God, Our Deliverer

LORD my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
or they will tear me apart like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me

            -Psalm 7:1-2, NIV

Who are they that keeps on pursuing us? Who are they that will tear us apart like a lion? Well I believe that it could be the struggles, pressures and trials that we are having in our lives.

These the struggles, pressures and trials that we are having can literally kill us. Yes, they will tear us apart like a lion, just like what David said in this psalm. As long as we are living here on earth, these things will just keep on pursuing us. They will always be there right behind us trying to put us down, but we have to know that everyone has their own troubles running after them, and no one can ever avoid that.

We can never be exempted from these troubles, and each one of us needs to face them. We can be broken at times because of these, and we can never avoid that. There are those people who literally carried over the brokenness they had after facing their troubles all throughout their lives and could not stand up anymore, but that doesn’t mean that everyone are going to experience the same thing that happened to them. So let’s start from this: What could be the reason why there are people who can’t get back up when troubles came into their life?

The only reason, I believe, is that they could have put too much trust into this world, and maybe in their flesh. Why did I say so? Well, this world offers a lot of trouble for us, and its ways are also the main reason why we have been separated with God. When these troubles strike the person who only put his trust into the world, he could feel so broken thinking that no one could help him, forgetting that there is a God. And also, as I have said earlier, even trusting your flesh can lead you to your own discouragement. Why? Because at the time you failed on what you are doing, it would be harder for you to get back up knowing that you have failed though you trust in yourself.

So what should we do? If we can’t trust this world, or anyone else, or even ourselves, who then should we trust? Well, let’s imitate David. Well, not just imitate, but have the same heart that David has. Let’s give our full trust only to the Lord! We can never deliver ourselves from the troubles in this world, and no one in the world can do it for us, only God.

Troubles can put us down to the ground and make us broken. We can try to get back up, but we still may fall. But if we only put our trust to the Lord, He will simply carry us on eagle’s wings and put us into a place away from these troubles so that we could start walking again, just like what He did to the Israelites in Egypt.

So, to whom shall we put our trust? Let’s give all our hope to Him who can carry us. Not to ourselves, but to the Lord, our deliverer.

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