| Are there not times in the life of every believer when we, like Hezekiah in our text verse, find ourselves so filled with anguish and distress, and so unable to handle our situations, that we can only cry to the Lord that “I am oppressed; undertake for me”? Times of great trouble, times of perplexity, times of uncertainty, times when “my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. … I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed.” There come to all of us times when we realize our utter helplessness and our need of dependence on the Lord, when, as Hezekiah, “like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.” When you come to such circumstances, “pour out your heart before Him: God is a refuge for us.” “The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee: for Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee. … He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.” “And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of My people … and have heard their cry … for I know their sorrows.” “My hope is in Thee.” |
