That's exactly what the Psalms are about. They are basically prayers of people who were facing critical situations just like you and I do. They were people who seemed hopeless, people who were in need of deliverance, people who were believing for turnarounds and breakthroughs in their lives. You could say that the book of Psalms is the oldest Country and Western album known to mankind.
In the Psalms, David expresses his discouragement, his feelings of being all alone and feelings of wanting to die from time to time; however, most of his Psalms end with a message of hope.
It seems that no matter how low David gets, he always anticipates God's divine intervention. That's something that you and I must always remember. We're all human beings, we all have our moments - I don't care how spiritual you are.
There are times when you finally reach your "breaking point," as they say, and it all comes crashing in. But thank God He is faithful. We should always anticipate God's divine intervention in our lives.
Warrior or Wimp?
We see in the Word that Elijah was a great man of God. But one moment he was like Superman and the next he was Clark Kent. He went from warrior to wimp all in one day.
One moment he was doing great exploits for God and the next moment he was wanting to die because some woman threatened to kill him. He could stand up against all the prophets of Baal, call fire down from heaven, but when Jezebel said, "I'm going to kill you," he went and found a juniper tree, got under it and cried.
Today we don't hide under juniper trees, we have closets, bedrooms and other places where we go to cry when we feel like we're all alone and nobody understands. "How long am I going to have to go through this?" "When is this going to be over?" "God, why is this happening to me?"
All of us have had a little bit of Elijah in us. One moment, we're singing our praises for the great things God's done and the next moment, we're wondering, "Where is God?"
God has instructed me this year to minister on breakthrough and turnaround in every area of our lives. I've come across so many people who have been experiencing some of the most challenging situations they've ever faced.
Just like in the Psalms, no matter what you're going through don't ever lose sight of the fact that God can and will intervene.
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