Relieved Troubled Believer

The Psalmist now is reflecting.... no he's declaring "The waters saw You, O God; The waters saw You, they were afraid; The depths also trembled. The clouds poured out water, The skies sent out a sound; You arrows also flashed about. The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightenings lit up the world; The earth trembled and shook. You way was in the sea, Your path in the great waters, And Your footsteps were not known. You led Your people like a flock. By the hand of Moses and Aaron."

God You are Lord of the storm. SELAH! That has it's own implications. God YOU ARE, sovereign sounds less provocative. Either way I am increasingly aware that while the storm is raging around me it is filled with visible signs of You. Suddenly I'm aware of Your presence. Twenty three times I see You/God, in verses 10-20 where as I saw You/God, 12 times in verses 1-9. And those had tones of blame towards You. It's only about me 4 times in verses 10-20 where as it's all about me (20 times) in verses 1-9. In one night I went from a very troubled believer to a victorious over comer.

Nothing really changed! Whatever I was trusting in did not go away. Whatever I was seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, or smelling did not disappear. But.... who I was trusting in changed everything. Now, I can better respond to the circumstances that surround me. Because I have or am renewing my mind to the mind of Christ and my thoughts are established or should I say re-established in Him my steps are ordered by Him. Out of a REVELATION of my RELATIONSHIP with my Abba Father my RESPONSE is of God.