Seeds of Doubt - Tuesday, February 24, 2015

SCRIPTURE READING:

     Psalm 22:23-31

"You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel! For he had not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help. From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you will I fulfill my vows. The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the Lord will praise him--may your hearts live forever! All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, for dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations. All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him--those who cannot keep themselves alive. Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord. They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet  unborn--for he has done it." 

THOUGHTS:

      Sometimes we feel so alone.  We feel as if we are the only one who knows our pain or the only one who is going through what we are going through.  This is a lie of the evil one. Now, I don't give the evil one too much credit.  At the end of the day, the only thing in his power is the ability to plant a seed of doubt within us.  Once he plants that seed of doubt - we water it, people water it, we nurture it into the ugly plant that it becomes.  The Truth however is that G-d does leave us in our affliction.  He hears our cries and gives us reason to praise him, to honor him, to revere him.  And it gives us reason to fulfill our vow of the covenant.  The psalmist names a few: to feed the poor, to seek the Lord, to remember who we are and from where we have come, to turn to the Lord, to accept his lordship and rule, to feast on him, to tell future generations of his righteousness.

ACTION:

     Father, today I need to expel the lies of the evil one.  Lord, help me to tear down the plants that have grown and enable me to remove the seeds of doubt that has been planted.  G-d you alone are Lord of my life.  You alone can speak seeds into me and they are seeds of life and hope! Help me to see the evil one's seeds of doubt for what they are.  I don't want to be someone who plants seeds of doubt in others. I want to fulfill my vow to our covenant.