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My heart is steadfast (Psalm 57:3-4)

Scripture of the Day: Psalm 57:3-4

 My heart, O God, is steadfast,
    my heart is steadfast;
    I will sing and make music.
Awake my soul!

When I chose the name for this blog, I never would have guessed how important Psalm 57 is in terms of healing. But when I am ill (just had another hospital stay), it seems there is no other place for me to turn! Interestingly enough, Psalm 57 is what we studied on Wednesday night at my church during the prayer service and God had me in the right place at the right time. Instead of just praying for my health, our church prayer group prayed yet again for my soul to awake and thank goodness, it has! 

 Psalm 57 covers the spectrum, David needs mercy, he needs rescuing, he is scared. But regardless of his circumstances he is thankful and steadfast in his faith. That is where we can take our lesson from, and where I find myself today. Trying to remain steadfast in my faith! When you world is rocked, by health issues, or just by everyday life, faith is the one thing we can count on. The thing about that though is you have to remember that you have that faith, or it will seem to fade in the background. When bad things happen, the enemy would like you to focus just on that - the bad thing. He wants you to forget your faith, forget your trust and just head on a downward spiral of independence and questions. I believe what God would rather have happen is that in tough times we lean on our faith, we lean on the Word of God, and we call out to the Holy Spirit to keep us in a state of hope instead of despair.

 In closing, I am going to use some words from Jill Savage (the founder of Hearts at Home who was just diagnosed with breast cancer). I don't mean to compare our circumstances, but the words were just so right for how we can cope when circumstances seem to be taking us down. In her blog about the cancer she states: 

 "Here’s what I know for sure: My circumstances have changed, but my God hasn’t changed.
My hope is in Him.
My trust is in Him.
It is not well with my circumstances, but I can assure you, it is well with my soul."

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