“David was in trouble – maybe life-threatening trouble – and here’s his advice: Offer sacrifices before the resolution. It wasn’t, “Once the Lord comes through, be sure to pay Him back.” It was, “Be in fellowship with the Lord, worship the Lord and trust Him, because, after all, He’s good for it.”
Our relationship with God is always the priority over the resolution of problems. Rather than worry about the specific resolution or depressurization, the questions are: Can we trust the God Who loves us? The God Who has set us apart for something marvelous? Is God faithful? We find the answer in the Psalms. Where we see people struggling with intense difficulty asking those same questions and coming to the conclusion again and again that, yes, God is faithful, He is able, He really does love us, He will not allow us to slip through the cracks.
So I can trust and worship and bring my life as a sacrifice before I see the resolution of problems in my life. But listen – it’s not enough to give God lip service. It’s not that He wants you to go through the motions of spirituality. Remember: The Psalms also tell us that for sacrifices to be acceptable to the Lord we must have clean hands and a pure heart, meaning we truly repent and believe.”
