Psalm 43 - I will yet praise Him

Again today I am using the Message translation to communicate my observations.  How many times have I considered myself in deep trouble?  As a child it happened often.  I can hear my mother's threats still, "Wait until your father gets home."  Undoubtedly, I did something I wasn't suppose to do, or did not do something I was instructed to do.  I always wondered why she couldn't just take care of it herself, but that's another story.

Now, as an adult I might think of myself in big trouble if the rent is due and I don't have to money to pay it on time.  Trouble will also appear like a cloud over my head when I glance in the rear view mirror to see the flashing lights of a patrol car approaching from behind. Then, there are those times when trouble is defined as a runaway child or a terminal diagnosis. 

Psalm 43:1-2 MSG
Clear my name, God; stick up for me
against these loveless, immoral people.
Get me out of here, away
from these lying degenerates.
I counted on you, God.
Why did you walk out on me?
Why am I pacing the floor, wringing my hands
over these outrageous people?

What troubles you today?  What has you pacing the floor at night instead of peacefully sleeping?  Is there something you could be taking to God?  Call out to Him as the Psalmist did. "Clear my name, God."  Is it time to cry out for a defender, pleading, "stick up for me." Have you asked Him for help, for an escape route from your predicament? "Get me out of here!"  He is waiting to hear from us.

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