Rescued

Here’s hope for the new year, from Psalm 55:

He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me. God, who is enthroned from of old, who does not change—he will hear them and humble them, because they have no fear of God.

Are you feeling a bit nervous about the new year?  Maybe taxes are due, health is not that great, the family is shaky, or your nerves or shot.  Or maybe grief has overtaken you.  You feel like you’ve been in a battle and you’ve been trampled and beaten.

This verse says “He rescues me,” and not only that, but he rescues me “unharmed from the battle.”

We don’t have to fight our battles.  God is our defender, a defender of the weak – us – when we are tired and spent.

God does not change. 

He still rescues.

He’s still the winner.

We are still his children.

It’s so hard to do, but we must lay our worries and our fears at his feet and give them to him, and lay our heads on his lap, knowing that our heavenly father in heaven is real, unchangeable, and a good, good Father, who gives generously all things for us to enjoy.

In Him is our hope for the new year.