Savoring the Scripture

A Prayer for Strength in Times of Sorrow Psalm 119:25-32 When through the deep waters I call thee to go, The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow; For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,  And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. "How Firm a Foundation"  Abraham Lincoln wrote, “In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to us all.” We live in a sad world, a broken world, cursed and marred by the fall of Adam. It is not only sad as if there could be no happiness, but it remains true that sorrow comes to us all. Sin has left its mark on this world and on each one of us. We all know someone walking a sorrowful road, or perhaps we are on one ourselves. For the believer, we too know sorrow, but we also know the Man of Sorrows, who is acquainted with grief. Not just grief in general, but He is personally, intimately acquainted with our grief. We do not carry this burden of sorrow alone. "Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried" (Isaiah 53:4 NAS...

Prayer through Persistent Trouble Psalm 56 Thus in this short Psalm, we have climbed from the ravenous jaws of the enemy into the light of Jehovah's presence, a path which only faith can tread. Charles Spurgeon I am loving going through the Psalms this year. How kind of God to give us so many comforts in one book. The Psalms give vocabulary to the expression of our emotions. They face the reality of our humanness while then directing us to truth. Today’s psalm is no different. David is again the author and is again facing his enemies. The “chorus of this psalm” is the repeated truth, “in God I trust; I shall not be afraid” (56:4). We also see the trouble which led David to remind himself to trust the Lord, we see: men trample him, oppress him, attack him, injure his cause, their thoughts are against him for evil, they stir up strife, lurk, watch his steps, and wait for his life. And David repeats three times that these men and their evil deeds are against him “all day long” (56:1,2...