God Will Sustain
Psalm 55 begins, “Give ear to my prayer, O God; do not hide yourself from my supplication. Attend to me and answer me. I am troubled in my complaint.”
Then, in verse 17 the song continues, “But I call upon God and the Lord will save me. Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and God will hear my voice.”
These are moving and powerful words that must have come from someone who was experiencing great difficulty in his or her life. I can only imagine the kind of heartbreak or tragedy or need that would prompt this kind of prayer. Yet in the midst of it all, there seems to be an unshakable faith that God will respond. God will hear. God will save.
My prayer is that you and I would approach God with the same unshakable confidence. While God may not answer us when and how we would like, the witness of the people of faith across the generations is that we can trust that God will hear our heartbreak, our needs, our complaint and that God will respond.
The Psalm leaves us with this promise in verse 22, “Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you…”
May it be so.
Let us pray: Loving God, today we hand you our burdens. And we trust that in your own time, in your own way, you will redeem us, heal us, and empower us to live and serve anew. Amen.
Daily Message Author: Joe Albright
Joe began his ministry in Sarasota, Florida as an associate pastor, and it was in this capacity that he worked alongside the Reverend Dr. Roger Kunkel. Roger was a colleague who became a mentor and treasured friend. From Sarasota, Joe was called to Jacksonville, Florida where he served as the Head of Staff at Hodges Boulevard Presbyterian Church. Currently, Joe and his family worship and serve at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Switzerland, Florida. Full Bio
