Friday, October 31, 2025

Reflection - Psalm 108 - Now's Your Chance, Lord!

Source (book): "My Soul Thirsts For God", Reflections on the Psalms from Our Daily Bread, Psalm 108, "Now's Your Chance, Lord!", Page 150.
By Henry Bosch, Our Daily Bread Writer


Psalm 108
PHOTO: Psalm 108
My heart is steadfast, O God;
I will sing and make music with all my soul.
Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.
I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
For great is your love, higher than the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
and let your glory be over all the earth.

Save us and help us with your right hand,
that those you love may be delivered.
God has spoken from his sanctuary:
In triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.
Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah is my scepter.
Moab is my washbasin,
on Edom I toss my sandal;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.


Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?
Give us aid against the enemy,
for the help of man is worthless.
With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.


Now's Your Chance, Lord!
John and Betty Stam, the famous missionaries in China who were martyred for the cause of Christ had led a young girl to the Lord and later hired her to do their housework. Although converted, she had some serious problems for which there seemed to be no solution.

One day, in deep distress, she went to her bedroom and cried out to the Savior for help. John and Betty overheard her and were deeply moved. They were especially touched when she said with the utmost reverence and faith, "
Now's your chance, Lord! Now's your chance!" Her earnest prayers were rewarded, for God soon helped her solve her problems.

Someone has said, "
There are two ways of getting help in times of need. One is to go around to all your friends and be disappointed, and then as a last resort turn to the Lord. The other is to take a shortcut and go to Him first. Don't make a move until you have first expressed your need to Him!"

Are you standing at "
wits'-end corner," without any solution to your problem in sight? Pour out your heart to the Lord. Tell Him you are unable to cope with your desperate situation. Then wait patiently for His help. He will provide the answer at just the right moment.
- Henry Bosch
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Psalm 108
My heart is steadfast, O God;
I will sing and make music with all my soul.
Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.
I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
For great is your love, higher than the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
and let your glory be over all the earth.

Save us and help us with your right hand,
that those you love may be delivered.
God has spoken from his sanctuary:
In triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.
Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah is my scepter.
Moab is my washbasin,
on Edom I toss my sandal;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.


Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?
Give us aid against the enemy,
for the help of man is worthless.
With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.


Save us and help us with your right hand,
PHOTO: Save us and help us with your right hand,
that those you love may be delivered.
Picture posted by Diana Katherine Condon

Picture upscaled by AI Image Upscaler at https://pixnova.ai/image-upscaler
Now's Your Chance, Lord!
John and Betty Stam, the famous missionaries in China who were martyred for the cause of Christ had led a young girl to the Lord and later hired her to do their housework. Although converted, she had some serious problems for which there seemed to be no solution.


John and Betty Stam, the famous missionaries in China who were martyred for the cause of Christ had led a young girl to the Lord and later hired her to do their housework.
PHOTO: John and Betty Stam, the famous missionaries in China who were martyred for the cause of Christ had led a young girl to the Lord and later hired her to do their housework. Although converted, she had some serious problems for which there seemed to be no solution.
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One day, in deep distress, she went to her bedroom and cried out to the Savior for help. John and Betty overheard her and were deeply moved. They were especially touched when she said with the utmost reverence and faith, "
Now's your chance, Lord! Now's your chance!" Her earnest prayers were rewarded, for God soon helped her solve her problems.


One day, in deep distress, she went to her bedroom and cried out to the Savior for help.
PHOTO: One day, in deep distress, she went to her bedroom and cried out to the Savior for help. John and Betty overheard her and were deeply moved. They were especially touched when she said with the utmost reverence and faith, "Now's your chance, Lord! Now's your chance!" Her earnest prayers were rewarded, for God soon helped her solve her problems.
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Someone has said, "
There are two ways of getting help in times of need. One is to go around to all your friends and be disappointed, and then as a last resort turn to the Lord. The other is to take a shortcut and go to Him first. Don't make a move until you have first expressed your need to Him!"
 

Someone has said
PHOTO: Someone has said, "There are two ways of getting help in times of need. One is to go around to all your friends and be disappointed, and then as a last resort turn to the Lord. The other is to take a shortcut and go to Him first. Don't make a move until you have first expressed your need to Him!"
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Are you standing at 'wits'-end corner,' without any solution to your problem in sight?
PHOTO: Are you standing at "wits'-end corner," without any solution to your problem in sight? Pour out your heart to the Lord. Tell Him you are unable to cope with your desperate situation. Then wait patiently for His help. He will provide the answer at just the right moment.
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Dear Lord
PHOTO: "Dear Lord, we pray that when we are standing at 'wits'-end corner,' without any solution to our problem in sight, we pour out our heart to the Lord. Tell Him we are unable to cope with our desperate situation. Then wait patiently for His help. He will provide the answer at just the right moment.

Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
"
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Reference
[1] From "My Soul Thirsts For God", Reflections on the Psalms from Our Daily Bread, Copyright @ 2009 by Discovery House Publishers, Psalm 108, "Now's Your Chance, Lord!", Page 150.

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