Today's Scripture passage and meditation really struck home for me today as my family, including myself, tend to be rather stubborn, independent and quite reluctant to show need or ask for help. We like to think of ourselves as totally capable and self-sufficient, and so, asking for help from God--or from anyone else for that matter--is quite foreign to our usual nature.

And so, David's frank admission of his need and his willingness to turn to God is a good reminder to us that we need to do so as well. Maybe it's a good reminder to you as well.

How many times as parents we have said, 'listen up', to our children when they didn't seem to be listening. And, it's not just children. The lack of listening to others seems to be epidemic in our society and our world today. That, too, seemed to be the problem with much of Jesus' audience in today's passage. Actually, they were listening, but they weren't paying close attention to it or taking it in or examining carefully the implications of what He was saying. I pray that this won't occur with any of us.

With everything seeming to change around us, in fact, almost around our very shoulders, it is comforting and helpful to know that some things do not change--like the love of God, or God Himself. He is the unchangeable, immovable rock around which we can centre and build our lives. And not only that, He is the one person in the entire universe that is constant and can always be counted upon and always trusted. And so, with everything changing, we can always hold on to Him.

“Jumping to conclusions” Meditation – John 7:37-52 (Forward, p. 28) CEV p. 1110