2 Samuel 22-24

"The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock!
Exalted be God, the Rock, my savior!
He is the God who avenges me,
who puts the nations under me,
who sets me free from my enemies.
You exalted me above my foes;
from violent men you rescued me.
Therefore I will praise you,
O Lord, among the nations;
I will sing praises to your name."

This is an excerpt from David's song when God delivered him from all his enemies. We've been talking these days about how there are so many things we say or do when we are at church (where the presence of the Lord is more apparent), but how it's so hard to apply that to our daily lives, both to our own life and, also, how we relate to others. The above song is a good example. We sing songs like that all the time? How God lives and he is our Rock, our savior. How he sets us free from our enemies. Are we living today as though God is living and active? Do we truly see him as our Rock, and does that fact bring peace to our ever so tumultuous hearts? And do we believe that in God we can be freed from all our enemies?

I am reminded this day that the message of the bible is so simple. It pretty much just calls for us to look to Jesus in all things. It is us that take this simple instruction and complicate it beyond recognition. Jesus did say, "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest." So simple...

Let's take Jesus at his word this day. And remember that by us dwelling on our past failures, feelings of hopelessness, or even doubting our worth to God, does not bring us closer to God. We have this tendency to figure our problems out on our own. We think that we can somehow make ourselves a bit more presentable to God by working out some of the problems ourselves. But I believe when we do that, we'll just be looking deeper and deeper into ourselves, and all we'll find is even more ugliness that will further depress us. Let's remember this day that Jesus alone is our righteousness. And let's make a choice to look to him, so we can be in the full comfort of his "rest":)