“I cried with all my heart; answer me, O Lord!
I will observe Your statutes.
I cried to You; save me
And I shall keep Your testimonies.
I rise before dawn and cry for help;
I wait for Your words.
My eyes anticipate the night watches,
That I may meditate on Your word.
Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness;
Revive me, O Lord, according to Your ordinances.
Those who follow after wickedness draw near;
They are far from Your law.
You are near, O Lord,
And all Your commandments are truth.
Of old I have known from Your testimonies
That You have founded them forever.” (Psalm 119:145-152 NASB1995)
When we follow the Lord Jesus Christ with our lives, and we
obey his commands, in practice, and we follow his guidance and direction, and
we go where he sends us, and we speak what he gives us to say, to whom he gives
us to say it, we are going to be faced with opposition. And that opposition
could be coming from people close to us, from friends, and/or family, and/or from
other professing Christians, and/or from pastors of “churches,” and the like. But
it hurts the most when it comes from people closest to us.
And now this is not to claim that we are absolutely perfect
in every way and that no one should ever accuse us of anything wrong. We should
be humble people who admit when we are wrong, who are willing to take
correction, and who are willing to make changes in our lives where they are
needed and where they are required by God. We should be willing to compromise
where it does not require compromising truth and righteousness and the Word of
God and his gospel. But all should be done under the direction of our Lord.
And sometimes these persecutions, they pile up, one after
another after another. And for some of us, they eventually take their toll on
us, and we absolutely do cry with our whole hearts, seeking God for answers and
guidance and direction in knowing what to do, and in what to say, and in what
to not do, and to not say. For some of us are not “Rocks of Gibraltar,” which
symbolize much strength and resilience, but we cry, and we must absolutely
trust in the Lord to be our strength, our counsel, and our wisdom.
Have you ever tried running in a race, but when you got near
to the end your body was just about ready to collapse, and you didn’t know how
you were going to last to the finish line? It’s kind of like that, and kind of
like what Paul described, too, or what Job suffered, as well. Sometimes it all
just piles up on you at once or else it is just the accumulation of trials and
tribulations, over a span of many years, and so sometimes you might wonder how
much longer you will last. Then you cry with your whole heart.
One of the things which brings me to tears is how so many
people professing faith in Jesus Christ are being deceived by liars and
tricksters who know how to charm the people, and who know how to put on a good
show, and who are telling people lies. These liars are malicious, morally
unclean, fakes, manipulators, egocentric, and unfaithful to those who look to
them for truth or for help and guidance. And so many people are following them
to their deaths, thinking that they have the hope of eternal life with God.
And that absolutely breaks my heart! I literally weep over
the deceived, over those who have been promised salvation from sin and eternal
life with God based on a lie which tells them that nothing is required of them
other than a profession of faith in Jesus Christ. But Jesus and his New
Testament apostles taught that faith in Jesus Christ must result in us dying to
sin and obeying our Lord, in practice, by the grace of God, in the power of
God. For if we walk in sin, and not in obedience to God, we do not have life in
Christ.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John
6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1
Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32;
Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2;
1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
For Our Nation
Professionally
recorded in Nashville, TN
Via Gerry Peters,
music producer and arranger
An Original Work / September 11, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Bombs are bursting.
Night is falling.
Jesus Christ is
gently calling
You to follow Him in
all ways.
Trust Him with your
life today.
Make Him your Lord
and your Savior.
Turn from your sin.
Follow Jesus.
He will forgive you
of your sin;
Cleanse your heart,
made new within.
Men betraying: Our
trust fraying.
On our knees to God
we’re praying,
Seeking God to give
us answers
That are only found
in Him.
God is sovereign
over all things.
Nothing from His
mind escaping.
He has all things
under His command,
And will work all
for good.
Jesus Christ is
gently calling
You to follow Him in
all ways.
Men deceiving: We’re
believing
In our Lord, and
interceding
For our nation and
its people
To obey their God
today.
He is our hope for
our future.
For our wounds He
offers suture.
He is all we need
for this life.
Trust Him with your
life today.
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I Cried with All My Heart
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