49 O Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David? 50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations, 51 the taunts with which your enemies have mocked, O LORD, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one. 52 Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.

In this Psalm, the Psalmist has repeatedly questioned God. It has not been a questioning from a lack of faith but rather from a lack of understanding. We may often fail to understand God and his actions (or lack of action) as we see our own lives or perhaps the lives of those around us. We wonder why these things are happening and why God does not intervene. Unfortunately, we will never have the answers to many of these questions.

What we can know (for sure – with no doubt whatsoever) is that God is God; he is all powerful, all knowing and all wise. God is love and full of mercy and compassion toward us. His word never fails and he cannot lie. His promises are sure. Armed with these assurances we can face anything that comes into our lives and know that as long as we trust him and yield to his will he will be there for us and provide our every need and do it in the way that is guaranteed best for us.

The battle comes in my heart. Is my faith strong enough to carry me through the trials of life? Do I really believe or is it just a “religious” thing that I profess on Sundays? Am I willing to put God’s will ahead of my own will, my own pleasure, my own desires and my own financial gain? Do I trust him when I cannot see the answers and things seem to be getting worse instead of better? Do I allow God’s Spirit to work in me and change my heart and my attitude? Is my major concern in life being able to see the fruit of the Spirit demonstrated as a natural response to situations that used to provoke the works of the flesh?

Whether I trust God or not does not change him in any way. It does not alter his power, his love, his wisdom or his compassion. He is still the same loving God who gave his unique Son to die for me that I might be able to live with indescribable peace in my heart and live with him in eternity.

O God of love, compassion and comfort, I ask that my faith be increased so that I will never doubt you in my life. Help me to humbly accept your will as you have revealed it in your word and to accept the wisdom that you give thru your Holy Spirit. Please use me to reflect your nature to those around me so that your name will be glorified and they will want to serve you. Use me to give strength and comfort to those who are hurting and struggling but even more, give them the strength only you can give. In Jesus’ name.