TIRED

Today's reading: Psalm 120-121

"I am tired of living here among people who hate peace." Psalm 120:6 NLT

The Bible footnotes indicate the author of this particular psalm is unknown.

They suggest Hezekiah, but they don't know that for a certainty.

Interestingly enough, it is a song, most particularly this individual verse, that could have been written by just about anyone--including you or I.

I, for one, am exhausted by the chaos surrounding me.

The disruption to everyday life due to small, loud groups of people.

I am worn our from attempting to learn the dance steps required to waltz my way through a day without stepping on anyone's rights, not necessarily those given to them by God but the ones they assume should be theirs.

I am spent from trying to keep a godly countenance upon my face and a Christlike spirit in my heart as I hear them excuse or validate sin.

I'm just tired of it all, as I am sure you are, as we know the psalmist was.

Imagine how much more so God is.

We will endure, with a long life, maybe 75-80 years of this world. A minute time frame when compared to just how long God has tolerated the chaos.

So when I pray and wail and complain about the exhaustion I am enduring through the conflict this world brings me, I hear Him say, in all love to my heart...

It's why I came. It's why I need you, boots on the ground. I'm their only hope.