OUR FATHER WHO IS STEADFASTLY GOOD TO US

Psalm 13 says this;

How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?  How long will you hide your face from me?

How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart?

How long will my enemy triumph over me? Look on me and answer, Lord my God.

 Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death, and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.

The Psalmist records a time of anguish as he struggles with God's silence.

He feels abandoned and his mind torments him  with sorrow as he struggles with feelings of rejection.

At the same time, he is losing battles against his enemy and so he asks the Lord to fill him with light lest he succumbs to the sleep of death and his enemy gloats over him and delights when he falls.

In the end, even though he goes through heart-rending trials in his life, he continues to trust in God's steadfast love and he praises the Lord because he is unfailingly good to him.

As written in Romans chapter 8 verse 28;

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Amen.

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