In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah 9 But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies. Psalm 44:8-9 – While we aren’t certain on the exact time period this psalm was referring to, it’s clear Israel was in a state of defeat and despair. While being told of God’s wonderous deeds of old and how the Lord rescued Israel from so many enemies in the nation’s past, this current generation of Israel wasn’t seeing such salvation. While verse 8 seems to close on a high note of praise to the Lord, verse 9 till the end of the psalm tells of their anguish. They feel rejected and disgraced by God. They’ve been sold, made a laughing stock, and feel like sheep ready for the slaughter. While sitting in such a dismal state, their question of the Lord was, “Why are you sleeping!?” Why are you not moving on behalf of your people like you did before? This is an honest question they were asking of the Lord, and likely a question you have asked to. When we read scripture, or when we hear testimonies of others, and we see the grand ways God came through for them, it can cause us to question things because we may not be seeing the same level of grandeur in our life from the Lord. In those spaces, know the Lord is not sleeping on you. He sees and He knows what’s going on. While that might fuel the frustration even more, choose to trust that if He sees and He knows yet isn’t moving, there is a holy reason behind it. Our God doesn’t find joy in seeing His children in pain or navigating trials, but He will allow such things into their lives if the result is a closer walk with Him or the lost coming to know Him. Take heart then in your trial, know God is awake and with you and has His purpose in this. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2999
Question To Ponder: What may be a reason God leaves a believer in a trial?
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