What’s On Your Mind?

Yesterday afternoon my wife and I had a rare experience for us.  We were actually alone for a whole hour without our children!  Both our kids had arranged play dates with their friends after school.  We used the time to catch up on work around the house like laundry, unloading the dishwasher, and vacuuming.  I know…not very exciting, is it?

As tempting as it may have been to not pick up our kids up for a day or two, we eventually made our way out of the warm house and into the plummeting temperatures of Prince George.  During our half hour drive to pick up Hope I had the privilege of listening as Sue shared about her ongoing personal study of the Psalms.  We went on to discuss how each of us had felt God speaking into our lives.  Specifically, my wife shared with me about how the Lord was teaching her the importance of perspective and proper thinking from Psalm 3; which is a song written by king David that was inspired by the events of II Samuel 15-18.

The Psalm begins with David crying out to the Lord about his troubles.  His focus is clearly fixed upon his many foes who taunt him with the words, “God will not deliver you this time, David!”  It seems in these first verses that the slayer of giants is struggling to believe he’ll escape once more.  His mind is consumed with the jeers and sneers of those who oppose him. 

Where are your eyes fixed today?  What troubles or trials have captivated your attention?  What taunts weaken your own spirit as they echo in your heart?  What weighs heavily upon your mind?

The beauty and simplicity of Psalm 3 is found in its gentle call to take our eyes off of our various troubles and fix them instead upon the sovereign One who is enthroned over and above all the circumstances of our lives.  David reminds us to make God our shield and defense by trusting in Him at all times.  The king even goes so far as to say that though he is surrounded by an encampment of tens of thousands of hostile soldiers he is able to lay his head down to sleep at night and find rest.
 
Isn’t that what we want all these years later?  Rest.  Peace.  Comfort.  Strength.  Courage under fire.  Calm in the midst of storm.  Room to breathe.  Someone to quiet the taunting of our own adversary.

Where are your eyes fixed today?  What’s on your mind?  I pray that you would follow the example of king David and make God your shield.  Go to Him in prayer with your troubles knowing that He both listens and answers.  And, may the declaration of your own mouth be, “Salvation belongs to the LORD!”

Pastor Curtis

 

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