The Blessing
By William M. Self, Sr.
When you are in distress
Blessing God there has more meaning
Then when you are at the top
Never stop blessing the Lord for
He is where our help comes from
Distress, trouble, anguish, pain ever been there?
Ever feel like you are at the end of
your rope and there is nothing below you.
Thomas Jefferson said… “When
you get to
the end of your rope
tie a knot and hang on.”
The Psalmist in Psalms 118 seems to
have tied the knot
and is hanging on…
“In my distress I
prayed to the Lord,
and the Lord answered
me and set me free.
The Lord is for me, so
I will have no fear.
What can mere people
do to me?
Yes, the Lord is for me; he will help me.”
Ever pray this prayer…
“Save now, we beseech
You, O Lord;
send now prosperity, O
Lord, we beseech
You, and give to us
success!” Psalms 118:25 AMP
Does the words
“Save “NOW”” – “Send
“NOW”,
Ring a bell?
“Now!!!” not later,
I can’t hang on much longer!
Have you ever been hanging on to the
knot at the end of your rope wondering
if God will answer your prayer?
You feel like you made a mess of your
life and God’s discipline is unbearable.
The Psalmist did…
“I will not die;
instead, I will live
to tell what the Lord
has done.
The Lord has punished
me severely,
but he did not let me
die.”
It is in this place of distress the Psalmist
recognized how blessed the Lord is…
“Bless the one who
comes in the name of the Lord.
We bless you from the
house of the Lord.”
The greatest thing you can do when you
get to the end of your rope is…
To bless the Lord.
It is at that place we can truly recognize our
need for Him and His power in our lives.
The Lord does answer the prayer to
be saved, to be successful, to prosper.
He answers those at the end of
their rope who bless Him and say…
“You are my God, and I
will exalt you!”
Scripture Reading
Psalm
118:5-9 NLT
5 In my
distress I prayed to the Lord,
and the Lord
answered me and set me free.
6 The Lord
is for me, so I will have no fear.
What can
mere people do to me?
7 Yes, the
Lord is for me; he will help me.
I will look
in triumph at those who hate me.
8 It is
better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust
in people.
9 It is
better to take refuge in the Lord
than to
trust in princes.
Psalm
118:13-14 NLT
13 My
enemies did their best to kill me,
but the Lord
rescued me.
14 The Lord
is my strength and my song;
he has given
me victory.
Psalm
118:17-18 NLT
7 I will not
die; instead, I will live
to tell what
the Lord has done.
18 The Lord
has punished me severely,
but he did
not let me die.
Psalm
118:25-28 NLT
25 Please, Lord, please save us.
Please, Lord, please give us success.
26 Bless the one who comes in the
name of the Lord.
We bless you from the house of the
Lord.
27 The Lord
is God, shining upon us.
Take the
sacrifice and bind it with cords on the altar.
28 You are
my God, and I will praise you!
You are my
God, and I will exalt you!
