Pulled to Safety

I just wanted to share this Psalm with you as a way of following up on yesterday’s blog.

There are so many who feel helpless and without hope because of the situations they are in. They don’t have that rock solid foundation that I was talking about. If you know someone like that – wondering what to do, where to go, how to manage, I pray you will share these Scriptures with them.

God knows, He cares, He’s here with the answer.

“I patiently waited, Lord,
    for you to hear my prayer.
You listened ² and pulled me
from a lonely pit
    full of mud and mire.
You let me stand on a rock
    with my feet firm,
³ and you gave me a new song,
    a song of praise to you.
Many will see this,
and they will honor and trust
    you, the Lord God.

⁴ You bless all of those
    who trust you, Lord,
and refuse to worship idols
    or follow false gods.
⁵ You, Lord God, have done
    many wonderful things,
and you have planned
    marvelous things for us.
No one is like you!
I would never be able to tell
    all you have done.

⁶ Sacrifices and offerings
    are not what please you;
gifts and payment for sin
    are not what you demand.
But you made me willing
    to listen and obey.
⁷ And so, I said, “I am here
    to do what is written
about me in the book,
    where it says,
⁸ ‘I enjoy pleasing you.
    Your Law is in my heart.’ ”

⁹ When your people worshiped,
you know I told them,
    “Our Lord always helps!”
¹⁰ When all your people met,
    I did not keep silent.
I said, “Our Lord is kind.
He is faithful and caring,
    and he saves us.”

¹¹ You, Lord, never fail
    to have pity on me;
your love and faithfulness
    always keep me secure.

¹² I have more troubles
    than I can count.
My sins are all around me,
    and I can’t find my way.
My sins outnumber
the hairs on my head,
    and I feel weak.
¹³ Please show that you care
and come to my rescue.
    Hurry and help me!

¹⁴ Disgrace and confuse
    all who want me dead;
turn away and disgrace
    all who want to hurt me.
¹⁵ Embarrass and shame
everyone who says,
    “Just look at you now!”

¹⁶ Our Lord, let your worshipers
    rejoice and be glad.
They love you for saving them,
so let them always say,
    “The Lord is wonderful!”

¹⁷ I am poor and needy,
but, Lord God,
    you care about me,
and you come to my rescue.
    Please hurry and help.” Psalm 40 CEV

The Lord IS wonderful, He is great! I will magnify Him for He IS all I need!