When My Heart Is Overwhelmed…

 

1 Hear my cry, O God;

Attend to my prayer.

2 From the end of the earth I will cry to You,

When my heart is overwhelmed;

Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

3 For You have been a shelter for me,

A strong tower from the enemy.

4 I will abide in Your tabernacle forever;

I will trust in the shelter of Your wings.

Selah—Psalm 61:1-4

I am so grateful this morning that God hears “my” cry.  I am so thankful that He attends to “my” prayer. What a gift that no matter where I am, I can cry out to Him who is higher than I…

7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?

Or where can I flee from Your presence?

8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there;

If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.

9 If I take the wings of the morning,

And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

10 Even there Your hand shall lead me,

And Your right hand shall hold me.

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,”

Even the night shall be light about me;—Psalm 139:7-11

I can trust that the One who is always with me, who is good and does good, will lead me in His perfect way. Truly, I will praise Him who when my heart is overwhelmed shelters me in the cleft of the Rock that is Christ. In my insufficiency, He is sufficient. In my weakness, He is strong. 

I will give thanks to the One who is ALWAYS for me, gives me help from trouble and enlarges the path under me so my feet do not slip. He is my strong habitation to which I can continually resort. Today and every day I will trust in the shelter of His wings.  My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise. 

3 Whenever I am afraid,

I will trust in You.—Psalm 56:3

1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me!

For my soul trusts in You;

And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge,

Until these calamities have passed by.

2 I will cry out to God Most High,

To God who performs all things for me.

3 He shall send from heaven and save me;

He reproaches the one who would swallow me up.

Selah—Psalm 57:1-3

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul;

And all that is within me, bless His holy name!

2 Bless the LORD, O my soul,

And forget not all His benefits:

3 Who forgives all your iniquities,

Who heals all your diseases,

4 Who redeems your life from destruction,

Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things,

So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.—Psalm 103:1-5

27 Why do you say, O Jacob,

And speak, O Israel:

“My way is hidden from the LORD,

And my just claim is passed over by my God”?

28 Have you not known?

Have you not heard?

The everlasting God, the LORD,

The Creator of the ends of the earth,

Neither faints nor is weary.

His understanding is unsearchable.

29 He gives power to the weak,

And to those who have no might He increases strength.

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,

And the young men shall utterly fall,

31 But those who wait on the LORD

Shall renew their strength;

They shall mount up with wings like eagles,

They shall run and not be weary,

They shall walk and not faint.—Isaiah 40:27-31