Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Psalm 79
by: Ashea West.
When in distress, we may ask: “How long, O Lord?” “Why Lord?” or “Why me?” When under attack from the enemy, we want quick relief. We cry out to God for mercy to come quickly to get us out of the situation. We try to reason with God, like the writer of this psalm while exiled in Babylon: “Why should the nations say, ‘Where is their God?’” However, we often forget the disobedience that got us in that predicament in the first place. Remember that God is a just God and there are consequences for our actions. Instead of looking for the easy way out, let us seek to get closer to God, so that we do not fall into the same old ways after we are delivered.
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