Psalm 35:7. “For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause, they have digged for my soul.” HARD TIMES. Everywhere I look, there is a challenge. The spear is there with a thrusting point To stop the work, the way, the willingness to press forward. “Soul, I am thy Salvation,” and my ears hear the Lord.
Discouragement, distractions, denial – Make them chaff and dust on a windy day. Into darkness on a downhill slope, send them. The Angel of the Lord chases those who “seek after my soul.”
There is no cause; the words are untrue. The net in the hole they have dug is still empty. Don’t let them catch the wrong person. The Angel of the Lord saves me from the pit they have dug for my soul.
Let my joy be heard and seen and real; From my bones inside to my voice outside. I am delivered from the spoiler. The Lord has made “my soul be joyful.”
It is back again – the pressures, the falseness. I am getting evil for doing good. Charges are laid; I am sick inside. Lord, they want to spoil my soul!
Stop everything! Don’t eat - get down; Bend low on knees made weak by adversity. Take the low place – do it now! Humble yourself, O my soul, before the Lord.
Please do something soon, Lord. There has always been opposition. But this subtle quiet that leaves such tension--! “Rescue my soul,” Lord, hear me.
My trust is in the Right Place, the Right Person. My voice, my tongue, my joy; Let it be for all the right reasons and subjects.
Let me speak to Thy praise all day long.
“Sometimes it is easier, Lord, to complain than to figure out the problem. I know, Father God, that not all problems are bad ones. But hard times are not all that easy for me to handle well. I need to be reminded that hard times come and are allowed to come. So, I trust I can accept them with grace and dignity and simultaneously turn everyone over to You. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”