Trust his love

Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,

for in you I trust. Ps.143:8

 Before David listens for the answer to his dilemma or sees deliverance from his enemies, his deepest need is to be assured once again of the faithful love of his God. David truly was a man after God’s own heart and his heart’s desire, morning after morning, was to affirm and be tethered to God’s unfailing love. His crying out to God was borne out of his surpassing need for an intimate, secure, unsullied relationship with the God whom he loves. The God whose love is unfailing is the God whom he can trust.

Do I trust wholly in God in the midst of my battles? Do I trust his wisdom; do I trust his strength; do I trust that his intentions toward me are good; do I trust in his unfailing love? It is difficult if not impossible to ally ourselves to a God whom we do not trust, whose love we doubt.

This is the battle within the battle. Often when we face adversity and enemies, there is the temptation to question whether God truly loves us. “If he loves me, why is this happening?” “If he loved me, he would have delivered me by now.” The battle within the battle is to continually seek to be reminded of God’s promised, unbreakable, unfailing love in Christ and to believe that it is true. Romans 8:35-39