Is everything that could go wrong, going wrong? Do you feel as though the entire world is against you? Do you feel as though God has forgotten about you? Have you cried out to God, asking why he hasn’t stepped in to rescue? Do you know you are not alone?
There are times during our lives it seems as though everything that can go wrong is going wrong. One thing after another piles up and weighs us down. We feel overwhelmed. We may become depressed. We may even become hopeless and desperate.
We are not alone. We are not the only ones who have felt this way. The Psalmist felt this way when he wrote the seventy-ninth Psalm. Jerusalem was overrun and destroyed. It was a massacre of the Jewish people. He felt God had abandoned them for their disobedience. He was pleading with God to stop being angry with them. He was crying out for God to rescue his people.
Though we may not be in the same dire straits Jerusalem was at that time, we can feel just as desperate. Just as the Psalmist did, we can cry out to God. We can ask the same questions and plead for forgiveness and rescue. In fact, it is our coming to this position that God desires. He wants us to be completely dependent on him. He wants us to submit to his will. It is when we come to the end of our rope, putting our lives in his hands, that God will do his most amazing work.
If you are experiencing a desperate situation today, take time to read Psalm seventy-nine. If not, read it and return to it when you are. Know that it is okay to cry out to God in your time of desperation. Know that you are not alone. Know that God will hear your plea and he will answer. Submit to his will, asking for forgiveness and rescue.
I pray we all know that God will hear our plea. I pray we cry out to God in our time of need. I pray each one of us will submit to God’s will and ask him for forgiveness and rescue. Make your plea to God. Ask God for forgiveness. Ask God to rescue you. Submit to God’s will. Know that God will hear you.
Psalm 79:5
How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever?
Will your jealous wrath burn like fire?
Marty Pressey 