Good Morning All,
Psalm 17:6; “I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words.”
“If
there is something strange in your neighborhood; who ya gonna call?” Some of you are already singing along. When there is trouble who do you turn to? This has been a theme of many movies and TV
shows. Mission: Impossible, Charlie’s
Angels, many of the lawyer shows and many of the detective shows like Rockford
Files, The A-Team all fit the bill. When
you are down to the last straw and you can’t find anybody to help these are the
people you call to fix stuff.
Our verse is from a
psalm of David when he is in great crisis.
We don’t know exactly when in his life this occurred (there were many!)
but the entire psalm speaks to David’s trust in God to act and to act with
justice and it also speaks to a glorious heavenly hope. Notice in our verse, David prays (call upon
you) because he knows God will answer!
In our pluralistic
society today, you can find many answers.
Most of the answers actually end up telling you to just ask yourself for
you know what is best for you. So, when
the Bible tells us that this path is the best for us and the world tells us a
different path is acceptable, who do you turn to? God gives us the Commandments because this is
how we best achieve our maximum potential and our greatest happiness. When God speaks of respect for each other in
terms of those in authority or of our own body or the health, property, or
reputation of our neighbor; we benefit from this as well.
Yet the world tells you
that you can ask anyone we want and take whatever advice we want. So, the question we have to decide is, do we
want the guidance and direction of the omnipotent Creator who loves us enough
to have his only Son die for us or do we want those of the world who seek to
take advantage of us, who want to manipulate us and take from us what God has
given? Who are ya gonna call? Who are you going to trust? That is what it really comes down to. Do you trust God, who loves you, redeems you,
and has given you the hope of salvation and eternal life or do you trust the devil
and the world? Both of these seek to
destroy you, to deceive you and to make your life a literal living hell? To what person could we go?
David saw challenges but
he knew hope. He knew where to find his
answers. He knew that his skill, wisdom
and acumen were of no avail. He knew that
his hope was in God and he knew that this God, his heavenly father, would care
for him and answer him. That same true
is ours if we grab hold of it. God will
answer when you pray. This is our
confidence.
Dearest Father, in this
world you are our only hope. You are our
only source of comfort and consolation.
Give us the wisdom and courage to trust in your unfailing love. Give us the courage to cling to you as our
only source of hope. Give us the peace
that we so desperately need. We ask this
in Jesus’ precious name, amen.
God’ Peace,
Pastor Bret
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