Words from WW Blog

“When I said, “My foot is slipping,”
    your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.
 When anxiety was great within me,
    your consolation brought me joy.” (Psalm 94:18-19)

There are times when it seems that I’m not grasping situations or I’m losing my grip on life. You’ve probably been there. You wake up in the morning and you’re wondering what the purpose of the day is. It seems like a barren field of endless minutes. To agitate my Kansas friends, I compare it to driving across Kansas…with no end in sight.

As I was reading Tim and Kathy Keller’s devotional, The Songs of Jesus, the verses in Psalm 94 caused me to stop and consider. Even when my grip on life is slipping, God supports me. Even when I am anxious about driving down Powers Boulevard in the midst of the speeding lane-changers, the Lord whispers comforting words to my soul.

Gosh! What an encouragement it is to know that I don’t have to be at the top of my game, that the Lord lifts me up as I encounter the de-energizing, withering, stumbling times of life. What an incredible picture to know that “anxious Billy” can be transformed to “joyous Willy!” It doesn’t need to rest like a sack of potatoes on my shoulders alone.

In my years as a pastor…you know, being the one who everyone thinks is as solid and unwavering as a Stonehenge rock…there were times…long, dry periods…where I seemed to be stumbling along. I couldn’t get a grip on situations or understand what the next steps should be. I was supposed to be the one who led, the one who navigated the way, but there was no movement. It was like I was trying to walk through a patch of oil that was unforgiving. I’d read scripture, and it didn’t catch. I’d pray, and it didn’t seem to have any value in it. I’d preach and wonder what point I was trying to make.

I needed to have these words of the Psalm cross-stitched into my memory. Isn’t it amazing how one can read verses over and over and not have them take root and then one day read the exact same words again and have them blaze a new trail for the journey.

Anxious moments result in comforting joy. The sensation of falling results in dependable love. Who would have thunk it?

Thank you, Lord, for being there not only when I recognized your presence, but even when I was oblivious of it.

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