Rescue me! Rescue me Quickly!

I woke up this morning with a song on my heart. Not just any song but a song that is loved and cherished by many. If you are like me you have to sing the song out loud and then it leads you to another song than another, soon there is a mashup of two or three songs. During my quite time as I sat with my bible open I began to sing “Because He lives I can face tomorrow, because He lives all fear is gone, because I know He holds the future and life is worth the living just because He lives.” As I sang this chorus the phrases “all fear is gone, I can face tomorrow, because He lives” kept echoing in the back of my mind. That chorus reminded me of another song, so than I began to hum and sing the words “when you’re down and troubled and you need a helping hand, and nothing is going right, close your eyes and call on me and soon I will be there to brighten up even your darkest night, you just call out my name and you know wherever I am I’ll come running to see you again… all you’ve got to do is call… you’ve got a friend.” Two very different songs yet the same. When we are troubled, when the night is dark, we’ve got a friend. We don’t have to face this world alone.

Then I read Psalm 31. Here it is paraphrased, the highlights that stood out to me. Mostly because I connected with these words , words I have prayed out loud to the Father before.

“I have come to you for protection, don’t let me be put to shame. Rescue me, rescue me quickly! I am in distress. My sight is blurred because of my tears. I am dying from grief; misery has drained my strength. I have been ignored as if I were dead, as if I were a broken pot. But I’m trusting you, you are my God! My future is in your hands. Rescue me! Save me! I call out to you for help. In sudden fear I cried out. You heard my cry for mercy, and answered my call for help.”

Have you too prayed like this before? Friends I want you to know you can count on His grace and His power in every situation. Cry out to Him in your fear of tomorrow, in your distress today, in your hurting, in your troubles. He will hear you, because He lives and He is our friend.

“What a friend we have in Jesus! All our sins and griefs to bear. What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!”