Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you. For you, O LORD have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before the LORD in the land of the living. Psalm 116: 7-9, NIV.
Gracious Father, we give You thanks and praise that the storm does not last forever; but after the storm comes the calm! May we abide under Your shadow forever and ever. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.
I can truly borrow the words of the psalmist, for I have experienced it in my life – “Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.” God has indeed, been good to me! Much more than I could ever deserve. I thank Him that after been buffeted by sickness, and almost death, on more than one occasion, I can truly say: “Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you. For you, O LORD have delivered my soul from death,”Had it not been for God, I would not be alive to bear my testimony! Even my doctors would say things like: “Mabel, you had me scared. Or, Mabel, I had already seen you in the tomb.” But the God we serve is a gracious God, and if we are living within His will, we will not be laid to rest until our work here on earth is finished!
During the time I was studying, He “delivered my eyes from tears” by drying many a tear! These were tears of disillusion, tears of anxiety, tears of guilt. tears of frustration, tears of emotional and physical pain, tears of anger; and many of my tears, only He was able to interpret! Perhaps, only in eternity will I be able to understand what all of my tears were about, but God knew, and only He knew how to wipe them away.
He also kept: “my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before the LORD in the land of the living. I am so glad that it is God who has the task of keeping my feet from stumbling. I remember telling the doctor who said that he “had already seen me in the tomb,” “Well, perhaps God saw that my work for Him was not yet finished.” My doctor was in agreement. Now thirteen years, one month, and sixteen days later, I am still alive, and still sharing the “Good News” that “Jesus saves.!” Hallelujah! My prayer, and my only desire, is to walk before Him, worthily, “in the land of the living!”