²⁵ From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you I will fulfill my vows. ²⁶ The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the Lord will praise him—may your hearts live forever! ²⁷ 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, ²⁸ for dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations. ²⁹ 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.
³⁰ Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord. ³¹ They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it! Psalm 22:25-31

Psalm 22 begins with words we know well, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”  These are the words Jesus says from the cross, as he was probably praying the psalm.

From those opening words, the Psalmist talks about all the bad that has happened to him, and wonders when his salvation will come.  But then it shifts in verse 25.  The Psalmist, deep in his issues and troubles, declares that all will proclaim God’s goodness.  The Psalmist has a deep, abiding faith that God will work it all out, even if we do not yet realize it.

We are all going through personal things, the world is certainly going through difficulties but we need to remember something.  God is still at work and even if we have not yet experienced the change we need right now, God has already done it.

Peace,

Pastor Bill