SUNDAY, 2 APRIL 2023
TEXT:
Psalms 70:1-5
1.
Please, God, rescue me! LORD, hurry and help me!
2.
People are trying to kill me. Please disappoint them. Humiliate them! They want
to hurt me. Make them run away in shame.
3.
May those who make fun of me be too embarrassed to speak.
4.
But may those who come to you be happy and rejoice. May those who love being
saved by you always be able to say, “Praise God!”
5.
I am only a poor, helpless man. God, please hurry to me. You are my helper, the
one who can save me. LORD, don’t be too late!
(Easy-to-Read
Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
THE LORD IS OUR HELP AND DELIVERER
We live in an age and
time considered as the most difficult and trying. For Africans especially,
human life has become valueless in the light of the current terrorism that is
ravaging some West African countries.
The opening verse
depicts a writer in a desperate situation, pleading for immediate help from a potential
threat to his life as noted in verse 2. Such a situation has been replicated
thousands of times in the last ten years across the West African sub-region in
the lives of the countless victims of terrorists’ attacks, kidnappers, Islamist
fundamentalists, etc.
Perhaps this Psalm may
be addressing you as a victim-survivor. We often confront God with questions
demanding to understand why He always allows His children to undergo such pain
and torture, sometimes even death!
But the Psalmist trusts
that God will come to his rescue. He prayed that those who persecute him should
be confused and put to shame. It is often amazing to see our people continually
fixing their hearts on God in spite of the torture and pain they are going
through.
It takes someone who
knows Jesus Christ and believes that God is in charge to have such courage
which will make them prevail ultimately.
QUESTION:
Have you been in a desperate circumstances that looked like God was not
responding to your prayers for deliverance?
PRAYER:
Dear Lord Jesus, deliver us from the evil plans of our enemies and give us
reasons to always praise You at all times. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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