4 Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. You told me at that time that your God would take care of you, but now that you come to a time of trouble you run back to me. Stand upon his word. (Vers. He is in the midst of a terrible situation, and yet he finds courage, comfort, inspiration and hope. There is no doubt in his heart but that there is help for him in God. What he is crying out for is an understanding of the word as he reads it; light, breaking out of these marvelous promises, to encourage and strengthen his heart. It was very thrilling. It was probably on this occasion that he wrote this psalm. If your God is really the God you say he is, then let him take care of you. 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" "They say daily unto me, Where is thy God?" He cries out, For thou art the God in whom I take refuge; why hast thou cast me off? Our God never did, never will, never can, desert the soul that leans on him. Put your hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence. How many times do we feel that those whom we trusted have betrayed us, have deceived us, taken advantage of us. (Vers. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, … If all these words are true, take heart. You know how the sun and the rain call to the deeps in a seed, causing it to stir with life and to spring up and grow. V. AT THE DARKEST MOMENT, THERE IS REASONING WITHIN REASONING. Website © 2020 by Ray Stedman Ministries. How His professed friends may do this. And in more private ways: 2. Who shall separate us from his love? He said, "No, mother, I haven't." That is the feeling expressed here, and what a terrible feeling it is. She said, "But you can't go back to school." It is most fittingly introduced by the forty-second Psalm, which is an expression of the confidence of man in God in a time of trouble. If the light of heaven is shut out, the soul will cry after it. He is recalling, here, the past. Are heavy burdens weighing you down? It is in the depths, through billow after billow rolling over it, and yet at the very moment indulges in blessed memories and hopeful faith. His mother did not say a word. The moon calls to the deeps in the sea, raising the tides. Yea, mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. What a horrible feeling it is to be forgotten! He once wrote to a friend. "I remember that week! Elijah had a tremendous victory over the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel. I have thought since of that marvelous phrase in Psalm 107, "He sent his word, and healed them," (Psalms 107:20a RSV). She turned around, went out the door, and went home. I only know I owe the sixty dollars." Thirsting.--Picture our Scripture. (Psalms 42:8 RSV). 11 Why are you downcast, O my soul? 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