What a glorious God! He gives us salvation over and over, then daily he carries our burdens! Pause in his presence
Psalm 68:19 (TPT)
Each Monday of the week that I am assigned to write my Bible Journal Post, I read the Bible verse(s) assigned to me. I try to reflect, pray and research the verse before I begin writing later in the week for my Saturday post. To be honest, some weeks it is a mad dash to read and post all in the same evening before the Sat am deadline!
This week in my preparation to write on Psalm 68, the same story kept popping up. This is a story of a very religious man that has been passed down with no author that I have found.
This is how the story goes…
Once there was a man who was caught in rising floodwaters. He climbed onto the roof of his house and trusted god to rescue him. A neighbor came by in a canoe and said, “Hop in and we’ll paddle to safety.” “No thanks” replied the religious man. “I’ve prayed to god and I’m sure he will save me”
A short time later a police boat came by. “The waters will soon be above your house. Hop in and we’ll take you to safety.” “No thanks” replied the religious man. “I’ve prayed to God and I’m sure he will save me”
A little time later a rescue services helicopter hovered overhead, let down a rope ladder and said, “The waters will soon be above your house. Climb the ladder and we’ll fly you to safety.” “No thanks” replied the religious man. “I’ve prayed to God and I’m sure he will save me”
All this time the floodwaters continued to rise until soon they reached above the roof and the religious man drowned. When he arrived in Heaven he demanded and audience with God. Ushered into God’s throne room he said, “Lord, why am I here in heaven? I prayed for you to save me, I trusted you to save me from that flood.” “Yes” replied the Lord. “And I sent you a canoe, a boat, and a helicopter. But you never got in.”
We face so much stress and trials in our daily life. God is ready and waiting every moment for us to reach out to him in our daily situations.
Psalm 68 is a Psalm of praise, celebration, and unleashed joy in the lives of God’s people because of the victory he gives us. God daily is there to bear or carry our burdens. But, do we allow Him to carry them? Or do we, as the man in the story above, keep waiting for what we think will be a better or different rescue from our situation?
God is waiting on us to cast our anxieties and burdens on Him. We have to be willing to give them to Him (over and over).
“Cast all your anxiety on him (God) because he cares for you.”
1 Peter 5:7
Don’t miss the gift He is waiting to give you. Don’t pass up what is right in front of you. God is waiting to be our rescue!