Psalm 76-77 He Makes A Way Through The Sea

I once had a bumper sticker that read, “I Know The Future – God Wins!”  And that’s what Psalm 76 is all about.  My commentary says Asaph shared four basic truths about Jehovah God:  He wants us to know him, trust Him, fear Him, and obey Him.

Psalm 77 finds Asaph in despair about God’s apparent rejection of His people.  He moves from praying to remembering to questioning.  “He’d led the people in worship, yet he found no comfort in his own heart.”

My commentary said, “It isn’t a sin to question God, but it is a sin to demand an immediate answer or to suggest that God needs our counsel.”  Asaph asked in anguish, “Will the Lord reject us forever?  Will He never be kind to us again?  Is His love gone forever?  Has He stopped speaking for all time?  Has Go forgotten mercy?  Is He too angry to pity us?”

He thought God had changed, but He hadn’t.  He looked at his circumstances and focused on himself and saw no hope.  “But when we look by faith to the Lord, our circumstances may not change, but WE do.”

Verse 19 gave me hope:  “You made a way through the sea and paths through the deep waters, but Your footprints were not seen.”

Father, I need Your help and intervention right now.  I feel the sea  surrounding me and the deep waters.  Make a way.  Make a path.  Help me as I pray for wisdom.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford