“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall” (Psalm 5:22).
My husband and I recently visited a nearby tourist
attraction called The Blowing Rock.
Legend says that an Indian maiden and warrior fell in love. Torn between her and his duty, he jumped off
the rock in desperation. She prayed to
the Great Spirit, and one day the wind blew the warrior back to her. Since then a continual wind has blown up onto
the rock, causing even the snow to fall upside down.
Of course this is just a story. The wind blows the way it does because of the
topography of the land and weather patterns.
Several days after our trip, I was hit with a severe bout of
depression. It was a very dark and
desperate time, but God brought me through it – yet again.
I thought about the blowing rock. Many times I stand on the edge of hard times
– times of pain or depression or difficulties.
Sometimes I jump off in despair. Other times those problems push me over
the edge.
I fall for a while, but the power of God and His Spirit keep
pushing me back up.
Pain and problems may cause me to fall for a time. But in the words of the Barnes Notes Commentary,
“he (God) will not so appoint, arrange, or permit things to occur, that the
righteous shall be "ultimately" and "permanently" removed
from their steadfastness and their hope; he will not suffer them to fall away
and perish. In all their trials and temptations he will sustain them, and will
ultimately bring them off in triumph.”
God’s power is not just a story. When life pushes me over the edge, His winds
keep blowing me back onto His solid rock.
I will stand again. And the view from the rock is victorious.
Prayer: Lord God, sometimes Your idea of falling and
mine are not the same, and I don’t feel that I can keep standing through my
problems. Yet Your Word says that if I
cast my cares on You, I will not fall. Thank you that You sustain me through all
of my trials, no matter how overwhelming they may seem. Amen.
