"FEELING OVERWHELMED"

I WILL BE GLAD AND REJOICE IN YOUR LOVE, FOR YOU SAW MY AFFLICTION AND KNEW THE ANGUISH OF MY SOUL. YOU HAVE NOT HANDED ME OVER TO THE ENEMY BUT HAVE SET MY FEET IN A SPACIOUS PLACE,(a place to grow strong and deep in the lord).  BE MERCIFUL TO E O LORD,(mercy is God giving to us what we 'do not deserve,' and, withholding from us what we do deserve.'). FOR I AM IN DISTRESS, (pain anguish dander fear), MY EYES GROW WEAK WITH SORROW, (regret), MY SOUL AND BODY WITH GRIEF,( great unhappiness, ruin, failure), MY LIFE IS CONSUMED BY ANGUISH,( intense suffering), AND MY YEARS BY GROANING: MY STRENGTH FAILS BECAUSE OF AFFLICTION, AND MY BONES GROW WEAK. (feeling of deadness, helplessness). BECAUSE OF ALL MY ENEMIES, I AM THE UTTER CONTEMPT OF MY NEIGHBORS: I AM A DREAD TO MY FRIENDS- THOSE WHO SEE ME ON THE STREET FLEE FROM ME. I AM FORGOTTEN BY THEM AS THOUGH I WERE DEAD: I HAVE BECOME LIKE BROKEN POTTERY, ( i feel like i am hopeless, of no use, cast aside). FOR I HEAR THE SLANDER OF MANY: THERE IS TERROR ON EVERY SIDE,( overwhelmed, flood of the enemy, whisperers).THEY CONSPIRE AGAINST ME AND PLOT TO TAKE MY LIFE.

~ PSALM 31: 9-13 ~  (NIV)

"YOUR ANSWER"

BUT I TRUST IN YOU O LORD: I SAY. " YOU ARE MY GOD." MY TIMES ARE IN YOUR HANDS (i cannot work this out through my intellect, or reason, or flesh), DELIVER ME FROM MY ENEMIES,(remember, your enemies are not flesh and blood, but the spirit of hell behind it), AND FROM THOSE WHO PURSUE ME. LET YOUR FACE SHINE ON YOUR SERVANT SAVE ME IN YOUR UNFAILING LOVE.

~ PSALM 31: 14-15 ~ (NIV)

PRAISE TO THE LORD, FOR HE SHOWED HIS WONDERFUL LOVE TO ME WHEN I WAS IN A BESIEGED CITY.( a place where all supplies and help were cut off... where there seemed to be no help, none of "my" resources worked, none of my plans or abilities would bring deliverance). IN MY ALARM I SAID "I AM CUT OFF FROM YOUR SIGHT." ( this is the place to grow in faith, not by feelings),YET YOU HEARD MY CRY FOR MERCY WHEN I CALLED TO YOU FOR HELP.(dependence totally on the wisdom and abilities of God).  LOVE THE LORD ALL HIS SAINTS! THE LORD PRESERVES THE FAITHFUL,(those who wait on him, and let him deal with the heart and the heart of others as well), BUT THE PROUD,( those who try to fix the problem or heart themselves, and help God out), HE PAYS BACK IN FULL. BE STRONG AND TAKE HEART( courage), ALL YOU WHO HOPE IN THE LORD.

~ PSALM 31: 21-24  ~ (NIV)

DEAR ONE. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THE "DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL," ALL YOUR CRYING TO OTHERS, SEEKING THEIR HELP, LOOKING TO MAN, WILL FAIL YOU! IT MUST! GOD WANTS IT THIS WAY. TO BRING YOU TO A PLACE OF UTTER DEPENDENCE UPON HIM AND HIM ALONE. NO ONE WILL SEEM TO HAVE THE ANSWERS FOR YOU, NO TAPE, OR NEWS LETTER, OR WORD FROM A FRIEND OR PREACHER.

THIS IS A TIME, AND A PLACE, WHERE IT IS GOD DOING A WORK IN YOUR HEART TO PREPARE YOU FOR THE DAYS AHEAD, SO YOU CAN FACE WITH FAITH AND BOLDNESS AND CONFIDENCE IN GOD THOSE THINGS THAT ARE COMING UPON THE EARTH. A PLACE TO PRESS IN AND BREAK THROUGH WITH THE LORD, AND LEARN TO TRUST HIS LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS TO YOU, AND HIS MIGHTY HAND OF DELIVERANCE, SO YOU CAN STAND FIRM, NO MATTER WHAT YOU FACE. LET HIM TAKE YOU THERE. DO NOT FIGHT TO GET OUT OF THIS PLACE TO GROW IN THE LORD AND BLAME IT ALL ON THE DEVIL...( yes he is at work, but only as much as God allows), GOD IS TAKING YOU INTO THE "SCHOOL OF CHRIST!" HE WILL NOT LET YOU FAIL, IF YOU CONTINUE TO TRUST HIM, AND CRY OUT TO HIM, AND REST, AND WAIT!