A rant I want to remember.

I started this as a Facebook post then quickly realized I wanted to remember this when re-reading blogs. I wanted to remember this crazy COVID-19 time; I want to remember our God moving, working, and doing all things for His glory-while the ruler of the world (Satan) is still ever-present.

I have a Bible reading buddy, Jess. Jess and I met at Fairhaven-what a lovely time for all. Spending all day in intensive therapy trying to seek recovery for our eating disorders. HA. Jess loves Jesus. We started reading a chapter a day together probably...what Jess? A year ago?
Anyways, I digress. Today we read Psalm 18:1-28. Verses 16-19 I am finding such comfort in, and thought everyone else needed to hear/see it. Lemme 'read' it for you below. What you need to know? This is a Psalm of David, where He is praising the Lord for rescuing Him from the hands of his enemies; from Saul.

'He reached down from heaven and rescued me.
He drew me out of deep waters.
He rescued me from my powerful enemies, from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress, but the LORD supported me.
He led me to a place of safety; He rescued me because He delights in me.'

Ok, so, what do I gain from this? I instantly thought of now; my buddies and I specifically battling eating disorders, depression, anxiety; the list of mental illnesses goes on. I am sure it's tough for 'normal' people, but when your brain is acting against you, it's a whole new level of tough.
BUT. GOD. WOW. He rescues His children. He rescued David. David was in some kind of trouble; there was one of him and a lot of the enemy. BUT. God was his support. He came for David when he was in such distress, and rescued him. They went for him at the jugular; when he was in such a weak point, but God was right there. God was in him, around him, and through him; He is the same with us as well. He led David to safety, and will lead us there-in time. We are in some deep, dark waters right now. Our world is sick; broken; suffering from the impacts of sin. BUT. God is right here. NOTHING happens beyond our God's approval.
This is not 'God's fault'. This is a result of the fall, just like every other bad thing; sickness, natural disasters, cancer, abuse; the list could go on. God still reigns. He still and will ALWAYS reach down and rescue His children. He draws us from the depths of despair. The world might be attacking all, but Satan is attacking God's children; telling us that we aren't enough, people don't love us anymore, we aren't going to make it; but-no. Christ is right here beside us the whole time.
So..reach out to your friend who struggles with x,y,z. Friends who do struggle? Reach out to your friends who know. I have learned, sometimes you have to help people- help you. I have done that and what a world of a difference it makes for my life. I am endlessly thankful to my friends who check on me; message, laugh, pray, video, complain, feel fear and give it to Jesus with me. I am thankful for technology. WOW. I am thankful that God's Word still is the most powerful thing on this planet. More than any other leader, country, and yes-sickness. Our world needs healing, but not just physically. Our world needs Jesus, and I pray that this draws more and more people to find and cling to Him because we can't cling to anything else, and He is the only One worth finding.