Psalm 43:2-3 – “For You are the God who shelters me… (He was in the midst of difficulty, disappointment, and sorrow of heart, and his prayer grabbed me and shook me).  Reveal Your light and Your faithfulness.  They will lead me; they will escort me back to Your Holy Hill and to the place where You live.”

We are in a new week with new obstacles and opportunities!   God desires to turn our trials into triumphs.    He wants to transform the obstacles into opportunities and enable us to ascend into His presence rather than plunge into the darkness of self.   

What we allow will grow, either good or bad.   God allows difficulty to enable us to trust, not to harm or hurt us.   He desires us to have the gift of the Kingdom and live His abundant life.   That life has far less to do with things than Him.

As I read, prayed, and pondered the Word of God today, something in Psalm 43 arrested me.  It reveals the two escorts I mentioned in the title – “Light and Faithfulness.”

As I was musing on the Word, I sensed the Holy Spirit tugging at my heart and mind, and this thought cascaded over me: Light = revelation, clarity, understanding.  Faithfulness = grace, long-suffering, and patience.

Notice what revelation and grace or light and God’s faithfulness do:

• They lead us!   
• They show us the path to take and assure us that we can walk in that path.
• They escort (walk alongside us) back to His Holy Hill. 

The word “Back” is interesting because back means we have strayed from where we should be.    Maybe we trusted something or someone other than or more than God.   That something or someone might be our ability, knowledge, or perceived path or method.

They will take us to the place where God lives!  Where does God inhabit or live?  The Bible says it is in the praises of His people.  Maybe we stopped being worshippers.   His light (revelation) and faithfulness (grace) reignite a heart and desire to praise and worship Him.

In that place, we no longer fear and are able to turn trials into triumphs through trust.   If we trust Him, we do not have anxiety.  If we trust Him, we do not look at what seems to be but at what He has promised.    If we trust Him, we have peace.

The question I heard in my heart was, “Do you trust Me?”   Then I heard, “Do you truly want to give everything to Me?”   Then I heard, “Show Me that you trust Me.”

LORD, make Psalm 46:1-2 our confidence and revelation.  “God IS our strong refuge; He IS truly our helper in times of trouble.  For this reason, we do not fear…”    The rest of the Psalm reveals the difficulties faced, and in the midst of everything, GOD IS.

Verses 7 and 11 are phenomenal reminders of Who God is and His power.  “The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is on our side!”   Give us pure hearts and resolute spirits filled with the Holy Spirit and the joy of God’s salvation.  We give ourselves and all of our cares or concerns to You!  You are our Light, and in You is no night or fright.

Full surrender equals full victory!

May you constantly be escorted by God’s Light and Faithfulness and be conscious of it!