Above 'Em All

Of all the places I've ever been, one place I never care to go again is ... under the house! I don't like the things that hang-out there! Have you ever been “under” your circumstances? Being in the midst of circumstances is bad, but to be under them -- well, that’s a crisis indeed! In Psalm 142, David describes his circumstances like this: “my spirit faints within me … they have hidden a trap for me … I am brought very low … [my persecutors] are too strong for me.” If you think about it, circumstances alone wield no power – their fury comes only from how we perceive and respond to them. Kicking and screaming into-and-through them are common responses but produce no good results! David knew all about being under circumstances, but he and also knew just how to shake 'em off resulting in peace and deliverance: “I cry to You, O LORD; I say, ‘You are my Refuge, my Portion in the land of the living.” (Psalm 142:5 ESV). There are lots of joy-killing things that hang-out in the land-of-the-living but when we know Jesus as our full and perfect Portion, circumstances become opportunities and things that threaten don’t survive to overtake us. Now, Mister Bill isn't spooked by under-the-house things; even better, God is Mighty and in control of all circumstances  - He's ... above 'em all!