O God, listen to my cry! Hear my prayer!
From the ends of the earth, I cry to you for help when my heart is overwhelmed.
Psalms 61:1-2 NLT
When my heart is overwhelmed.
This word here is "ataph" & means turned aside, covered over, failed, faint, feeble, overwhelmed.
I don't know what was going on for David when he wrote this, but there may be times when this describes you and me.
My heart feels covered over.
Failed.
Faint.
Feeble.
Overwhelmed.
In that God seems far away, at the ends of the earth, as far away as it's possible to get.
And yet David still cries to Him.
To Elohim.
The mighty God.
That is faith in action.
It's OK for us to feel overwhelmed, feeble, failed, a long way from God, because David did and it's in the Bible :)
When our God is silent, seems to be as far away as it's possible to get, when our hearts are overwhelmed, cry out to Elohim anyway.
This is David's song.
Sing to Him anyway.
This can be the toughest exercise of our faith.
When it feels like giving up, giving in, walking away, would be better, David shows us the way.
Cry out.
To Him
Keep faith in Him. The mighty God.
Ask Elohim to meet us in the overwhelm.
Cry out.
Sing.
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#faithintheoverwhelm
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