Morning by Morning, September 1 - “Though He Slay Me, Yet Will I Trust Him”
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me begin my day grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit. ...
“Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him” (Job 13:15).
Some of the things going on our world right now just slay me. They just kill me. They grieve me the core of my being.
The humiliation of Afghanistan. The horror of what those left behind are enduring and will doubtless endure at the hands of leaders known for cruelty and terror. And right here at home with a government that’s increasingly harder to trust to speak the truth and do what’s right with whatever desire to trust remains. With hurricanes that wipe out cities and with fires that consume regions, and with plagues that destroy our health, rob our peace, and shut down our freedom.
Yet will I trust You. Yet will I call on Your name. Yet will I express and release my emotions and griefs and sorrows, my angers and worries and fears, my confusion and discouragement and sometimes sense of utter frustration and helplessness to You. For You see it all. And I know You are at work through the midst of it all -- though it all breaks Your heart even more than it breaks mine, for You love more than I ever could.
Yes, I will trust You. Yes, I will keep believing none of this will have the last word or get the final say. Yes, I will celebrate all You are doing and thank You for all the ways You are redeeming all that we’re going through in this broken and fallen world that desperately needs You and the hope that only You can provide. Yes, I will keep looking up to You:
“I will lift up my eyes to the hills --
From whence comes my help?
My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth.
He will not allow (my) foot to be moved;
He who keeps (me) will not slumber.
Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is (my) keeper;
The Lord is (my) shade at (my) right hand.
The sun shall not strike (me) by day,
Nor the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve (me) from all evil;
He shall preserve (my) soul.
The Lord shall preserve (my) going out and (my) coming in
From this time forth, and even forevermore” (Psalm 121:1-8).
“Though He slay me” -- though all that’s going on in my world today seeks to slay me and my faith and my hope and my love -- “Yet will I trust Him.” In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you keep looking up to the One who is our Help and our Redeemer through everything that would seek to slay your faith, hope, and love in these challenging times, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries
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