Be strong and take heart! God is your point man!

"Love the LORD, all his saints!
     The LORD preserves the faithful,
     but the proud he pays back in full.
 Be strong and take heart,
     all you who hope in the LORD." Psalm 31:23-24

Our job is to humbly love the Lord and be faithful. God preserves us. Because we know that God is faithful, even when we are not, we can be strong and take heart. 

Are you feeling alarmed? Are you feeling besieged? Do you feel like your problems (enemies) are surrounding you? That is exactly how David felt! 

Yes, there will be times when you just can't see a way out. There will be times when the more you try to figure things out, the worse it seems. From your finite perspective you can not, except by faith, see what God sees. 

You know the scene in a movie where, during an escape, the point man is telling someone else that the coast is clear and it is OK to run to safety. The point man can see but the runner can not. The one running to safety must believe that the coast is clear. Sometimes we look to God and trust him that the coast will be clear. 

God will preserve you. He is faithful and will accomplish in your life what he has purposed to do. 

Father, help us to see you and walk by faith. Help us to be strong and to take heart because you will work all things out for our good. Praise be to you in us today!