If our previous Psalm (37) was
about trust, then this one (38) is an example of the sharp end of trust. When
it comes to the crunch and all is against us, how to we respond? In some ways,
it is when times are tough that we discover where our faith lies and how strong
it is.
Here in verses 21-22 of Psalm
38 David declares: “O Lord, do not forsake me; be not far from me O my God.
Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Saviour”
Perhaps you are old enough to
remember a television program called “The A-Team”? At the start of each episode
we were told: “If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can
find them, maybe you can hire... The A-Team!”
The incredible, predictable and
ultimately rather boring thing about the A-Team was that they always beat the
bad guys – invariably through the use of incongruously non-lethal violence and
improvised weapons made of duct tape and whatever was close to hand.
Like the A-Team, God can tackle
any problem we have. But unlike the A-Team there is no doubt that God can be
found: no question of ‘if’ or ‘maybe’ we can find Him. We can be sure that will
never forsake us and never be far away. Like the A-Team, God always succeeds,
but unlike the A-Team His methods are never predictable.
Oh, and another thing: unlike
the A-Team, God is real!
(homegroup leader)