Psalm 134 - 1 Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD. 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD. 3 May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.”
In ancient Greece in times of trial and tribulations the people would look for a HERO to rise from among them to save them from their perils. These were not gods but men who were gifted with great wisdom or strength. These were men who “Saved the Day”.
In our times, in our lives, as men of faith we sometimes are called upon to be heroes as well – we are asked to walk into darkness, fix the unfixable, have all the answers, show the true path, clean up the messes, solve the unsolvable. And, as men of faith we try – God love us. We advise and pray and think and suggest and hurt for our friends and stand in the muck and want to spread the Word and Save all people and have all the answers because we should know all the answers because we’re saved right?
Last week was a week where I felt as if I was called upon for the impossible from 100 different directions about 1000 different things and I failed at every dang one of them. This hero was vanquished and he didn’t like it. The one saving grace was a fishing trip planned in a good drift boat with good friends on what was to be a banner, weather-wise, March Saturday. The toughest thing I wanted to deal with was wind knots.
I had that day thanks to good friends. No fish for me but plenty of knots and sunshine and laughs and it helped but it didn’t fix me. That came later because as usual I was looking in the wrong place for MY fix.
Sunday morning’s service was on Psalm 134 – a song of assent – three verses: “ 1 Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD. 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD. 3 May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.”
And then it hit me – thanks to an awesome sermon – we should look to the sanctuary and there lift up praise and then..there..the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth, will bless us and we will be revived. So, I lifted my hands just a little bit, did a little praising and lo and behold..I was blessed.
I REALLY need to do a better job remembering where to turn in ALL things..I really, really do.
Monday, March 22, 2010
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