April 20

Decades ago I used to vilify the “positive confession” movement. They stood for confessing things to bring them into reality. Some people abused this practice because their confession was for their desires and not the Lords, yet the there were so many who just confessed God’s Word. Today’s Psalms are one of the reasons that I came around to the positive confession of God and His Word.

In all of these Psalms, David was in trouble. In some it seemed like he was depressed and could only see the bad that was happening. It is out of this despair that he begins to confess the character of God. It is as if he is telling himself not to fear and to trust in the Lord. The reason these Psalms speak to me so much is that David is truthful with his feelings of anguish, but he ends up declaring the Lord’s goodness, faithfulness, strength and the FACT that God will rescue him! He doesn’t accuse God because he is in a tough place, he accuses his accusers and seeks help from the Almighty who is well able to deliver him.

Oh how I want to be like that! I don’t want to give up and blame God for putting me in the middle of something, nor blaming Him for not getting me out it sooner. God showed me Psalm 13’s end and this I will live by;

"But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me."

I will trust in His love. I will rejoice in His salvation that I have. I will sing and I will recall the great things He has done in my past. Now that is a recipe for victory!