Laurie Hopkins

I waiting patiently for the Lord: He heart my cry.  

He brought me up out of the pit I was in.  

He set my feet on a rock and established my steps.  

He has put a new song in my mouth.  

You can’t understand my worship.  

My worship flows from my life – where I’ve been, what He has done for me – where He has set me on a solid place. 

He has placed a unique song, a unique sound in my mouth, to be released into the atmosphere. 

It is mine. 

He has done the same for you.  

So, when you worship, don’t look to the right or the left to see what others are doing.  

Look up.  

Look at where you’ve been and where He has brought you to. 

And in faith, open your mouth, and release the song He has placed in your mouth. 

Allow your sound to go out into the world.  

When others understand the freedom of your worship, they will be moved to trust in the Lord that made you that free!

God always has a Word for us in due season, and what a joy and relief it is when that Word comes forth. 

The Lord that numbers that very hairs on our head, knows what we need to hear and when.  

A Word of confirmation, a Word of encouragement, a Word to lift up and propel forward.   

How the Lord cares for us as He places those in our lives who will obediently speak a Word in due season into our lives.

Sometimes things feel a little out of control.  

The days are not what we expect and the nights are dark.  

In those moments we may wonder who is really in control of what is going on around us and within us.  

We may feel like we are confined in a tight spot. 

The Psalmist begins earlier in the Psalm by telling us that the Lord knows everything about us, our rising up and our sitting down; even our very thoughts.  

In these verses the Psalmist also says, “You have hedged me behind and before and laid your hand upon me.”  

What a comfort to know, that sometimes that confined feeling is not from being stuck in a place we can’t get out of, but rather that confined feeling comes from a place of being held safely in place in the midst of those things around us that feel out of control. 

The Psalmist goes on to say, 

“Such knowledge is too wonderful for me.”  

How wonderful it is to know the “hedging hand” of the Lord on our lives.  

The Hand that keeps us tucked in safely in the midst.  

The Hand that keeps us tucked in securely when things around us seem out of control; the hand that does so, knowing everything about us, even our very thoughts. 

Relax and rest in that hedging hand this morning!