Love that lifts

They called upon the Lord, and He answered them. – Psalm 99:6

When King David looked back on his life, he remembered some painful experiences. In Psalm 40, he recalled one especially severe difficulty, a time when he felt as if he had sunk deep into "the miry clay" (v. 2).

In his despair David kept pleading with God for deliverance, and graciously the Lord answered his desperate cries. Lifting him out of the "horrible pit", He set his feet on solid ground (v. 2). No wonder David broke out into this hymn of praise and gratitude!

As you look back on your own life, do you remember any experience when you felt as if you had fallen into a pit? Perhaps it was the pit of failure, the pit of bereavement, the pit of painful illness, the pit of dark doubt, the pit of some persistent sin. Did you keep crying out to God, and did He mercifully deliver you?

If so, are you still praising the Lord for that answer to your cries and thanking Him for His grace? And are you now walking with Him in obedient fellowship?

You can confidently trust the Lord to help you in whatever experience comes your way in the days ahead. Rejoice that in His time He can – and will – bring you through and bring you out. – Vernon C. Grounds

Why must I bear this pain? I cannot tell;

I only know my Lord does all things well.

And so I trust in God, my all in all,

For He will bring me through, whate’er befall. – Smith

READ: Psalm 40:1-3

God can bring showers of blessing out of storms of adversity.

The Bible in one year:

• 1 Samuel 1-3

• Luke 8:26-56