It Is Wise To Think About God’s Wisdom At All Times

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“I rise early, before the sun is up; I cry out for help and put my hope in your words. I stay awake through the night, thinking about your promise.” (Psalm 119:147-148 NIV)

If you have ever been so perplexed by your life that you have experienced sleepless nights, you know that your thoughts can dart all over the place when you are stressed out! Ah, the anxiety that often settles in as you try to juggle work and family in this go-go-go-world! What could an ancient poet possibly know that may help us navigate these troubled waters?

Let’s reread the portion and see if we can gain some wisdom that may be helpful today. We see the writer getting up early before the sun rises. Before anyone else can get to him, he meets with the Lord and reads His Word. As he cries out to God for help, he determines that he will put his hope in God’s words, not mere humans’ words. He can put his hope in the words of the Lord because he spent his sleepless night thinking abou…