Psalm 73:1-28
Key Verses:
21-23
“Once I
was bitter and brokenhearted. I was stupid and ignorant, and I treated you as a
wild animal would. But I never really left you, and you hold my right hand.”
CEV
It is so hard to look
around at the world and see that evil people prosper. So many people who do
cruel unjust things, not only get away with doing them, but they prosper while
doing so. It seems their lives are better, and easier than mine. It is easy to
see the injustice and hatred all around and become broken hearted. And in our
anger, in our bitterness, in our frustration, take it out on God. When we see
the evil and corruption all around it would be easy to say, “God does not see.”
“God does not care.” “God does not move.” But in our anger, in our frustration,
in our pain, let us not turn away from God. Even as we yell at God, even as we
hurl our insults at God for God’s inability to do the things God should be
doing, let us continue to hold on to God’s hand, because God will not let go of
ours. Even as we come to God with our anger, our frustration, our hurt and our
pain, and hurl all that at God, accusing God of being blind, incapable of
moving, or asleep at the wheel, God will not let go of our hand. When we are frustrated
with the evil all around hold on to God’s hand, as God continue to hold ours; giving
us the strength, peace, and assurance which can only come from God.
Things to
Think on
The Psalmist
speaks of almost stumbling and almost falling, in what ways have you almost
stumble and fallen recently?
When you
look around, how are your frustrated, angered, or dismayed by the things you
see?
What does
it mean to you to know God is holding your hand through it all?
A Prayer
for Today
God, it
is not fair. It is not right. So much of what goes on in the world around me is
not as it should be. People are sick, people are dying. People are hurting, are
angry. Unjust people, just keep on being unjust. Evil people seem to be
prevailing. Their hatred infects the world around me. I don’t know what to do. I
cry out to you until my voice is hoarse but it all keeps on going on. There is
so much darkness, I am unsure if I will ever see the light again. Yet I hold on
to your hand. I cling on to your hand. Thank you for not letting me go. Even
when I rail at you, even when I am frustrated with you, help me to trust you
through it all. Never let me go – Amen
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