Lord, I Wait For You; You Will Answer

Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me. Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin. My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.

My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly. I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning. My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body. I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you. My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes. My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away. Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.

I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak; I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply. Lord, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.

Psalm 38:1-15

There is no limit to the foolish things we get ourselves into, and then look to our Lord to get us out of. It was in such a season of regret that David poured out his struggle and complaint to God. As he recounted his own failings, as well as the painful consequences he was enduring because of those failings, he made an insightful comment: “My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.”

The answer for such destructive foolishness is to embrace the wisdom of God. Only by allowing God to transform us can we overcome the foolish decisions that cause so much trouble. With His loving guidance, we can follow the pathway of godly wisdom.

God’s wisdom is given to those who humbly ask Him for it.

Our Daily Bread – September 26, 2013