I struggle with God’s timing. I know that God will deliver us in His time according to His plan. Where I struggle is that I continue to look for His deliverance and in my perception it does not come.
I want to be clear in that I do not believe that God has abandoned me, nor do I think that He is punishing me for something that I may or may not be aware. What I do believe is that I am simply not seeing Him and that is causing me to struggle.
“7The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
8The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore.” – Psalm 121:7-8 (ESV)
As I read this passage this morning, I was reminded that God is watching over us and “keeping” us. Protecting us. Whether I am “seeing” Him is not the important part, because He is there and I have to know it.
The structure of the verses are also something to look at. I have quoted from the English Standard Version (ESV) although I also study using the New International Version (NIV). Notice the ESV structure and where the breaks are. This gives me more than say just the words. Verse 7 gives us what God will keep, and verse 8 indicates “The Lord will keep”. So no matter the situation, or the “time” God will keep me and “keep” all together. What a comfort and certainly something I can and should continue to remember as I struggle with “simply seeing” the Lord work and “keep” me.
Are you struggling to “simply see” God? What about recognizing that He is working? Will you know and take comfort in the Lord’s keeping you, all the time?
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