Today–and the next 6 Fridays–I’m linking up with She Reads Truth for their #SheSharesTruth experiment.
Help, God—the bottom has fallen out of my life!
Master, hear my cry for help!
Listen hard! Open your ears!
Listen to my cries for mercy.3-4 If you, God, kept records on wrongdoings,
who would stand a chance?
As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit,
and that’s why you’re worshiped.5-6 I pray to God—my life a prayer—
and wait for what he’ll say and do.
My life’s on the line before God, my Lord,
waiting and watching till morning,
waiting and watching till morning.7-8 O Israel, wait and watch for God—
with God’s arrival comes love,
with God’s arrival comes generous redemption.
No doubt about it—he’ll redeem Israel,
buy back Israel from captivity to sin.
I love this translation (The Message) of Psalm 130. It is full of rich, heart-healing, comforting truth about our God. Most of all, it emphasizes that He is faithful.
Faithful to hear us when we call out to Him from the depths of our despair.
Faithful to forgive and redeem us.
Faithful to love us–no matter what.
Faithful to rescue us when the bottom drops out.
When life gets hard and things aren’t working out the way we’d expected/hoped/planned, when the bottom drops out, it can be so hard to smile and thank the Lord and say “He is faithful.” We are so quick to focus on the darkness, on the yuck, and brush aside the hand of Jesus, ready and waiting to pull us out of the pit.
You guys. He is faithful. He is good (even when it doesn’t feel like it in the moment). He is sovereign, and He is working all things out for your good. (Romans 8:28)
When it seems like life is against you and your world is crashing down around you, take heart. He is faithful to come to you when the bottom drops out.
With God’s arrival comes generous redemption.
