Psalm 68:9—You, O God, sent a plentiful rain,
whereby You confirmed Your inheritance, when it was weary.
It
is no secret that we get beat up along this journey walking with God. As life becomes difficult and we fall into
various trials weariness begins to set in.
Time and again we come to places where it becomes very tough to take
another step. Sometimes it even feels
like our feet are stuck in the sand or that we are just spinning our wheels. During these times it may even begin to feel
like God is a million miles away. The
devil will come in and begin to tell you to quit, that God has abandoned you,
that He doesn’t care, that you are wasting your time, and a thousand other
lies. You may even begin to ponder
giving up.
But
let me tell you my brothers and sisters that we serve a God of perfect
timing. God knows just when to step in
and show His face to let us know that He is still with us. He knows just when to send a little rain on
the desert wildernesses that we may be in at the time. He will send that rain it says in Psalm 68:9
to “confirm His inheritance when it was weary.”
This word confirm means to make firm or more firm; add strength to; to
settle or establish firmly. God
knows that His people get weary walking the path He has called them to. He knows that we often come to the end of
ourselves where, apart from His strength, it would be impossible for us to take
another step. God knows that
discouragement and depression will try to pry their ways into our lives. So He sends that rain at just the right time
to lift us up and give us a shot of strength.
He lets us know that He is still with us and to keep pressing on and
fighting the good fight of faith.
The
rain can come in many forms. God may
send you a word or give you a sign as only He can. He may send someone to speak to you. He may have your pastor preach a specific
sermon that hits directly home to your situation. You may hear a song on the radio. Someone may bless you with money out of
nowhere or you may get a check you were not expecting. You may have one of your prayers
answered.
God
sent rain to me the other day to confirm to me that He was still with me. I would like to share that story with all of
you as it demonstrates Psalm 68:9. I
have been in a major battle for the last year and a half. A few weeks ago, because I kept trusting in
Him and didn’t abandon ship, God brought me a victory. As soon as the battle was won, however, the
enemy attacked and started about 3 or 4 other battles on different fronts. To give you a better idea of what I’m talking
about, picture me climbing a flight of stairs.
I was making steady but slow progress up that flight and then the devil
hit me and knocked me back down to the bottom of the stairs. I was very discouraged and, as the passage
says, very weary. It was hard for me to
get back up and start back up that flight of stairs. I couldn’t pray. I couldn’t read my Word. It was hard to function and the devil started
coming in with his lies, trying to place temptation in front of me. He was telling me to give up and that I was
wasting my time.
As
I was going to work the other day I stopped at McDonald’s to buy my 4-year old
son a cheeseburger on the way to dropping him off at my mother-in-law’s
house. I ordered a cheeseburger, paid
for it, and drove up to the next window to pick it up. When I got to the window the lady asked me if
my order was a large tea and a Big Mac. I
told her that I only ordered a cheeseburger.
She looked confused and then told me to pull up to the parking lot and
wait and that they would bring it to me in a few minutes. I got all mad and irritated as I pulled
up. A few minutes later the worker
brings me a bag and asks me if I ordered 4 cheeseburgers and 4 fries. I replied that I only ordered a
cheeseburger. She told me that today was
my lucky day and gave me the bag of 4 cheeseburgers and 4 fries and told me not
to worry about it.
As I
pulled away from the parking lot I felt God speak to me so clearly that I began
to get choked up. He told me the
following: “I am still here my Son. My
favor is still upon your life. I know it
is difficult right know and I know that you just got knocked down, but I am
with you. I am not disappointed in
you. You have made so much progress
these last 2 years. Don’t throw it
away. You keep pressing on. You keep fighting that good fight of
faith. You keep serving me no matter how
difficult it gets. No matter how many times you get knocked down you get back
up. You don’t stay down. You go face these battles in My power and in
My strength and you watch me move.” It
totally lifted me up and immediately gave strength to my bones. Proverbs
12:25 says, “Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad.” This good word from god sure made me glad.
Some
of you may wonder how I heard all of that from God by getting some free
cheeseburgers and fries. Let me tell you
that God speaks to us all in different ways.
This was God’s way of sending rain upon my life to, as the definition of
confirm says, to make more firm, add strength, and establish firmly. God was confirming His inheritance to one of
His weary sons by sending a little rain on his life.
God
does the same for all of His children. Some
of you may me weary along your journey right now. Let me end by telling you that God sees your
struggles. Keep moving forward even if
it is only one step at a time. God knows
how much you can handle and He will send you that rain to confirm His
inheritance when it is weary. God bless.
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