Remember the children's song, "I'm a little teacup short and stout, . . . tip me over and pour me out."? Sometimes we feel like life keeps tipping us over, and there's just nothing left to pour out.
We feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and sometimes, even a little despondent.
King David knew that feeling. He wrote in Psalm 22:14-15:
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Sometimes we pray and pray some more, and yet, we just feel so overwhelmed in our hearts.
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I.
For thou hast been a shelter for me, [and] a strong tower from the enemy.
Psalm 61:1-3
And yet, we need to ask ourselves, "Is part of our problem that we refuse to be comforted?"
Again, King David writes,
I cried unto God with my voice, [even] unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
Psalm 77:1-3
What often overwhelms us is that we refuse to be comforted, we are troubled, and we are overwhelmed because we are so focused on what we feel is wrong, what we feel is hopeless, what we feel, . . . in other words, it's all about what we feel, and not about what God wants.
May you turn to the Lord this morning with gratitude for His many blessings, with joy in His many mercies toward you, and may you allow the Spirit to comfort you.
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Psalm 143:7-8
Yours in Him,
Pastor B.
We feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and sometimes, even a little despondent.
King David knew that feeling. He wrote in Psalm 22:14-15:
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Sometimes we pray and pray some more, and yet, we just feel so overwhelmed in our hearts.
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I.
For thou hast been a shelter for me, [and] a strong tower from the enemy.
Psalm 61:1-3
And yet, we need to ask ourselves, "Is part of our problem that we refuse to be comforted?"
Again, King David writes,
I cried unto God with my voice, [even] unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
Psalm 77:1-3
What often overwhelms us is that we refuse to be comforted, we are troubled, and we are overwhelmed because we are so focused on what we feel is wrong, what we feel is hopeless, what we feel, . . . in other words, it's all about what we feel, and not about what God wants.
May you turn to the Lord this morning with gratitude for His many blessings, with joy in His many mercies toward you, and may you allow the Spirit to comfort you.
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Psalm 143:7-8
Yours in Him,
Pastor B.
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