"The Mourning of the Exiles In Babylon"

PSALMS 137:1
"By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion."

  Not sure about what to make of your situation? Is it because you are being harassed by the enemy, or are you being chastised by the Lord? There is a very big difference in the way we view any trial or circumstance our life might be forced into; because God does not allow anything to happen to us that He does not allow; and if God allows it to happen, He does so because He loves us and wants to draw us closer to Him! I will repeat something I have said, over and over: Nothing that happens to us here in this life is significant enough to matter in the light of eternity; absolutely nothing! When Solomon said, "Everything is meaningless," it pretty much means that it means nothing, not compared to what we have between us and God! For the last couple of months, the topic has pretty much been about idols, which are the things we place between us and our relationship with the God that truly loves us. These are the things which we allow into our hearts and minds that become important enough to us, that we allow those things to disrupt our communication with God; but more importantly, they disrupt the way we see God and His love for us and our position within His love towards us. I really don't care who you are or what your position in life might be, you are never as strong as you think that you are. If the enemy can persuade a man like David, or distract a powerful king like Solomon, what makes you think he can't get to you? That is the whole point in what we allow in! If you allow it to come in, you are opening the door to the enemy; plain and simple! You have heard the term, "Guard the door to your heart," which is actually from Proverbs 4:23, which says, "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." Issues of life, be they small or great, are all of the things that stir our minds and cause us to wonder; and wondering leads to wandering! You can see this put into perspective just two verses away, where Solomon says, "Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee." These are the things that we must settle within our hearts: Is God for me, or against me? To answer that with all the best evidence that we have available, we don't need to go any further than His Word! If you truly want the answer, then it is right here, written in blood, the blood of His Sacrifice that He has made for you! Yes, that's right, He loves you; no matter who you are or what you have done, you are never insignificant or beyond the reach of His love, ever! To be perfectly clear, this is clearly a verse I believe we can all associate with some issue or circumstance within our own lives. It speaks powerfully into what we have all experienced at one time or another, when we have sat down by the rivers of Babylon, and we have wept. We wept by those rivers, which are filled of all the lusts in this world; wept, reflecting on how different our lives might have been, if we had just listened, if we had just obeyed, if we had just allowed God to change us...

"My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words. Don't lose sight of them . Let them penetrate deep into your heart, for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body. Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech. Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. Don't get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil." (Proverbs 4:20-27) NLT