I
Took My Troubles To The Lord;
I
Cried Out To Him,
And
He Answered My Prayer.
Scripture
Psalm
120
1 I
took my troubles to the Lord;
I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.
I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.
Observation
Trouble
… Trouble … Trouble! Life is full of trouble and life is all
about how we deal with it!
It
is so sad when we hear that someone has taken his or her own life and
even more tragic to hear that a person in desperation or in anger has
taken the lives of others and then ended their own.
I
am reminded of what Jesus said in John 16:33, “I
have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this
world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the
world.”
To
quote a popular bumper sticker, “No Jesus, No Peace … Know Jesus,
Know Peace!”
You
and I were not designed by our Creator to live life without His help.
If that is what you are trying to do then I can tell you right now
that it is not going to end well for you. I watch people every day
trying to live without God, you probably do too, and it is not
pretty!
Lets
not be hard-headed … God created us for fellowship. He created us
for a relationship with Him. He wants to be our Heavenly Father. He
wants us to go to Him when we have trouble. He wants to be our go to
Person!
Job
14:1
“How
frail is humanity! How short is life, how full of trouble!
Psalm
32:7
For
you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You
surround me with songs of victory.
Psalm
34:6
In
my desperation I prayed, and the Lordlistened;
he saved me from all my troubles.
Application
Big
or small I will take all my troubles to the Lord. I will pray first!
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, don't let me be hard-headed! Remind me to pray first when
trouble comes my way. I know that You want me to depend on You. I
know that You have promised to take care of me.
I
pray for people that I know who are facing big problems. Help them to
take their troubles to You. Don't let them try to deal with them
without Your help. Bring people into their lives who will direct them
to You. Don't let us be hard-headed!
I
pray for my daughter Debby today on her birthday. Bless her Lord. May
Your face shine on her today. “May You give her her heart's
desires. May You make her plans successful. And may You answer all of
her prayers” (Psalm 20:4-5 personalized).
Daily
Bible Reading: John 7,8; I added: Psalm 20, Psalm 120; Proverbs 20
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