Overcoming Our Own Mess

Psalm 106:44-45

When He heard their cry, He took note of their distress, remembered His covenant with them, and relented according to the abundance of His faithful love.

Israel had gotten themselves into a mess because of their sin, and God allowed their sin to take them into captivity. Most often, His commands are a warning sign against the consequences of evil, and we tend to consider them suggestions, rather than commands. Even though their trouble was of their own making, God still heard their cry, considered their distress, and delivered them because of His great love for them.

Quite often, we feel as if we deserve the trouble we’ve caused and look to our own strength to overcome it. We may even look at others and think they deserve their consequences. While this may be true, God still has compassion on us. He knows we can’t overcome the enemy with our own strength, so He hears our cry and delivers us from our own failures. Instead of losing hope, we should always cry out to Him, assured of His faithful love for us as our heavenly Father. Despite the old saying, when we get ourselves into certain messes, we can’t always get ourselves out. In those times, however, we have an opportunity to admit our fault, repent, and seek God with all our heart. When we do, He hears our cry and goes to work on our behalf. He truly is a Father to us.

God has established a covenant of grace with us through Jesus Christ, who bore our sins on the cross. Because of what He has already done, we can turn to God and cry out for help. Never let hopelessness rule in your life; we always have hope in Him and can come before the throne of mercy with full confidence of God’s love for us. Don’t shrink back in shame when you can cry out for mercy and be delivered! Your heavenly Father hears your cry and considers your distress. Because He is faithful, you can overcome your own worst enemy – yourself.

Have a blessed day!