At the End of Your Rope, Bless God

At the End of Your Rope, Bless God

When you are in distress

Blessing God will have 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 Psalm 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!”  Psalm 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!