I wrote this Psalm some time ago, but it is relevant today more than ever. In our world today, torn apart by divisions and conversations which so easily turn to confrontation, when discouragement is rampant, where hard decisions must be made for businesses, where saber-rattling language and actions and concern us, and where the ravages of COVID have indelibly cast shadows on our vulnerability, we need the calming statement that shouts, “God is sovereign, it’s not up to us, and we have the ability to pray and petition God, to change out attitudes, and watch for what He can and will do if we get out of the way.
My Psalm 158
O Lord, our Lord, how marvelous are Your works
In all the earth. Your Name in the universe.
We come in prayerful reverence before Your throne
As we are told to come, with our failures, our messes, our needs.
which seem so very real to us.
Yet so petty in terms of eternity.
We know You hear our prayers, our concerns,
Even the thoughts we cannot express in words,
And You, Abba Father, seek to answer according
To Your will, knowing the final outcomes we cannot see.
Today, we bring before You broken marriages in need of Your healing touch.
Holy Spirit, we bring our sick and wounded
Knowing that You can rebuild and repair.
We bring our concerns about the world torn by bitterness, tensions, wars.
When we know You, Heavenly Father,
Sent Your beloved Son to be our Prince of Peace.
These are too big for us, too difficult, but we know
Nothing is too difficult for You.
For You are Omnipotent, Omnipresent,
Our very present help in times of trouble,
And the one who can calm our souls.
Thank you for being Very God, the Beginning and the End, the Almighty,
and for the promise of Your love for us.
In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
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