Under the anonymity that is the internet, I may (or may not) convey an openess about my faith.
Take that guise away, transplant me to the real world, and when topics of religion and faith come out, I stutter. Not as much as I use to, but I still get that heightened sense of nervousness of uncertainty to what “social consequences” can be attributed to my belief.
Then verses 2, 3 and 20 from this Psalm comes along and messes me up and reminds me why I shouldn’t be ashamed.
2 O my God, I trust in You;
Let me not be ashamed;
Let not my enemies triumph over me.
3 Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed;
Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause.
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20 Keep my soul, and deliver me;
Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in You.
To stand unashamed of my love and passion for God requires great trust on my part on Him.
It is also true then that if I say I trust God with all I am, I cannot hide it.
Bear with me as I may have probably committed some inferential fallacies. But I don’t care.
All that is important to me now is that, trusting God and being proud of it goes hand in hand. And in my circumstances now, I want to, will and am trusting God that He will continue to be the source of blessings in my life and I will unashamedly be a living testimony of it.
After all, it can’t be THAT hard if He’s the one who’s leading my ways unashamedly.
Filed under: Cogitations, God, Life, Psalm
Been meaning to post up on this Psalm for a very long time….
I suspect it must be close to 2 months now since the last post 
Anyway, been hard trying to garner some sort of insight from this Psalm each time I’ve tried working on it. Especially after talking to Ben a few days ago on how they had to preach a mini sermonette on this in their discipleship group, and listening to him expounding on it blew me away. Which also meant me running the risk of ripping his sermon 
Till just then I re-read it again and verse one was what spoke to me and what I’m going through right now.
1 The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
I know this already. Heck, this truth was even released in church earlier today (albeit different passage). And when I heard it, I just shrugged it aside as nothing new. I know it already. I really detest knowing so much about church and Christianity sometimes.
But I am blessed with abundance to have never been in a position of desperate need and want.
This verse speaks to me now simply because it’s a gentle reminder as to who that source of abundant blessing is. And though I’m about to embark on some potentially financial draining endeavours, which has caused me to reel in frustration as I count my money, revealing how pitiful my savings are and dismayal my stewardship is, I can still trust God.
Because my possession is ultimately His.
My only real possession is Him.
And by simple inference that I’m on this earth, I am His.
Filed under: Cogitations, God, Life, Psalm
