"Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me."
Psalms 69:1-2
Whether it happens to us due to an external cause or whether we cause it ourselves, I think that we all feel like the psalmist here at one time or another. We ask God "Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink" (verse 14), and God hears us, and as we seek God, our hearts will live (verse 32).
I think sometimes our trouble is with the way that he saves us. Sometimes it doesn't exactly match up with how we wanted to be saved. :) We ran into a flood when we were traveling a certain road, and we want God to save us in a miraculous way by getting us through that water, rather than a more conventional way of perhaps taking a detour, or turning around and going somewhere else.
It is probably a good idea to think about letting the Lord save us in *his* way rather than refusing to be saved. :) All of the promised lands that the Lord gave his people in the scriptures were pretty much do-it-yourself projects, including the boats (or crossing without a boat), and the instructions were different each time, tailored to the time and place and circumstance.
God *will* save us and guide us to all the happiness we can handle, but today let's remember that God might not send in a helicopter. As in times of old, we might need to have the faith to build a boat to save us from the flood, and then still pitch in towards that happy ending, which could be in a direction and a place we hadn't thought of. Let's trust the Lord that where he guides us IS our promised land, and let's start building.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me."
Psalms 69:1-2
Whether it happens to us due to an external cause or whether we cause it ourselves, I think that we all feel like the psalmist here at one time or another. We ask God "Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink" (verse 14), and God hears us, and as we seek God, our hearts will live (verse 32).
I think sometimes our trouble is with the way that he saves us. Sometimes it doesn't exactly match up with how we wanted to be saved. :) We ran into a flood when we were traveling a certain road, and we want God to save us in a miraculous way by getting us through that water, rather than a more conventional way of perhaps taking a detour, or turning around and going somewhere else.
It is probably a good idea to think about letting the Lord save us in *his* way rather than refusing to be saved. :) All of the promised lands that the Lord gave his people in the scriptures were pretty much do-it-yourself projects, including the boats (or crossing without a boat), and the instructions were different each time, tailored to the time and place and circumstance.
God *will* save us and guide us to all the happiness we can handle, but today let's remember that God might not send in a helicopter. As in times of old, we might need to have the faith to build a boat to save us from the flood, and then still pitch in towards that happy ending, which could be in a direction and a place we hadn't thought of. Let's trust the Lord that where he guides us IS our promised land, and let's start building.
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