Note: this is a guest post by Emily Moore.
How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me? (Psalm 13:1-2)
Father, this is the cry of our heart in so many ways and so many times. In eight other psalms, Your
servants plead with You to know: how long?
How long? How long will injustice reign? How long will the wicked trample the helpless? How long will
people be allowed to continue in their destructive ways? (Habakkuk 1:2)
How long will we endure torment and spite from our peers? (Job 19:2)
How long until righteous blood is avenged? How long will Christians be led like their Savior to slaughter?
(Rev. 6:10)
But here’s another question. How long is eternity?
Israel has been saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated to all eternity. (Isaiah 45:17)
How long is the Lord King? Forever. (Psalm 10:16, Psalm 29:10, Psalm 45:6)
How long will the wicked be blotted out? Forever. (Psalm 9:5)
How long is pleasure at the Lord’s right hand? Forever. (Psalm 16:11)
How long is the inheritance of the blameless? Forever. (Psalm 37:18, 29)
How long does the Word of God last? Forever. (Isaiah 40:8)
Father, as we groan in the suffering of this present time, give us the grace to remember that they are
preparing us for a weight of glory beyond all comparison. In comparison to forever, they are indeed
light and momentary. Have mercy on us, and let us rejoice in Your Name!
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