Singing Psalm 3 to know what you can count on without a doubt
- Karen Wallace
- Jul 9, 2022
- 4 min read
Updated: Apr 15
In a war, on the battlefield, things can get intense. You have to know what you can absolutely count on without a doubt. If you jump out of an airplane (with a working parachute!), because of the law of gravity, what you can count on is absolutely going down, not up.
Singing Psalm 3 to know what you can count on without a doubt in the face of opposition
When people look at your limited success, poor health, or difficult relationships and say you have no help though you rely on God, they fail to consider that you can be the genuine article and also a work in progress in the hands of your Maker.
Because of Jesus, when you cry out in trust and dependence on the Lord, you can absolutely count on him hearing and answering according to his will. It is a good, pleasing, and perfect will but might not feel that way as your boat hits rocks as it goes down the river making for a bumpy ride along with way.
Though God’s favor cannot be discerned from your outward success or ease of living, you can know without a doubt that God is pleased when you continue to trust him in your work, in your activities, and in your suffering. Because he is with his people, none need to be afraid of those who oppose or threaten them.
You can count on his help without a doubt to establish you in work, guide your times, your relationships, and end the suffering or give endurance through it. You can know that he will hear each and every one of his people who cry out to him trusting him and depending on him in the face of opposition of any kind.
Singing Psalm 3 to know what you can count on without a doubt when rescue is needed
When you ask the Lord to rise and save you, he will subdue your every enemy and deliver you from each one. He works salvation as he will. You trust him for how he chooses to save you. You know when you seek him, you can count on his reward without a doubt.
You can count on enjoying your closeness to him without a doubt, even when others doubt you or doubt that the Lord is with you. You want everyone you know to enjoy this closeness to him that will sustain their lives because God is love.
He longs to be gracious to his people, each and every one of them. He has compassion on you and is with you in your boat through every bump, twist, and turn, leading you along the water of the river of life.
You look for his blessing in the midst of your trials, that he has blessing for his people through discomfort, misunderstandings, ill health, financial distress, a lack of real and vulnerable friends, when battling with yourself, your thoughts, your past, present, and future, when you are surrounded by strife on every side and within.
You trust that when you lay down, sleep, and wake again, it is because the Lord sustains your life. You know you can count on him to sustain your life without a doubt even through death as he did for Jesus when he raised him from the dead.
You are following Jesus, your good shepherd. You know you can count on him without a doubt to rescue you in this life, through death and into a sustained life without end.
July 9, 2022
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Heart ♥️ Reflection
February 20, 2025
Your life’s work: to trust Jesus’ care for you - Part 1 of 3
"Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure." ~ Philippians 2:12-13
Question: What does the practicality of belief in God look like moment-by-moment? Is it like a toggle switch or more on a continuum?
Heart Reflection: If belief was like a toggle switch, we would either believe in God or not. End of story. Yet the Bible speaks of desiring God while going astray and faith that varies in strength. Scripture even brings to bear the paradox of a man believing while asking Jesus to help him overcome his unbelief. If we put our faith in our faith itself, we're in trouble. The key is to continually redirect our gaze to Jesus. He is the object of your faith. He is steady. He is all you need. Though sometimes your journey looks as if you are heading in the exact wrong direction before God eventually turns you to focus on your essential life’s work. That is, to believe in Jesus, to trust his care for you, and to rely on him rather than yourself. For most of us this transformation isn't instant. It doesn't happen in a moment, day, week, month, or even year. We're all at different points on the continuum of completing this work of faith that God has prepared in advance for us to do.
They say of me, “He has no help,
Though he on God relies.” ~ Psalm 3:2
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The Psalms—Q&A
“If God is for us, who can be against us?” ~ Romans 8:31b
How can singing Psalm 3 help me grow in my affection for God and in my connection with others?
Who can I trust?
Engage and grow together!
“Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.” ~ Proverbs 27:17
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