"May your unfailing love come to me, Lord, your salvation, according to your promise; then I can answer anyone who taunts me, for I trust in your word." ~Psalm 119:41-42 NIV
Psalm 119 is chock full of incredible verses. These are just two of them - I highly recommend reading the other hundred-or-so that make this Psalm the longest chapter in the Bible with a journal, a pen and a heart that's ready to listen.
Ready?
David did not have a very peaceful life. In fact, his life was so bloody that God wouldn't let him build the Temple. But he wrote Psalms, and in those Psalms he tells of God, and He talks to God. He tells God that sometimes it was hard, being king and all, being the youngest son of Jesse and all, being best friends with Jonathan and all, being a father and all, etc. He got taunted. His brothers probably jeered at him and told him he was a good-for-nothing shepherd. David's brothers might have intimidated him, just like our problems can intimidate us. David had a lot of brothers, we have a lot of problems.
David also knew that God was the answer to all of his problems. David knew that God was the only one who could save him from those problems. And David knew that God's unfailing love is the one thing to fall back on not only when all else fails, but all the time. So he did what God wants every child to do: he asked for help. Asking for something means we admit that we can't handle it on our own. It tells God that we are aware that He is all powerful. It means we have to trust God, we have to trust that He's bigger than our problems and that He can take rescue us.
It all starts with a choice to ask for help. And "according to His promise" His unfailing love will come. His confidence will come. He will take care of you.
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