Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God. Psalm 31:5 – While we can find many psalms alluded to or quoted in other parts of scripture, Psalm 31 is among the most recited in scripture. Jonah, Jeremiah, Paul, Stephen, and even Jesus Himself speaks of this psalm in their recorded words. Likely the words of verse 5 sound very familiar to you for they were Jesus’ final words on the cross before He died. In this psalm we see that David is within some deathly trouble, his life is wasting away, and enemies are plotting to take his life. Instead of trusting in his two hands to save him from this trouble, David places his life in the Lord’s hand for He had been the one who had saved David’s life in every season of past trouble. As we look back at our own story, likely we can see the Lord’s hands within each and every troubled season. It was Him who provided the way out, and it was Him orchestrating the rescue from the very beginning. God redeemed us from that trouble, not our hands nor anyone else’s hands. So when the new trouble arises, why do we commit our life into any other hands to save us? Why do we trust our own strength to defeat the enemy? Why do we lean on worldly devices to handle the pain? It’s always been the Lord’s hands that got us out of the trouble before, let’s then refuse to place our life now in any other hands but His. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2986
Question To Ponder: Why can it be so hard for someone to trust the Lord for their help?
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