Sunday, March 17, 2024

When Life Drives You Crazy...


 Psalm 34:15 The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
    and his ears toward their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
    to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
    and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
    and saves the crushed in spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
    but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
20 He keeps all his bones;
    not one of them is broken.
21 Affliction will slay the wicked,
    and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22 The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
    none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
Interestingly enough, the verses above are not the most well-known of this Psalm.  If you did not read the whole psalm, I encourage you to do so.  The daily verses I begin with are just an excerpt of the full chapter. This psalm was written by David during a time when he found himself in "protective custody" of a Philistine king. The only way out was to pretend to be cray and be kicked out. Notice what David says here about being one of the righteous: they will be afflicted, crushed, hated, and have troubles. But they will also have the eyes, ears and heart of the Lord turned toward them to deliver, save, and redeem them. 

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