What has gotten you in trouble lately? Have you lied, gossiped, fought, said too much or too little? Who do you turn to when you have a problem? Your spouse, mom, or friend? Psalm 142 models that it is God alone who we should be crying out to, lifting our voice and complaints to. To Him we should tell our troubles. It goes on to explain why. When I don't know which way to go it is He who knows my way in life and the path that I should take. My enemies may have set traps for me trying to tangle me and hold me back from moving forward but if God is my leader He will direct me past safely. Have you ever felt like no one really cares or understands you? But ask yourself, how much do you really care or work to understand others? We do until it inconveniences us. There are family members and a couple close friends that we sacrifice for but would we give our life for them? And even for argument's sake you are willing to sacrifice for a few even until death are you sure there is someone that is willing to do that for you? Would your death really bring them life? Do you possess the power to really protect them, can you really be all that they need, can you be their portion filling them up, could you really rescue them from their desperate needs? NO, that is the heartache of being a mother, caring for someone but not being able to fully protect them. That is the frustration of being a wife, loving someone that you spend a life time trying to understand. But God does. He is concerned for you, he cares about your life and understands who you are because He made you. He has the power to rescue you from your strong enemies, he has the resources to fill you up, and most importantly he sacrificed his very life to set you free from the prison of sin and death. God sets us free so that we may praise His name and glorify him, not just go on living the way we want. He rescued us to be with us. Go to God alone with your problems because He alone can fix them.
Psalm 142 Questions:
1.What make you feel better? Eating, venting, zoning out in front of the TV, alone time?
2. Do you talk out loud when you pray? Do you write in a journal? Do you pray on your knees? Do you lift up your hands? How do you keep focused in prayer time? How do you keep prayers from just turning into thoughts? How can you turn your thoughts into prayers throughout the day?
3. Do you feel weak or that you've lost your way or that you don't know what to do next? How do you find comfort in a current situation that God knows the way?
4. How is God your refuge? How is he everything you need? What other things are you finding refuge and fulfillment in?
5. What are you in desperate need of? Money or contentment? Justice or forgiveness? Rest or movement? Love? Appreciation? Strength?
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