Help and our shield

“We put our hope in the Lord. He is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. Let your unfailing love surround us, Lord,  for our hope is in you alone.” (Psalm 33:20-22)

If we place our hope in anyone or anything, other than the Lord, we will find disappointment and pain. Eventually we learn that no one or nothing can replace our relationship with God and we come running back to the throne of grace. Although, there are times when we are so battered by life, so weary and despondent that the Lord has to pull us in as he did the dove after it flew around for days seeking for somewhere to land. 

Charles Surgeon noted that the dove returned to the ark weary and with muddied feet. He wrote: “When she found there was no contentment elsewhere, what then? She flew back to the ark. Josephus tells us that the dove came back to Noah, with her wings and feet all wet and muddy. Some of you have grown wet and muddy. You have been trying to find rest in the world, Christian, and you have got mired with it.”

We know where our help comes from, it comes from the Lord. Today he is pulling us in, beckoning us to come to him and rest. Although we have journeyed away from him looking for something or someone else to fill that void, He never gave up on us. He is pulling us back into the ark. 

GiGi❤️