“You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.” psalm 32:7

ever feel like you’re surrounded?

surrounded by grief?

loss?

disappointment?

frustration?

sickness?

your own inadequacy?

your own failings?

fear that something will change?

fear that nothing will change?

do you feel surrounded by trouble? the enemy?

2 kings…..
15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?” the servant asked.

16 “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

17 And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

do you know why you feel surrounded?

BECAUSE WE ARE.

we ARE surrounded.

by grief, loss, frustration, sickness, inadequacy, failing, fear, trouble, and the enemy, just to name a few.

but we’re also surrounded by songs of deliverance!

i’ve read that verse a hundred times and never realized that it is GOD who is doing the singing! God is singing over us, around us, above us, behind us, beside us. the God of the universe sings songs over us.

furthermore….. we are surrounded by that “great cloud of witnesses” that hebrews 12:1 speaks about, numbers so great that we are encouraged to throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.

THROW IT OFF. like bust out and get free. open the eyes of your heart, your spirit, that part of you DESIGNED to perceive God – and choose to see.

see that, although you may be surrounded by the struggles of this life, THOSE STRUGGLES are surrounded by God’s songs of deliverance and by the saints who have gone before you!

you are not alone.

God sees you.

God allowed it.

God has it.

God surrounds you.

oh, God, give us eyes to see…. that more than anything, as we submit to you and trust in you, YOU continually surround us with everything we need.

from the inside out.