By Lucas Pruett

This week we are back in Psalms! Join with me and let’s sing. Psalm 6 is absolutely beautiful, but not in the way you think. David is in some serious trouble and is hanging on by a thread. We have no clue what is going on in intimate detail but we know that stuff has hit the fan for sure. Psalm 6:3 reveals this when David cries out, “My soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord, how long?” I don’t know about you, but I don’t know of many people who throw around the term “deep anguish” too often and use it lightly. How many times have you found yourself in that situation? It could be a tough situation weighing on you or just the anxiety of life is pulling you in a million directions and you just want to sit down and cry. On a somewhat often basis, we slowly creep into a place where David is at. The place of wondering “How long, Lord, how long?”. The real test of our lives is what do we do after we get to that place. This next verse and our focus verse shows us how David responds in this tough postion. Check it out. David petitions, “Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.” (Psalm 6:4). The overall only realistic option we have is to go to God. That is our get a free jolly rancher in Sunday School correct answer and it will always be correct. God is our strength, refuge, and caretaker. He is our real and present need in trouble. There is no debate to that. However, we then have two options as we approach our Father. We can try to petition and plead with God that we are good or deserving and He needs to help us or we can act as David does here and plead with God to save us because of who He is. The first option is completely flawed because you are flawed. You, without Christ, are not good. You aren’t talented enough to deserve and you won’t ever be able to dance and perform enough to earn the love of God. That is where grace beautifully hits us like a freight train. We don’t have to earn God’s love. David has a beat on the game and knows this fact. He realizes that God isn’t going to save him because of his talents and goodness (he had plenty of both of those by the way) but he knew God would come to his rescue because of who He is. God is almighty and loves his children and wants to provide for us. His love, as this verse puts it, is “unfailing”. His love will literally never fail us. Because He has that love for us, he will save us and deliver us. We don’t have to earn it. All we have to do is let it happen. More importantly, our selfish human nature tells us to put the attention on us and who we are. We have to stop doing that. God is too amazing and too eternal for us to walk in his presence and not be captivated by Him. As we enter into his presence, I pray that our hearts be melted and we have no other option but to focus on who He is! In conclusion, let His unfailing love take it’s course in your struggles and your moments of anguish this week and moving forward. Plead with Him to save you because that is who He is. His unfailing love will save you. It has nothing to do with you but with who He is and how true He is to His Word. Child, stop fighting. Stop dancing. Just accept His grace and His unfailing love and allow God to save you just because that is what God does! If you have any thoughts or questions, then please feel free to contact me at writingonpurpose@gmail.com. I’m here if you need me! God bless!