262 Psalms 087 – 089; Titus 003
Where is God when it hurts? Where is God when life doesn't make sense? Years ago Bishop Robinson wrote a book called, "Honest to God." I never read the book, but I love the title. The raw honesty in these Psalms sometimes is a bit disconcerting. They were very honest as found in these words, "Why, God, do you turn a deaf ear? Why do you make yourself scarce?" You may or may not be able to identify with the angst of these words, but you have to see the freedom in being able to express yourself to the Father. We are told as believers in the N.T. to come boldly before the throne of grace. We are to go boldly where very few ever go.
Get perspective and get all you can. Paul lays out some perspective when he reminds Titus of the past with these words, "It wasn't so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, dupes of sin..." Then he writes these words, "But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us form all that." The theology of but is an important subject. We are thus and so or have done thus and so, but then God steps in. Thank God He does not allow us to continue in our stubborn way. Be sensitive to God's Spirit. Ask God to give you a whole heart to follow Him. God will step in, be of good courage it is the Lord.
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