Clear as mud
My eyes strain to see your rescue, to see the truth of your promise fulfilled. I am your servant; deal with me in unfailing love and teach me your decrees. Give discernment to me, your servant; then I will understand your laws.
-Psalm 119:123-125 (NLT)
-Psalm 119:123-125 (NLT)
July 26, 2011 – Lord, I want to have the faith to simply pray and trust. This is so hard. Growing up I heard stories of missionaries who experienced amazing things as you protected and provided for them. Why do I question that you could do this in my life? I don’t even know what to think. My thoughts are confused, and it weakens my resolve. Lord, help me!
Some prayers are cries of the heart because we are desperate to see God’s hand at work, to know that he sees us, and that what is going on matters to him. I love the way David said, “My eyes strain to see your rescue,” because it gives me hope that a man after God’s own heart felt the same as I often do.
In that moment, David asked for grace, a deeper understanding of God, and discernment. Discernment? I believe it is discernment that makes all the difference in times like these. God never stops working and moving in our lives. What becomes distorted is our ability to see him clearly. This can result from allowing ourselves to focus on our circumstances, taking our eyes off of God, or because our vision has become veiled by the things of this world.
Being careful about what we allow into our lives has taken a beating in recent years because people are super-cautious about becoming legalistic. I totally agree. However, holiness isn’t meant to be lorded over others, but rather to enable us to see clearly our lives, the world around us, and God’s hand at work in it.
In that moment, David asked for grace, a deeper understanding of God, and discernment. Discernment? I believe it is discernment that makes all the difference in times like these. God never stops working and moving in our lives. What becomes distorted is our ability to see him clearly. This can result from allowing ourselves to focus on our circumstances, taking our eyes off of God, or because our vision has become veiled by the things of this world.
Being careful about what we allow into our lives has taken a beating in recent years because people are super-cautious about becoming legalistic. I totally agree. However, holiness isn’t meant to be lorded over others, but rather to enable us to see clearly our lives, the world around us, and God’s hand at work in it.
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