Sunday Psalms;

Psalms 18:4-6, 19 NLT

[4] The ropes of death entangled me; 

floods of destruction swept over me. 

[5] The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death laid a trap in my path. 

[6] But in my distress I cried out to the Lord; yes, I prayed to my God for help. 

He heard me from his sanctuary; 

my cry to him reached his ears.

...

[19] He led me to a place of safety; 

he rescued me because he delights in me.

Psalms 18:4-6, 19 NLT

This is a long song that David wrote after God had rescued him (particularly from Saul).

In this song he describes feeling overwhelmed.

And in that place where it all seemed too much, he cried to our God.

We have a model here, yes of crying out to God, but also of acknowledging that things can overwhelm us, we don't seem to have the resources to stand. That's what happens sometimes.

And we can cry out to God.

Verse 19 is a truth we get to remind ourselves of anytime, when things may seem overwhelming, going fine, or anywhere in between;

"because He delights in me".

May be hard to accept that our God delights in us, yet He does. 

We live in this world where we have been rescued, and yet still wait to be rescued into the fully aliveness of life restored with our God. And while we're here, we are reminded that "He delights in me"

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