Psalm 89:49

Psalm 89:49

You will be heard

Do you remember how this Psalm began? “I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make Your faithfulness known through all generations.” We asked the question, dare we proclaim that we will sing of the Lord’s great love forever and that we will make His faithfulness known to all generations, regardless of what may be happening to us and around us? I feel for Ethan, the psalm writer, I don’t think he is questioning the integrity or the intensity of God’s love and faithfulness for His people here, what he is simply asking is, “Where is it? If You are a loving and faithful God, if You keep Your covenant promises, then show us the evidence.” 

The dark night of the soul is a painful time for any of us. It’s a time when the deepest demands are made of our faith, when we feel deserted by the Lord and question the very point of our existence. When everything points to abandonment, faith demands that we still cry out and plead for a response from heaven. The basis of the plea has never changed, if God is loving and faithful, as we believe Him to be, if he keeps His promises, then isn’t it time He intervened? We don’t know if Ethan lived to see the amazing answers to his cries. Nor do we know if it was his heartfelt pleading that turned the hand of God to bless His people once again. I suspect that the words of this Psalm were written down in heaven and that the Lord not only heard, but He responded to Ethan and brought deliverance to Israel. Ethan may have been the only one who pleaded in this way, you and I may be the only ones who cry out to the Lord in desperation in these difficult times in which we live. The Psalm teaches us that God not only hears but He acts! Hallelujah!

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