Saturday, January 19, 2008

Growing through the Psalms

Psalm 18

A pretty long psalm, when i saw, truthfully, i was abit sian, like... so long. But i still read, and i was blessed. Even by the title. It says that this psalm was written by david when God had delivered him from saul and his enemies. Immediately i thought like, wa, david is such a man of God, after having victories, he immediately praised God. Good good. But then, i started to ask myself. What about me? How many of us really remembers to thank God? Or do we celebrate the victories and forgot about God? Or worse, think that we have worked for the victories by ourselves?

I know i have a tendency to forget about God. Sometimes in the midst of worldly celebration over good results, joy of experiencing breakthroughs and excitment of seeing things work out well, i forget that God made all things possible. He is the blesser.

"God, i pause to thank You for all the things You have done for me. Sorry that i sometimes forget You. Help me to always remember You and what You have done for me."

In this long psalm, God reminds us again, as in other psalms, that He will always be with us. Sometimes, we faced with many troubles, which like in verse 16, are drowning water that cause us to feel lost and choked. But God promised, He will either deliver or support us, He will be our stable support and we will never be hopeless.

However, one point we must all come to realise and know is that God never plans for us to be weak. Through the troubles, He stands by us and strengthens us like in verse 32-34. But He also guides and trains us so that we will be stronger in our faith, in our spirits, so that we can fight for Him. The difference between christians may be the difference in the way they deal with their trials.

"Lord, through all the trials and issues i have to face, let them strengthen me,
like sharpening a sword. That i might become useful and strong for You. Amen"

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