Psalm 27:4-9

“Do not hide your face from me. Do not turn your servant away in anger, you who have been my help. Do not cast me off, do not forsake me, O God of my salvation!” vs. 9

Even though the psalmist had confidently proclaimed, “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?”, he could not hide his sense that the Lord’s support could vanish in an instant. Underneath his bold assertion of trust there lurked a fear that the Lord was a fickle friend, that he might soon be on his own, forsaken by the one who had been his salvation. Many can easily identify with the psalmist’s words. Perhaps we have been in a love relationship that seemed so solid and strong, one in which our trust was absolute, and then one day everything changed. The love that binds us can become rejection in an instant. And even if that has never happened to us, we know that it could–we’ve heard the stories and seen the movies. And because that’s true in our brokenness, it’s easy to transfer that uncertainty to our relationship with Jesus. Might it not be that one day Jesus will tire of our whiney neediness and cast us off? How can we actually trust that God’s love is unconditional and will endure forever? So sometimes we worry–we just can’t help it. What we forget is that God’s love is different from human love. It’s self-giving and sacrificial, and it never ends. God’s love is greater than our greatest fear!

Thought for the Day: What’s it like to be jilted?