The Heart's Cry: Psalm 121

Psalm 121

Obviously this Psalm is a Psalm praising God for the protection that God gives. Neat and tidy, see you tomorrow.

Ok, maybe there is more to be said than that. Maybe we should talk about God's protection, perhaps even talk about the times when it seems that God isn't in the protection business in your life. If you have been living the life of faith for any amount of time I would think that you can pinpoint something that God has protected you from. At the same time if you have been living the life of faith for any amount of time I would think that you might hold a little grudge against God because there was a moment, or moments, where you would have liked to be protected but you weren't. You may not think of it in this way, but each of those beliefs, that you were protected, that you weren't protected is a matter of perspective. You believe that God protected you from X Y or Z and you believe that God didn't protect you from A B or C. But what if you're not always right? What if there were times when you think you weren't protected that you actually were? And vice versa for that matter, there may have been times where you think God protected you and you weren't protected at all.

No to go too deep down the rabbit hole but to some degree every blessing is a curse and every curse is a blessing. For instance if you were to win the lottery, something you might consider a blessing, along with the money would come people asking for it and the need to protect it and the fear of what might happen if you were to lose the money you just won. On the flip side if you were to get cancer, something you might consider a curse, you might also come to the realization of who many people truly care for you and a new sense of what is and is not important in life and a better idea of what life really is and is not. We live life from moment to moment and when we are in that moment we can get shortsighted, missing the possible ramifications of our blessings and our curses. God may have protected you from a whole host of things that you do not even realize and at the same time God may yet protect you when you feel that all hope has been lost.

+ Have you had a blessing turn into a curse? Did you see it coming?

+ How may God be working inside of you to bring a blessing from a curse?