Wasting Away From Within

Psalms 31:10  "I am dying from grief; my years are shortened by sadness. Sin has drained my strength; I am wasting away from within."

This verse paints a very real picture of many in our world today. Grief, sadness, sin; a life that is wasting away from within. An internal destruction that is destroying the souls of men. If you look at most people from the outside they look great. But if we could look internally we would see a nation of people wasting away from within. The struggles of life, the hurts of the past and the havoc of sin is destroying lives from the inside out.

If we stopped here life would look dim, but the psalmists goes on to declare hope for the soul that is wasting away. In verse 19 he says "How great is the goodness you(God) have stored up for those who fear you.You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world." God has Great Goodness that he desires to lavish on those who fear him and come to him for protection.

The question is not will you experience difficulties in your life, the question is who will you run to when difficulties come. God wants to be your outlet for grief, sadness and sin, he wants to be the one you run to for protection and solutions to the heartaches of life. Many people unfortunately never deal with the pain and it all stays bottled up on the inside. But doesn't stay there forever, it begins to eat away at you from the inside out. Until one day there is an explosion that destroys not only your life but those around you. The good news of the gospel is that you don't have to waste away from the inside, God cares and is will to help you deal with the issues in your life that are eating away at you. Remember that anything buried alive never dies, so run to Jesus and let him lavish his love upon you and bless you before a watching world.