Today’s Thought “Trouble in My Way…” G. Ward

Psalm 118: ⁵ From my distress I called upon the Lord; The Lord answered me and put me in an open space. ⁶ The Lord is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me?

Being in dire straits is the issue and whereas that condition won’t always involve finance, but can include any “crisis of belief” (i.e., where deeply held convictions about God – war against a fleshly demand for immediate reprieve), may those who follow Christ persevere in righteousness imputed.

 The great crowds at Christ’s Triumphal Entry (into Jerusalem on a donkey) would chant portions of this psalm (v.25), declaring “Hosanna” (pleas for salvation) and whereas hundreds of thousands would chant “Blessed is the one who comes in the Name of the Lord” so happily that day, less than 5 days later would witness many shouting “Crucify HIM!”

When/if the kinds of tight spaces compel us to an un-spiritual, reactionary response, may it cause us to remember the reverberation to our sinful insistence can often deliver us unto even more troubles. Instead, and worthy for adoption is, “those who wait for the Lord, Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.”