David was a man who clearly understood these facts. He knew
that God was bigger. He knew that God was in the season and allowed the trials
of life to occur. He knew that God was not surprised and that God never
changes. The beauty of the Psalms assures us of this. The key verse today comes
from Psalm 56, which David penned when the Philistines seized him at
All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil. They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life. Psalm 56: 5-6 (ESV)
So, it will also seem to us during our trials that our cause is injured, evil is against us, strife is stirred up and the enemy is watching our steps waiting for our very lives. But the Psalmist also reminds us of the great deliverance found within God:
Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me. In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56: 9-11 (ESV)
When you call on God your enemies will turn back beloved. We shall not be afraid for it is in God we trust! Man can do nothing to us. Perhaps the greatest truth we can hold onto in our trials is found in the key verse from Psalm 56.
You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? Psalm 56: 8 (ESV)
No matter what you are going through and no matter how bad you feel, God wastes nothing. He does not waste a tear that falls from your eyes. He sees your pain and knows your struggle. Every time you toss in bed at night, He is counting it. God is not some abstract concept floating high above the heavens. He is the one walking toward you on the water you find yourself drowning in. He is the fourth man in the fiery furnace. He is the one in your lion's den, closing the mouths of those who would seek to devour you. Your tears are so precious to Him that He records them and saves them. They are in His book; He puts them in His bottle. God will not forget your suffering. He will use it to refine you, but He will not waste the pain you are experiencing.
God does not change beloved. He is never surprised by the trials that occur in our lives. He is in the season with us and has allowed us to experience it so that we might be refined for the work He has called us to. He is bigger than whatever mountain we are facing. He spoke the universe into existence at a single command. Yet despite how big God is, He sees your pain in the wilderness. He is so compassionate towards us; He catches every tear we shed and saves them in His bottle. He will not waste your pain beloved. Go to Him today, He still is the way out. He always will be.
