23-26 Get up, God! Are you going to sleep all day?
Wake up! Don’t you care what happens to us?
Why do you bury your face in the pillow?
Why pretend things are just fine with us?
And here we are—flat on our faces in the dirt,
held down with a boot on our necks.
Get up and come to our rescue.
If you love us so much, Help us!
This comes from the end of chapter 44.
As I was reading this....I was saying, "WHOA!" They are really calling God out. The writer keeps saying they haven't done anything wrong, and God has just left them. It seems really self-centered to me. But, they more I think about it the more I realize that I do this everyday. Especially when I let my plan sneak in front of knowing that God's plan comes first. I get incredulous. I've been praying and doing my blog God....and yet my household isn't running smooth as silk. Or, my retirement accounts aren't overflowing. Or, my kids are having trouble at school....or, or, or. Its funny how I want to put a small God into MY plans, rather than putting myself into his.
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So true, it is a constant struggle. I leave my morning time here with his word and reading your comments, I go into the day intent on doing things differently and calling and relying on him---then I quickly forget and don't even talk to him again until the next morning. How can I be so self centered?
ReplyDelete43:3 Send me your light and your faithful care,
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to the place where you dwell.
I truly ask the Holy Spirit to come dwell in me and lead me to do His work. Not mine.
knut