Dilapidated......
Good Morning Girls! Yesterday I told you we were going to spend this week on Psalm 119:25-32 in the Message Translation. If you need to re read the verses go back to yesterday.
Psalm 119 is one of my favorites Psalms. I love it because it speaks straight to my heart. I often feel as though I could have written it myself. To me it reads like a Girl who loves the Lord and wants to do the right thing but doesn't always hit her mark. She knows that God's ways are the best, yet fails to yield to them at all times. Sometimes it is because she simply chooses to go her own way. Other times I believe she believes she is going the correct way but she has been deceived; either by her own flesh or the enemy.
The author often makes reference to lying in the dust and needing God to come pull her and breath life back into her. She pleads, almost begs for God to give her another chance, vowing to get it right and obey every command!
There's just one problem.....(okay there are probably many)...and that is- she doesn't always understand what it is she is exactly supposed to obey. She doesn't understand what the Lord is always saying, or where he is always leading her. She wants to go down the right road, but desperately wishes the Lord would send her a map that plots out her life course in bold and specific detail. If the Lord would just do that....well then she would for sure be able to live the life he planned for her (well maybe not for sure.......but hopefully....maybe....well at least more likely than how its currently going.....)
Can any of you relate to the feelings of the author of Psalm 119?
Last week was the first time I read any of Psalm 119 in the message Translation. I loved it even more because of some of the word pictures it made for me. My sad life is a dilapidated, falling down barn.....
Dilapidated: having fallen into a state of disrepair.......
Now that sounds pretty pathetic! Praise God I can say that at the present time I do not feel as though my life were a dilapidated falling down barn! However.....not too long ago that is exactly how I felt! It seemed like every area of my life was falling apart. I had no direction. I had no peace. I didn't have much hope. I did however have every care and concern in my own little world carried around within me. I knew it was no way to live. I knew God was my only hope; but I was having trouble getting from A to B.
It was hard to let go of all my problems! It was hard to put my package of cares into Gods hands. I knew he loved me, but it didn't seem like he was really "on top of" all the concerns we had in our life. He wasn't giving us any clear direction (took me a long time to realize that no direction means to simply rest in Him and trust that He has it all taken care of and He WILL let us know when it is time to take action......but that is a whole other lesson).
Disrepair: the condition of being in need of repair.......
When you are burdened by concerns. Burdened by tough choices and decisions. Burdened by a life in that is falling apart......you need repair. The author of Psalm 119 knows exactly what kind of repair we need........Gods Word.
It sounds so simple doesn't it? All you need is Gods Word. It is as simple as it is difficult. But it is true. The more you immerse yourself in Gods Word the more you see that even when your life resembles a falling down barn, he's still there and he's holding you up. He is still your firm foundation- even when the shingles on the roof are falling off one by one!
Girls, I know that when I find myself in a whirlwind of concern and worry, often the hardest thing to do is sit down and rest in the Word. I would rather drive myself bonkers letting my mind race with all the possible scenarios of how my troubles will play out. I would rather scramble to come up with a "plan", a plan that allows me to take action! That is what my flesh wants. For years that is what my flesh got. And all I ended up with was more shingles on the ground!
Train yourself....discipline yourself to take a "Word chill" (sometimes it's easier if it is accompanied by chocolate) and just allow the Lord to do what He so desperately wants to do for you......build you up!
Psalm 119:27? (hard to tell in the Message Translation) My sad life's dilapidated, a falling down barn; build me up again by your Word
Love, Grace, and a roof raising day to you all-
Jen
Psalm 119 is one of my favorites Psalms. I love it because it speaks straight to my heart. I often feel as though I could have written it myself. To me it reads like a Girl who loves the Lord and wants to do the right thing but doesn't always hit her mark. She knows that God's ways are the best, yet fails to yield to them at all times. Sometimes it is because she simply chooses to go her own way. Other times I believe she believes she is going the correct way but she has been deceived; either by her own flesh or the enemy.
The author often makes reference to lying in the dust and needing God to come pull her and breath life back into her. She pleads, almost begs for God to give her another chance, vowing to get it right and obey every command!
There's just one problem.....(okay there are probably many)...and that is- she doesn't always understand what it is she is exactly supposed to obey. She doesn't understand what the Lord is always saying, or where he is always leading her. She wants to go down the right road, but desperately wishes the Lord would send her a map that plots out her life course in bold and specific detail. If the Lord would just do that....well then she would for sure be able to live the life he planned for her (well maybe not for sure.......but hopefully....maybe....well at least more likely than how its currently going.....)
Can any of you relate to the feelings of the author of Psalm 119?
Last week was the first time I read any of Psalm 119 in the message Translation. I loved it even more because of some of the word pictures it made for me. My sad life is a dilapidated, falling down barn.....
Dilapidated: having fallen into a state of disrepair.......
Now that sounds pretty pathetic! Praise God I can say that at the present time I do not feel as though my life were a dilapidated falling down barn! However.....not too long ago that is exactly how I felt! It seemed like every area of my life was falling apart. I had no direction. I had no peace. I didn't have much hope. I did however have every care and concern in my own little world carried around within me. I knew it was no way to live. I knew God was my only hope; but I was having trouble getting from A to B.
It was hard to let go of all my problems! It was hard to put my package of cares into Gods hands. I knew he loved me, but it didn't seem like he was really "on top of" all the concerns we had in our life. He wasn't giving us any clear direction (took me a long time to realize that no direction means to simply rest in Him and trust that He has it all taken care of and He WILL let us know when it is time to take action......but that is a whole other lesson).
Disrepair: the condition of being in need of repair.......
When you are burdened by concerns. Burdened by tough choices and decisions. Burdened by a life in that is falling apart......you need repair. The author of Psalm 119 knows exactly what kind of repair we need........Gods Word.
It sounds so simple doesn't it? All you need is Gods Word. It is as simple as it is difficult. But it is true. The more you immerse yourself in Gods Word the more you see that even when your life resembles a falling down barn, he's still there and he's holding you up. He is still your firm foundation- even when the shingles on the roof are falling off one by one!
Girls, I know that when I find myself in a whirlwind of concern and worry, often the hardest thing to do is sit down and rest in the Word. I would rather drive myself bonkers letting my mind race with all the possible scenarios of how my troubles will play out. I would rather scramble to come up with a "plan", a plan that allows me to take action! That is what my flesh wants. For years that is what my flesh got. And all I ended up with was more shingles on the ground!
Train yourself....discipline yourself to take a "Word chill" (sometimes it's easier if it is accompanied by chocolate) and just allow the Lord to do what He so desperately wants to do for you......build you up!
Psalm 119:27? (hard to tell in the Message Translation) My sad life's dilapidated, a falling down barn; build me up again by your Word
Love, Grace, and a roof raising day to you all-
Jen
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