"I love the Lord, He heard my cry. And pitied every groan. Long as I live, and troubles rise, I hasten to His throne" You're singing along now, aren't you? Now stop singing and actually say the words..
"I love the Lord." I really love the Lord. Not because of the next line, but I love Him because He is God. Yes, I get impatient. Yes, I don't always act right. Yes, things don't always go my way. But I love Him - everyday!
"He heard my cry." Let's be honest, He's God. He really doesn't have to come down and deal with me and my mess but He does because He loves me back. He listens to me. He corrects me. He loves me inspite of my mess and responds to my cry. Not because I am special but because I am His.
"And pitied every groan.." Every groan. You know we complain alot. Humans complain from not winning a race, to the red light staying red too long. We are a whiny bunch. (Notice I said "we.") But He takes the time to listen to every complaint. Now He could really say "well looky here.. you got yourself in a pickle, didn't you? Now you knew good and well that what you were doing was wrong but you had to do it anyway, didn't you? Ummm hmmmm. I left you the Bible to guide you and you were too busy reading Essence or Facebook to crack open the book to see which way to go.. and now you wanna call on Me to fix it. I should let you go to hell, shouldn't I? Maybe then you'll believe that fire burns." That's the message that I should have gotten many times, but did He say it? Nope.
"Long as I live and troubles rise.." Job 14:1 says "Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble." Trouble happens. Satan attacks. You mess up. Things happen. But the next line offers a course of action..
"I hasten to His throne." We have a place where we can seek refuge. Where we can go and get our minds right. Let's be real. Where ever your mind is, that's where your attitude is and normally your behind is too. If bad things are happening and you are counting "it all joy" then you are going to have a great attitude and find a way tomake it through. But if you start thinking "woe is me", your attitude is going to sink, then your behind will be in more trouble.
This morning I had to hasten to His throne. I was running behind on someplace I needed to be, and when I got there I had to spend a little time alone. Me and my ipod and .... well, wait. It was me and God. So I wasn't alone. And that is yet another reason why I love the Lord.
