Salvation from Destruction Demands Devotion

Verses: Psalms 79: 1 - 13

Song inspired by the chapter:  Song has been uploaded from YouTube.com and is not my original.

My thoughts about the verses:

You can only imagine the feeling of devastation that was occurring during this time in history.  The Jewish temple had been destroyed.  The Jewish people was again were conquered by another country. 

They had thought that they had lived through the hardest part of their life.  Now here there be knocked down to their knees.  They were devastated.  Yet, they would not live that way forever.

The community prayed for God to send them help.  To help them overcome the struggles that they were dealing with.  They were praying that this would soon pass and they would be able to once again be able to stand on their own feet.  They were praying for their salvation.

God heard their pleas and sent the salvation that they needed.  They had made promises to God if help was given they would praise God.  They would turn from their evil ways and train the young the right way to go.  The Psalmist felt they had learned from the errors of their way.

How many times have we been in one of these same situations?  We feel that we are going along and have finally gotten on our own feet.  Then all of a sudden we are knocked to our knees.  A situation rises that destroys all that we have tried to build up. 

We plead to God to help us.  To help us overcome this situation.  We know that God can save us and we want that one more miracle.  Promising to praise God once we are saved.  In part, of our plea we even thank God for the past and acknowledge that we know God will help us now. 

Our devastation has led us to ask for prayers.  Our answered prayers lead us to praise.  Our praise leads us to teach others.  This cycle happens over and over in our life. 

Yet, it is because we know that God has helped us that we are confident that God will help us.  We ask for the help because of that past experience.  We praise God for we know that we will be helped.  Lastly, we teach others so that they can learn what they need to do in their life.

Prayer:

We praise you God for all you have done in our life.  We thank you for helping us when we feel all is a loss.  We ask you to be with us as we deal with struggles in our life.  Help us offer our struggles up to you in prayers.  Help us to ask remember to always praise you for what you have and will do in our life.  Use us as an example of your saving grace to give hope to others.  In your Saving Name we pray.  Amen

Questions:

Have you ever felt like you can’t handle anything else?  Have you turned your worries over to God?  Do you have the hope that God will get you through today’s problems?  Are you willing to tell others about the things that God has done for you?