The Journey 11/3/10

Psalms 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

What a great scripture! Today when I went for treatment I was feeling overwhelmed. The last couple of days my throat has begun to hurt and it is difficult to swallow. I am trusting the Lord that this will pass quickly but as I said, today I was feeling overwhelmed.

Praise God there is a place to go when that happens. To the ROCK that is higher than I. Of course, that Rock is Jesus.

Sometimes when others tell us of something they are walking through we sometimes think, "Is that all?", but in reality, it doesn't matter the size of the giant because it will always seem bigger then us. To you it may look small but to the person facing it, it is big.

I believe that is why we are to, "Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep". In doing so, that keeps us from judging each other in our reaction to what we are facing.

Is there something today that is overwhelming you? It may be a bill, sickness, marriage difficulties, school, job. The list could be endless. The devil will try and make a giant out of anything to get you overwhelmed.

Take a moment today and thank Jesus for being bigger then anything you will ever face. He wants to be your "rock and sling" as you face your giant.

Let the words of David, as he faced Goliath, ring in your heart today....1 Samuel 17:44-47 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord 's, and he will give you into our hands.

Whatever is overwhelming you today, be encouraged, the battle is the Lord's.

Blessings,

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