' Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him;
do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when
they carry out their wicked schemes.'
Psalm 37 v 7
Rudyard Kipling the poet wrote,'If you can keep your head when all about are losing theirs and blaming it on you,'it is not easy to do that,so let us take a moment to consider the writer of psalm 37, David a man who found himself in many a tight spot. When king Saul ruled, David became a fugitive and a wanted man,in that Saul wanted to kill him.So often it was not just a matter of panicking,that would not have helped,but he learned a very important lesson,that of resting in God and waiting patiently for God to act on his behalf. He is telling us to not to press the panic button,even though everything is against us,even though our enemies have the upper hand. Their success was a false dawn, the reality was that God was against them and would deal with them,and would rescue David out of their clutches.The apostle Paul wrote .'If God be for us ,who can be against us' (Romans 8 v 31),you cannot be beaten if God is for you,you cannot loose,so be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him.
'A mighty fortress is our God,
A mighty shield and weapon'
Matin Luther
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