this week’s message at church was based on psalm 57. pastor john donnerberg was visiting and sharing about the storms that we face in life. his main point was for us to focus on seeing God and becoming more like Him when we are in the storm. the service was phenomenal with the bank playing the mercy me song “praise You in the storm”…
but when i came home i just read over psalm 57 and read over it and something caught my eye. here we have david crying out to the Lord for mercy and protection. remember david, the guy with the record that’s been cleared…
and verse two just kept sticking out and i had to keep looking at it. “i cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill His purpose for me.” (NLT) david had been anointed as king of israel, and though saul was trying to kill him david was confident that God would fulfill His purpose of David being king.
he wasn’t confident in the fact that everything was going to be easy for him. he wasn’t confident that all of his problems would disappear. he wasn’t confident that all of his friends would be there for him. he wasn’t confident that things would turn out exactly how he had planned them.
david was confident in God doing what He said He would do, in and through his life.
to me this was a great encouragement. there are times when it can be discouraging not to find a full time ministry position where God would have me serve. there are times when i may not see what God is doing through my current circumstances. but i have to remain confident that God will fulfill His purpose for me.
in the mean time i need to focus on vs 9-11, “i will thank You, Lord, among all the people. i will sing Your praises among the nations. for Your unfailing love is as high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. be exalted, o God, above the highest heavens. may Your glory shine over all the earth.
for info on pastor john donnerberg check out his site… www.johndonnerbergministries.org
