Lead me.

"When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the Rock that is higher than I." - Psalm 61:2

I can't tell you how many times that I have recited this to myself over the last couple of weeks, but I have over and over and over again.

Well, my heart is overwhelmed. My entire self is overwhelmed.

My heart, my mind, my body - everything.

There are several reasons for this, and I won't go into details here, but I am very overwhelmed indeed more than I thought to recognize.

But the Psalmist, after telling of his own heart's condition, says this: "...lead me to the Rock that is higher than I."

Let's analyze this for a second:

He is asking for God to lead him. He is recognizing the power of God here and knows full well that God is so absolutely higher than he is.

So, during this time of being overwhelmed with a completely new atmosphere, homework that I don't really understand, and an entirely different lifestyle than I've ever had before, I like the Psalmist want to be led by the Rock that is higher than I. Because then and only then can I have the peace that I so desire to have. It is then and only then that I can have complete rest and sleep at night.

I may be very overwhelmed, but I am in His hands. I know that He is using all of this to stretch me. I am being led by the Rock that is higher than I.