Vindicate Me, My God

July 8, 2020

Psalm 43 is really a continuation of Psalm 42, which we read yesterday. Taken together they speak to real, historical situations of struggle and crisis, and to the personal experience of weariness, depression, and desperation for God. What truths about God do you see the Psalmist clinging to in this time of difficulty? As you study and pray today, reflect on those truths. 

STUDY THE SCRIPTURE

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REFLECTION

Trouble?

by Judy Webb

Vindicate me, my God...

At first glance, 2020 has been a year of discouragement and disappointment. I doubt any of us expected our world and our lives to be turned upside down like it has. The pandemic was bad enough – isolation and major life-change stunned and sometimes jolted us out of our comfortable life.

Rescue me…

David, the Psalmist, was also jarred from his safe world, was forced to run for his life. The Golden Age of Israel, as this era has been dubbed, wasn’t always so golden for David. We may be feeling some of the same emotions he felt. Our lives were moving along nicely. The economy was booming and many of us had a nice comfortable little world built around us. Then, boom; we were forced to shut down. Now, just as we are emerging from this situation, civil unrest surfaced and the life we knew was gone. Doubt, fear and confusion took over.

Send me your light.

Violence and hatred surround us. Our nation is caught in a period in history we will not soon forget. But (and this is a good but), God is still in control. As Christians, we can count on it. David turned to his God whenever he found himself in deep trouble. We can too.

Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. 

(Psalm 43:5)

This is the time we turn to God for comfort and for His peace. His Presence offers both. We may think the obstacles we are now facing, are insurmountable. But with God at our side it is far from it. Let us just wait, watch, and expect God to show up. He will. He has a plan.

UALC’S CAMPAIGN OF PRAYER 

WEDNESDAY - Pray for wisdom in these times as we all work toward protecting lives and consider the livelihoods of millions hurt by the economic impact.