Update and thoughts on Psalm 91

Over the past week, the house out back finally reached its final stages. I spent Monday varnishing all the trim board for around the doors and windows, and we are now tiling the floors as well! One of the rooms is totally finished, Monday I will be cutting the edge tiles to fit into place for the 2^nd room that is being tiled, and so on until the floors are completely tiled. I also have gone into Cap Haitien a couple times to help with getting the mail, as well as going to the market for supplies.

This past week has been somewhat difficult for me. I have not been sleeping well at all as well as feeling sick, and I have had difficulty focusing on God, and drifted away from the reasons he brought me here. This has resulted in me burning out drastically, and not even wanting to be here anymore. Yesterday I was talking to my mentor, and he said I should read Psalm 91 and meditate and pray over it and see what God said to me. While the entire thing was very encouraging, a couple parts of the passage in particular stood out to me, and really spoke to me:

Psalm 91:1-3, 14-15: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.

“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

I heard the Lord telling me that I needed to rest in Him, and to trust Him. I was calling out to Him, and he would answer. And because I follow His voice and calling, he will deliver and honor me. This was very encouraging too read and a great reminder. Following God isn’t always the easiest thing in the world to do, and it can wear down on us, especially when we forget Him and draw away from Him, which I had done. In these verses God promises us rest and protection, but how can He do that if we turn our backs on Him? I know for a fact that my parents love me to death and growing up in their house I had every need provided for me, but they couldn’t have done this if I ran away or something like that. It is the same with our relationship with God. If you feel He isn’t responding to you, or that He has abandoned you, see if you have really been pursuing God and developing a relationship with Him. If we don’t take the time to get to know God through His word, which is one of the main ways He speaks to us, we won’t know how to look for or listen for his voice when He wants to speak to us.

In Christ,
David