdom, power and love drive His meticulous, sovereign work in our lives. I cannot understand why God would love me so and why He would have such particular care for me. I cannot wrap my mind around the fact that even though evil happens in my life, it’s always used by God for my own good. Nothing ever happens that God could not have stopped. God will always be faithful to His promises.

Knowing the character of God and remembering His promises is so important to keep us in the right perspective, as we deal with the difficulties of life. We should never be overwhelmed and discouraged by our circumstances, but we should always be overwhelmed by God’s grace and love in them!

God’s work in our life was never driven by anything we could offer Him or what we could deserve.

Romans 9:25-26

“Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’

and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’”

“And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’

there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

Are you stunned by these truths? Did you forget where you were when God called you to Himself? Do you overlook the many times when you have come short in your relationship to your Heavenly Father? Let’s be overwhelmed by the fact that we have been called by God, that we are His children, and that we are loved!

David’s hope was sure and his resolve was grounded in truth.

Psalm 60:11-12

11 Oh, grant us help against the foe,

for vain is the salvation of man!

12 With God we shall do valiantly;

it is he who will tread down our foes. 

How do you deal with the hurt of broken families? How do you continue on, when you find out that you have terminal cancer? How do you trust when you lose your job and you have bills to pay? How do cope with estranged family members? How do you find joy in living when a loved one passes away? How do you live in submission to authorities who hate God? The questions and the situations are unending!

The answer is always the same: Don’t lose sight of God’s sovereign control, and run to Him for shelter. Be satisfied by His daily grace and provision. Be a beacon of light for those whom God has placed in your life, so that they will see the grace of God.

Philippians 2:14-16

Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. 

Run to the light! Immerse yourself in God’s Word! Surround yourself with Bible-loving people! Any other path will produce a vain life!