142:1-2 Whenever we have moments of fear or frustration, we should bring those concerns to God. Not only can He help us to manage a suitable outcome, He is also able to give us the patience and understanding to persevere through those moments. Once we invite His presence within us, we have the peace and practicality to determine and choose a more productive response.
142:3 It is also important to remember that though we feel overwhelmed. God does not. He has gone before us to chart our specific path along His own. There may be snares and valleys and hills but God has foreseen them all and has planned a way for us to get past them. To not just survive but to come out stronger and wiser.
14:4 It is important to remember that because it can sometimes feel as though there is no one to help. No one who is aware. But God is always available, aware, capable and willing. And as His children, we have constant access to those beneficial traits. We need not spiral in fear or frustration.
142:5 God should always be the first one to whom we turn. We should dwell in His presence. He should be our greatest inheritance. Our most prized portion of life. We pray to Him to attend to us and He has promised to do so. Even in depressed and humble places, God is available and able to change those circumstances. We need only to ask and trust.
142:6 We might be weak or incapable but we have access to the strength and capability of God. The impossible is made possible by our relationship with Him. The more we live in faith, the truer we find that to be.
142:7 Once rescued from whatever physical or metaphorical prison, we use our freedom to worship God. It is just our natural, wholehearted desire to do so. God produces so much blessing and glory in our lives that is astounds us. And our outlet for that incomparable joy is gratitude and praise.
