Bring my soul out of trouble

We are dependent upon God, and if we forget that we are lost. Without God we have no hope. The miracle of our Savior- is that hope is given back to us. ONLY by the grace of God do we have hope. Nothing we did brought that hope, nothing we can do will manufacture hope. We are given that hope by grace, unwarranted, undeserved.

Have you ever been given something you didn't deserve and you KNEW you didn't deserve it for whatever reason? How did it make you feel? Wasn't there a touch of dismay brought on by the fact you knew the gift was completely underserved, in fact if anything the opposite would be much more appropriate- you should be punished. Yet there it is, an undeserved gift and offered to you.

The most precious gift in life is the forgiveness we can find through our Savior.

His righteousness, not ours, not ever ours.

Psa 143:1 A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

Psa 143:2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

To be judged we will forever be found wanting, in the sight of God we CANNOT be justified on our own- it's IMPOSSIBLE.

Psa 143:3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

Those long dead dwell in darkness, the darkness of death's sleep and Satan would have us enter into a living death, a living darkness- completely void of the light of salvation.

Psa 143:4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

The feelings of despair are NOT special to us, every human being has this propensity to feel the overwhelming heaviness in spirit, our heart desolate. There is no magic key to keep away these feelings, and so many people turn to pills and alcohol and other things to push away the darkness in their lives, not realizing it is when we feel the desolation, when we feel the overwhelming of our spirit it is that which draws us towards Christ- towards the realization He has to be our all in all and we will not find peace in this world outside of Him.

Psa 143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

Psa 143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Everyone has seen how water quickly disappears in the parched earth, yes? You've seen very dry dirt, cracked and crumbling and poured water upon it, yes? Thirsty land eagerly absorbs the water poured upon it without hesitation. A soul thirsty for Christ is eager and ready to absorb all that Christ has to offer.

Psa 143:7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

Psa 143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

Cause us to know the way we should walk as we lift up our lives to You God.

Psa 143:9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

Deliver us from all our enemies and the spiritual evil that attacks us is truly from our greatest enemy, help us as we flee to you, seeking to hide in You.

Psa 143:10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

Teach us because Lord we don't automatically know, we aren't inclined in the natural man to do Your will, TEACH us Lord, please, TEACH us to know and to DO THY WILL.

Psa 143:11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

Psa 143:12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

We would be YOURS Lord! We would be Yours, under Your protection! We are Your servants Lord, Your servants. So much in life would have us turn our backs on You and Your will and follow paths that are far from being the paths You would have us take. Enemies surround us and so often we cannot even see them, the most evil of enemies fighting the spiritual warfare against us while we simply go about our daily lives as if we are not in a war at all. How easy is it to lose a battle you don't even realize you are fighting? Seriously? Sneak attacks at the very beginnings of wars have the distinct advantage of destroying a multitude of lives simply because they weren't expected. Hundreds, thousands dead simply because they didn't even realize they needed to be prepared to fight- that an enemy was right there on their doorstep. Dead before they even understand what's going on. Satan works this way too. Satan loves to have people spend their entire lives oblivious to His existence in their lives in a very, very real way. So many people rush through life and ignore the fact they are in a war, a spiritual war and we need our Savior to destroy those who afflict our souls, we need God to cut off our enemies. We need God to have mercy upon us, wonderful, wonderful mercy.

Please Lord bless us.

Thank you for Your amazing love, for Your mercy, for Your grace!

In You Always!


Amen.