Wednesday Reflection, September 1, 2021

Wednesday Reflection, September 1, 2021

Our Sure Salvation

Brothers and sisters, greetings! Today’s reflection bids us look at a time in David’s life in which he endured a very rough period. This is not strange considering that David endured many such periods however, Psalm 69, referred to an urgent plea for help in trouble, David was not merely speaking just because he could talk.

The Psalmist had gotten to a point where he felt as if he was drowning and being consumed. As I have felt, and perhaps you too have felt, David told the Lord that it appeared as if those who were against him were more than those that were with him. He worried that others who would perhaps come to know the Lord might have been dissuaded in doing so because of him and his life. He did not want anyone looking at him and thinking his God was not sovereign simply because of the period/s of his trials.

David had become a laughing stock, he was mocked and jeered constantly. Life, for him was an uncomfortable place; yet, in today’s watchword, Psalm 69:13, David declared, ‘ but as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of your mercy, hear me in the truth of your Salvation.

Friends, is there anything/ anyone that seeks to overwhelm you today, even in this moment, could you be experiencing the feeling of drowning, as if there is no one in your corner or that life has simply ganged up on you? You are not alone, in the same way David was not alone, God sees and hears you. Trust that His love is great and that His salvation is sure.

In today’s New Testament text, Jesus said, “if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.” John 16:23

Until next week, let us join T. Herbert Driscoll in prayer, most holy Father, thanks for the gift of salvation through Jesus, our lord and savior. Your divine favor and boundless love is a banner over us, save us, we pray, from the perils of this life. In Jesus’ name. Amen.