Psalm 113
Can I shout it from the rooftops today? Our God is limited by nothing! Are you poor? Are you needy? Are you depressed? Discouraged? Childless? Afraid? Sick? Unemployed? Suicidal? Spouseless? There is good news for YOU! No matter your circumstances, your situation is not so impossible that God can’t turn it all around. He specializes in turning what’s “bad” on its head!
Check out the ending of today’s psalm: “He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people. He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children.” (vs 7-9)
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Being poor and needy is no problem for God. He has all the resources of Earth at His disposal. At any moment, He can reach down and pluck you out of that situation, seating you with princes! Imagine that! Going from pauper to prince in a moment! You may not have been born a noble, but God is more than able to turn you into one.
Are you mourning the fact that you don’t have a family? This is no problem for God! He takes the childless woman and employs her as a mother! He may do this in any number of different ways, but the point is, the very thing you are lamenting today may be turned on its head by God tomorrow. He is not limited in changing the circumstances of your life.
God can change anything in an instant—even the coronavirus pandemic, even the riots in the streets! When Jesus was here, He turned failing parties into hoppin’ shindigs. He turned a turbulent lake into a sea of glass. He turned a funeral into a birthday party. He turned a full cross into an empty tomb.
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There is never a reason to lose hope. At any moment, God can resurrect that loved one you’ve lost. At any moment, God can cause your phone to ring with a job offer. At any moment, God can bring the love of your life across your path. At any moment, God can make a check show up in the mail. At any moment, God can calm the storms that are raging in your life.
Our God specializes in turning things around. Don’t give up on Him; He hasn’t given up on you!