Yesterday I was reading Psalm 89, and as I read, I was underlining verses that stood out to me, and generally reveling in the amazing goodness of God. Verses 19-37 talk all about God's promises to David. But in verse 38, the psalm takes a heart-rending turn. The psalmist, Ethan the Ezrahite, sees a disconnect between the promises of God and the situation the people of Israel were facing at the time, and he's confused, to say the least. I was really moved by this, and wrote the following in the column of my Bible:"It doesn't always make sense to us at the time. We look at God's promises and we look at our situation, and it doesn't seem right. We ask, 'Why God?' But that is where trust comes in, trust that God knows exactly what He's doing, and that His ways and His timing are perfect, and be able to say in the midst of our confusion, pain and suffering, 'Blessed be the LORD FOREVER! Amen and Amen!'" (The last verse of the psalm.)
It really takes a lot of trust to be completely confused and disillusioned and still be able to praise God. To be able to lay down our "right" to understand God's plan for the future, that's faith. May that faith be yours and mine today and always.
