I Need You Now - Plumb

Psalm 23:4, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death...”

Whether we see results now, or years from now, God is faithful in all the in-between with what He is doing in us. Genesis says we were created in, "His own image..." (Gen. 1:27).  So we should be more Christ-Like as long as we're here.  

What’s your story?  What’s your wound?  Do you believe there is still beauty, even in the valley of the shadow of death?  We all have them, we can get so tired of holding on. We don’t want to let go, and we’re scared to move on. Yet we have to believe it, when we're told to, "not be afraid... because the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with you.” (Deuteronomy 20:1).  

There is beauty in your shadow, because there is a meaning God has for it. Many times in my life, I have cried out from my own personal Egypt, “God please take this!” But the beauty in it all, is He continued to give me the strength to keep breathing and believing in His written word.

When I heard this song, it brought me to back to Psalm 56, which is a prayer of mercy from God when your enemies are in hot pursuit.  When I went to it in my bible, I had a prayer I wrote right next to it. I wrote: 

“Lord, defend Your name in my life. There is so much wrong, and I feel so much sorrow and pain in my heart. I need to ask You, how long? I will always trust You, and never give up the hope I have, but I need Your help desperately. I read Your word, but sometimes I feel like the ones who are far off are always winning and I’m the one falling. Lift me up God, and hear me. I pray I get to see the power of Your word before You call me home.”

 I pray you read this Psalm for yourself, and let God speak to your heart. Your circumstances  may not change, but He will continue to change and strengthen you.

He truly does hear the words we can’t seem to speak from our quivering lips, and He bottles up all our tears. When your pain is so deep, and you don’t have the words to speak from your heart filled with so much sorrow, remember the Spirit speaks for you, and God hears the cries of the humble. 

Romans 8:26, “the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.”

REMEMBER... it’s just a shadow.  "Walk before God in the light of life.”

Kim

P.S.  In the waiting, and growing Spiritually, I've received His strength in my weaknesses, before He called me home. He does answer prayer according to His word.