Be Still And Know

READ: Psalm 35:17,18 NLT 'How long, O Lord, will you look on and do nothing? Rescue me from their fierce attacks. Protect my life from these lions! Then I will thank you in front of the great assembly. I will praise you before all the people.' Have you ever felt that the Lord has completely forgotten about you? Perhaps you have seen God blessing all the people around you, and you are wondering when it’s going to be your turn. If you’ve ever had those thoughts then you will understand where David is coming from. He has had a succession of crushing experiences and he is desperate for God to step in and to sort things out. Waiting is never easy, but when things are going so painfully badly it is much, much worse. Time and again in this psalm, David cries out to God to fix the situation. But what impresses me is that as he waits for God he doesn’t lose confidence that God will, at some point, step in and answer his prayer. He is sure that the time will come when he will be praising God for his deliverance. Samuel