Message from Scripture: 6/24/2021

 

Today, our message from Scripture comes from Psa. 56:8. “Put my tears in Your bottle; Are they not in Your book?”

 

Everyone, at some time in his or her life, experiences problems.  This is part of sharing the human experience, of living in a world of sin.  Few of us, however, have experienced the kind of trouble David knew.  Some of his trouble was self-induced, as with his sin involving Bathsheba, but sometimes David suffered at the hands of others, through no sin of his own.

 

In this passage, David speaks of God putting his tears in a bottle, or large wineskin. More than a tiny receptacle, God is able to take note and remember all of David’s sorrows, all of his pain and grief. Knowing God has such intimate knowledge of his situation in life, He is confident to go on and say, “In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid.  What can man do to me?” (Psa. 56:11).

 

isn’t it comforting to know God is aware of where we are, of what we have to face?  Doesn’t it encourage you to realize God’s promises are constant, no matter where we are in life? God has a bottle for all our tears, too, because He cares for us (1 Pet. 5:7).  No circumstance of life is greater than the God who knows our needs, who goes with us through any condition we will meet.  In understanding His concern for us, we too when afraid, can put our trust in Him (Psa. 56:3), and praise His word for its assurance and hope (Psa. 56:10).  If we seek His will for us, and live for Him, there is nothing we will face that He will not face with us.  What problem of life is greater than our God?

 

Let’s always go out to serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, knowing He goes with us, through thick and thin. In Him, we are enough. God bless.

 

Robert