We Can’t Win Over our enemies Without God

Verses: Psalms 60: 1 - 12

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

My thoughts about the verses:

I am reminded back to when I played basketball.  It was important for everyone to be on their game.  You needed every team member to win.  It wasn’t up to one person to claim the victory.  Every person was needed to be spot on all the time.

Not only those team members on the court had to be on their game but, so many others had to be up to par.  The coaches and assistants have to be observant and calling the right plays.  The cheerleaders need to be encouraging the players.  The fans have to be cheering for their team.   The referees have to be alert. 

Half of the game is played far from the court.  It starts when the players are doing drills, lifting weights, and running the court.  It continues as they learn play books, practice shots and work on defense.  It takes all of this behind the scene action to take place for the game to be a success.

You can now see how David felt at that moment.  He knew that his soldiers had been prepared.  He knew that they had been doing everything that they had been taught before the battle started.  Yet, like many of us learn you will not win every contest you are in.  Sometimes no matter how hard you try you will lose. 

In the world of sports when a team loses we start to blame players, coaches even the referees.  We don’t want to accept that our team could lose what we think was a simple win.  We act like our whole life is based on that game.  We get so wrapped around the games that we miss the hard work that it took to get the players where they are today.

Yet, can you imagine where David was at in this moment of his life.  This wasn’t a game where people would be alive if they lost.  People would have died.  Land would have been lost.  The very Kingdom could be at risk. 

David prayed to God and asked God to not forget them.  He knew that God was needed in their midst for them to win.  He asked God to come and help them in the midst of their strife.  He realized that he had to include the power of God to win.

We can see our own life’s in this story.  We often face defeat and try to push the blame on people around us.   We try to deflect the reason that we did not overcome something because of the ways others reacted.  Yet, we miss that we need God in our life.  We miss that we tried to do it without asking God to be there.  The next time you are in the middle of a struggle ask yourself did I give this over to God.  You will soon learn how things can truly change with God in the center of our struggles.

Prayer:

Dear God thank you for always being there for us.  Thank you for carrying us in our times of need.  Thank you for listening when we call upon your name.  Help us always to include you in our life.  Not only in the times we are struggling but, also in the moments of great joy.  In the name of Our Holy Parent we pray.  Amen

Questions:

In times of struggle do you call on God?  Have you turned your life over to God?  Are you offering up praises to God for the things that have happened in your life?  Have you come to understand that you need God for your life to be complete?