Please know...
I had every intention of doing these Psalm 68 posts nine days in a row.
Every intention.
But somewhere in the middle of it, I felt the Lord tug me away for a bit. It wasn't to abandon it, but to heal me through it. The last 9 days have been ones where I seriously had to seek God and hold onto Him pretty tightly just so I could breathe and be present.
So I stepped back… not out of inconsistency, but out of obedience. I needed Him to speak a little deeper before I could keep writing.
And I’m thankful He did.
Now… Psalm 68:6.
Whew. This one though!
This verse doesn’t tiptoe, does it?
It goes straight for the heart.....the lonely and chained-up places. It goes straight
for the stubborn places we don’t always want to admit are there.
“God setteth the solitary in families…”
THIS is who He is.
He doesn’t just notice the lonely, He places them.
He tucks people into community, into belonging, into connection…even when they feel like the last person who deserves it.
And this is why I am such a huge advocate for blooming where you are planted .....
because God places us on purpose. He plants us in the exact soil He intends to grow us in.
And the family, community, or circle He puts around us… isn’t accidental.
God is in EVERY detail! Where He places you is intentional. It's strategic!
Some of us know what it feels like to be solitary, don't we?
Sometimes it’s from grief.
Sometimes life changes so fast that you feel like your feet can’t catch up.
And sometimes...well, it’s just that quiet ache of feeling like you don’t fully fit anywhere.
But God looks at us in those moments and says
“You’re not staying alone. I’m bringing you in.”
He builds family out of unexpected people. He creates belonging from places we didn’t think had room for us.
“…He bringeth out those which are bound with chains.”
And then there’s this part......the deliverance.
Because loneliness isn’t the ONLY thing He deals with!
He brings people out!
Out of bondage,
out of patterns,
out of cycles,
out of trauma,
out of mindsets that feel like prisons.
Some chains clank loudly.
Others are silent.
But God breaks them just the same!
He’s a God who both places and frees.
“…but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.”
And then there’s this line...OUCH. This one carries a lot of weight!
A phrase came to my heart when I read it......“the stubborn self-exile into barrenness.”
Because sometimes the loneliness we feel isn’t always an attack.
It’s not from trauma.
It’s not from abandonment.
And it’s not from grief.
Sometimes.....it’s the loneliness WE created by closing our own doors.
See?! I told you! OUCH!
It's that refusal to be vulnerable.
That pride that says, “I don’t need help.”
That fear that says, “If I let anyone in, I’ll get hurt again.”
That stubbornness that whispers, “I’ll do this on my own.”
And what happens? Well, we end up dwelling in a dry land…
and NOT because God left us there…but because we refused the place He was trying to set us in.
That one stings a little, doesn’t it?
We’ve ALL been there....withdrawing, protecting, isolating… even from God’s blessings.
There's mercy here though!
God doesn’t leave us in the dry land forever!
He waits.
He calls.
He nudges.
He keeps placing people in our path.
He keeps sending reminders that we don’t have to do everything alone.
He keeps offering family…and He does this all until we’re brave enough to receive it.
So let me ask you something....
Is the loneliness you feel a loneliness that God needs to lift… or is it a loneliness you need to let Him heal?
Remember the Word we just read.
He sets the solitary in families.
He breaks chains.
He creates belonging.
He restores connection.
He brings us out of dry places and into spaces where our souls can breathe again.
Let Him place you.
Let Him lead you out.
Let Him bring you home.
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