How many times have you’ve known someone who has said that about themselves? I know that I have said that about myself many times. I will get into a bind, or I will remember all those things people and the enemy have said to me, things that have made me question myself and whether or not I can live up to what God has for my life. I get to a point when I say to the Lord, “I can’t do it.”
I recently have been reading through the Psalms and a lot of what these writers were going through, people go through today. Consider Psalm 69 3-4 which say “I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God. More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause, those who attack me with lies.” Psalm 55 David writes “I am restless in my complaint and I moan, because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked.” David continues, “my heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.” David cries out to God; he is in deep pain. But at the end of Psalm 55 David finishes with,” but I will trust in you.” Psalm 13 David begins it with asking God “How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?” David is wondering where God is and why He won’t deliver him at that moment of distress. David ends the Psalm however with writing, “But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord because He has dealt bountifully with me.”
How many times do we feel exactly like David or the other Psalmists? I know I have come to the point where I ask God where is He and why won’t He deliver me out of my current situation. God, I want to you give you everything, why is it so difficult? I feel the pressure to conform to this world and the contsant objection that comes from being a Christ follower. I feel like an outsider because I don’t want to partake in what the world says is cool. I hear the people who are enemies of the cross saying I am foolish in what I am doing and it is pointless to tell others about Jesus.
I just want to give up, I mean who am I really that I can make a difference in this world when so much of the world seems hopeless. I can’t do it; I am spiritually and emotionally worn out. I am tired, and I am done. God, how long until you deliver me?
But I trust in you Lord; I trust you will deliver me from my troubles. I trust in you that if you are with me, no one will be able to stand against me. I know you are my God, the living God and you have given me strength to keep going every day. You have shown me what it is like to put my hope in you. You have given me a freedom that only comes from you. You are my salvation and King, and your kingdom endures forever. I will praise you and honor with everything I have, because when everyone else leaves, I know you say to me, “I am with you.” So I say, “Lord, I can do it.” I can make a difference; I can change a community, I can bring glory to Your name. All because you are with me and will never leave nor forsake me. Who can stand against my God, absolutely NO ONE!!
When the world says you can’t, God says, “My grace is sufficient for you, My power is made perfect in weakness.” Jesus says in John 16:33, “I have overcome the world.”
God says you can, in Jesus Name!
