Humble Surrender

Welcome to Faith Connections Friday!

We are in a series for the next several weeks focusing on Psalm 119. If you would like to read ahead, read the entire psalm or a section each week. We are so glad you are here and hope you enjoy the series! Thank you!

Did you ever take an acting class or have a role in a play? Think about what it takes to be an actor. How would you get into character?

Let’s get creative.

Read Psalm 119:25-32. Picture the setting. Imagine the psalmist’s emotions and environment. Now, make the words yours.

What do you think the psalmist is feeling? Can you hear the cries of the psalmist’s heart?

The passage seems to emphasize themes of humility, surrender, and trust.

The psalmist longs to know God. He desperately wants to serve God and learn from God and His Word. Along with the cry of desperation, the psalmist faces challenges. See and listen to the psalmist in a posture of humility and surrender.

The psalmist express devotion to serving God.

The psalmist surrenders to God and trusts Him to lead on the path. Even if the path is steep, rocky, and difficult. Even when the journey is filled with the unknown.

The psalmist trusts the Lord to provide the strength to endure difficult circumstances.

The psalmist trusts the Lord to patiently teach and guide in how to live and love others.

Humility. Surrender. Trust.

These words can be scary.

Humility is being grateful for and in all things, even when it’s hard.

Surrender is releasing control to and trusting Someone else. It may mean doing something out of our comfort zone. Yet, by believing and trusting His Word, we know that He is always with us. His ways are wonderful, true, and good.

This is knowing, loving, and serving God and others no matter what. Even when it hurts. Even when we don’t understand everything.

What did you feel when you personalized the words of this psalm? Can you relate to the cries of the psalmist’s heart?

Faith Connections Challenge: The desperate cry of the psalmist is to know God. Read, personalize, and think about the passage. How does this passage challenge you?