Wednesday, April 2, 2008

God WANTS to rescue us

11:29 PM by Christi Bowman

So I LOVE this Psalm...I looked it up in the Message, because I just LOVE Eugene Peterson's insight.

I think verses 1 & 2 are GREAT for people who are presently existing in A LOT of pain. I would have REALLY identified with being ignored by God "long enough" while I was still in Nashville a week ago. Verses 5 & 6 speak VOLUMES of how I feel toward God right now. I really do feel rescued. I no longer have to listen to the lies of Satan. I have been TRULY rescued from my addictions, and rescued from my pain.

Psalm 13

A David Psalm

1-2 Long enough, God you've ignored me long enough.
I've looked at the back of your head
long enough. Long enough
I've carried this ton of trouble,
lived with a stomach full of pain.
Long enough my arrogant enemies
have looked down their noses at me.

3-4 Take a good look at me, God, my God;
I want to look life in the eye,
So no enemy can get the best of me
or laugh when I fall on my face.

5-6 I've thrown myself headlong into your arms
I'm celebrating your rescue.
I'm singing at the top of my lungs,
I'm so full of answered prayers.

God KNOWS what He is doing...and He does rescue us...IF we let Him. I believe we have a part to play as well. He is calling ALL of us...but we have to hear it...we have to want it...and we have to act. We have to step aside and allow Him to heal us. The healing is painful as we let go of the lies we have believed for so long...but we have to push through...because there is SO MUCH FREEDOM awaiting us at the end...as we become the EMPOWERED TRANSFORMED people we were ALWAYS meant to be IN CHRIST.

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