2 Sam 22:4, "I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; And I am saved from my enemies. 
	We are in the midst of our discovery that we can count on the Lord, and fully trust Him, in the midst of the deepest and most severe situations, circumstances, tribulation, strife, and anguish. He is able to deal effectively and efficiently with whatever may be happening in our lives and in our beings. The other detail that needs to become part of our very makeup is that no matter what, we can call on the Lord. Whether in the course of those life altering events, or simply in the stubbing of our toes, we can call out to Him and learn to trust Him with the every detail, large or small.
	Consider what the Psalmist relates in Ps 55:16-18. This is in regard to even when all we can do is grumble and mumble to ourselves and Our Lord. He is listening and He is responding with His loving kindness in the course of showing us that we are not in this life alone.
	Ps 55:16-18, As for me, I shall call upon God, And the Lord will save me. Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and murmur, And He will hear my voice. He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me, For they are many who strive with me. 
	Many of us have gone through those times of utter frustration and resignation, when our spirits are melted down because it seems that there is no one on our side. Every fiber of our being cries out in misery and in strife and stress because our mind’s eye of the current situation can see no way out. Because we fail to get any sleep or rest, due to worry, we have to literally drag ourselves from our beds each morning, facing the day with greater fear of further failure and misery. We strive with ourselves in terms of what possible point is there to the walk that we have on this earth. We mutter and we grumble and we complain and we even curse the life that God has given us, with the utmost failure to recognize that He is with us through it all. 
	The Lord hears our every thought, even when we guard our mouth from its very utterance. God is with us and He upholds us, despite the seeming cascading torrents of humiliation and frustration and failure to make our steps worth something in this age. God carries us through it all, and He blesses us, even when our eyes are utterly blind to His every provision. He sends forth those spiritual encouragements in His Word, through His chosen people, with the rays of sunshine and whispers of breezy comfort. He surrounds our gloom with the Light of His smile and He loves us out of our depression because He makes His peace and His quiet rest to become our portion. 
	Sometimes it is a brilliant illumination of His heart of love. Sometimes it seems that it just happens over the course of our getting sick and tired of ourselves and our self-pity. Always, it shows us that God heard our cries and our complaining and our murmuring and He responded to bring it all to an end. He shows us His glory and we bask in the bright light of His love as we look to Him and acknowledge His goodness and His grace and His loving kindness.
	The Psalmist continues to add to our consideration as in Ps 56:8-13. Herein we see how much God works for our individual upbuilding with even our tears filling the bottle of our mourning being accounted by God to work on our behalf.
	Ps 56:8-13, Thou hast taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Thy bottle; Are they not in Thy book? Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call; This I know, that God is for me. In God, whose word I praise, In the Lord, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? Thy vows are binding upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to Thee. For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Indeed my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God In the light of the living. 
	This passage is filled with the encouragement that we each need to have embedded into our innermost being to stand against all those accusations and threats of our minds and souls. God is evident in the every detail with which He proves Himself mighty to save in every time of distress and depression.
	…This I know, that God is for me. In God, whose word I praise, In the Lord, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? 
	Do we know this truth of Who God is and all that He does for you and for me? I know we have heard this and have repeated it over and over again, but do we truly know that God is for us? Is that a core reality in our thoughts as we face those times of peril and anguish? When there is no help on any horizon that we can see with our pitiful eyesight, does this truth ring full and foremost in our beings? 
	Then there is that reality of the fact that the Word of God is our praise and worship in the midst of the storm and pounding waves of despair. We can find our refuge and our peace and our calm against the every intrusion of this age when we sink our mind and being into His Word and read those passages, such as this one, which proclaim reality, the fact that stands the test of eternity that God is for us and not against us. When this is fully entrenched and rooted in the depth of our conscious being, we will find that only praise and worship and the adoration of God can proceed from our essential essence. Our mouths and our minds will be singing the songs of His triumph over every foe and enemy with those hearts which pound out the rhythm of joy and worship unto Our Lord God Almighty. 
	One thing to consider in this context is the fact that when the early believers were being slaughtered for game in the arenas of Rome, they were singing the praise of God Almighty instead of those screams of anguish and defeated woes. The dying breaths of these brothers and sisters in Christ was to declare that He was worthy of all that it cost in terms of this earthly walk coming to an end. They found the strength to declare the goodness and the love of God even as they were being so torturously dispatched from their life on earth. They knew that God was for them and the very worse that man could do to them was to send them into His very arms of love and peace and eternal rest.
	 …What can man do to me? Thy vows are binding upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to Thee. For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Indeed my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God In the light of the living.
	Again hear the cry of the Psalmist to God, in Ps 57:1-3, as the every need for God’s grace and mercy is expressed to the One from Whom all loving kindness flows forth freely and lavishly. There is that sense of being focused on the One by Whom all will be put into its proper and perfect placement in the ages of ages yet to be revealed in His light and glory.
	Ps 57:1-3, Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, For my soul takes refuge in Thee; And in the shadow of Thy wings I will take refuge, Until destruction passes by. I will cry to God Most High, To God who accomplishes all things for me. He will send from heaven and save me; He reproaches him who tramples upon me. Selah. God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth. 
	What an amazing proclamation of the fact that Jehovah reigns and He will send forth all that is required by those who inhabit this earth in the light of His magnificence. …For my soul takes refuge in Thee; And in the shadow of Thy wings I will take refuge, Until destruction passes by…. To know Our God in the majesty of His Sovereignty, as He protects and keeps His own unto Himself. He surrounds us with His mighty arms, providing refuge in the midst of each dilemma and attack of this age.
	Then, …I will cry to God Most High, To God who accomplishes all things for me. He will send from heaven and save me… There is a certainty expressed in this that we often fail to understand and appropriate as also true of what we need in our lives. God will save us! He has done so for all of eternity, in saving us from the death that is deserved by our sinful nature apart from Jesus Christ. We do not really have much issue with that glorious, eternal, amazing, miraculous salvation. That is something we can fully take to heart and know. 
	But what about the every day saving grace of God in the midst of what we face on this earth? Do we know that God is Our Savior from the every threat of mankind? Do we know that God is Our Savior from the pain and torment of these decaying earthly bodies? Do we know that God is Our Savior in the midst of all those relational explosions of anger and threat and jealousy and emotional manipulation? Most directly God will save us and He does save us from ourselves!
	This should result in the further encouragement as in Ps 66:1-4, recounting the manner in which we regard Our Savior, Our Lord, Our God. There should well up that gratitude and worship as we declare His goodness in the aftermath of His so glorious and miraculous work in our lives.
	Ps 66:1-4, Shout joyfully to God, all the earth; Sing the glory of His name; Make His praise glorious. Say to God, "How awesome are Thy works! Because of the greatness of Thy power Thine enemies will give feigned obedience to Thee. "All the earth will worship Thee, And will sing praises to Thee; They will sing praises to Thy name." Selah. 
	Notice precisely where the focus is set in this passage! It is all set on Jehovah! His wondrous working power brings forth the adoration and the heart-felt worship of those whom He saves with His Omnipotence and Omniscience! The people of the Lord God Almighty are to proclaim all His works to the entirety of His creation! There must come forth that acclaim of His goodness and His loving kindness and His awesome saving work within the lives of those whom He has redeemed unto Himself! Even the enemies of God will give voice to the truth that He is The Lord God Almighty, Awesome and Powerful in His Saving Grace which has brought them low and into forced acquiesce of His Sovereignty. 
	Again here the Psalmist declares this wondrous truth in Ps 106:1-3. What magnificence and delight fills the hearts and mouths of those who know God and who so honor Him in utmost trust and reliance upon Him as their everything! We have to join that chorus which tells just how glorious and splendid are the works of the Hand of Jehovah!
Ps 106:1-3, Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting. Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the Lord, Or can show forth all His praise? How blessed are those who keep justice, Who practice righteousness at all times!
There is the evident awe at the fact that the Altogether Lovely One, the Creator of heaven and earth and all that fills the depth of that space cares for each individual member of those who call upon His name. The fact that He hears, He listens, and He responds must bring forth His praise forever and forevermore! This is as well highlighted in Ps 116:1-5.
Ps 116:1-5, I love the Lord, because He hears My voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live. The cords of death encompassed me, And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow. Then I called upon the name of the Lord: "O Lord, I beseech Thee, save my life!" Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate. 
	The full measure of the truth that God hears such as you and me in our comparatively minor issues, and that He works, even in the midst of the most meager of circumstances is simply beyond the breadth of our minds to comprehend. When we consider the grand scope and sequence of the entirety of human history and the vast multitudes of people with whom God has so fully interacted. As well, on behalf of all those interventions within the course of world conflicts and tragedies, it is utterly astounding that God would so greatly and marvelously work to make Himself known in such minor things as finding lost TV remotes or keys or any of the such! But He does! He makes Himself very real to each one who calls upon His name and seeks to know and to obey Him in every measure of their hearts and minds. 
	This is a reality that we must never take for granted or consider without awe filling our hearts and minds! It is no small thing to be in the Hands of The Lord God Who so loves us that He has moved heaven and earth to make Himself to be so known and so loved by such as we are!
 We will continue with this wondrous and amazing reality of Our Lord God Almighty Who Alone is worthy of our entirety of praise and adoration, Lord willing, next Sunday. So be it!
	I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; And I am saved from my enemies. Amen.

This morning’s benediction is 2 Sam 22:47. "The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation… Amen.