We are so grateful that God listens to us and is merciful to us when we cry out for help. I am especially grateful when I know that I am in trouble through my own fault.
Don't you hate it when you don't listen to people who are trying to help you and you go off and do your own thing anyway? When this happens, I am also happy if they don't say, "I told you so!"
God gives us good advice all the time. Sometimes it comes through another person and sometimes it comes from Scripture.
When we are unsure, what do we do? Do we pray, do research, and ask for help? Or perhaps, do we just rush in and act first, think later?
Whether or not our problems are from outside or of our own making, God doesn't judge, he helps.
The psalmist here feels threatened, in danger of being killed and helpless to save himself. He calls on Yahweh and is saved. This psalm is one of thanksgiving for God's help.
What is our response when God saves us from ourselves or from circumstances beyond our control? Is the first thing we do is say a prayer of thanksgiving like the psalmist? Do we take God's help for granted?
We need to remember that the Israelites took God for granted too, and it made them complacent and then lazy and they didn't keep the commandments as they should.
The more we pay attention to our Lord and his commands, the less apt to be in trouble we will be, and the more apt to turn to God first and be grateful for his help.
