Psalm 76 (KJV): Thou art more glorious and excellent

From Psalms

Psalm 76
(For the director of music.  With stringed instruments.  A psalm of Asaph.  A song.)

¹In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
²In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
³There brake he the arrows of the bow,
      the shield, and the sword, and the battle.
                                                           Selah.

⁴Thou art more glorious
      and excellent than the mountains of prey.
⁵The stouthearted are spoiled,
      they have slept their sleep:
and none of the men of might
      have found their hands.
⁶At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,
      both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
⁷Thou, even thou, art to be feared:
      and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
⁸Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven;
      the earth feared, and was still,
⁹When God arose to judgment,
      to save all the meek of the earth.
                                                    Selah.

¹⁰Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee:
      the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

¹¹Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God:
      let all that be round about him
      bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
¹²He shall cut off the spirit of princes:
      he is terrible to the kings of the earth.

No matter how fierce the enemy is, God (from verse 4) is "...more glorious and excellent..."  This greatness will deliver us from all of man's wickedness.

I know this to be true.  I've seen it over the last year.  Recently, however, there have been situations where my faith in this belief fails me.  Times when I need something more...and I seem to struggle more with the urges of my addiction.  It feels like I'm missing some kind of perspective.  It almost feels like I'm just going through the motions.

I believe that my prayers need to be accompanied by step-work to be more meaningful.  I have been putting off my step-work until I finish going through Psalms here.  However, I realize they need to be done together.  And I need to be doing it actively with my sponsor...and since I lost my sponsor several months ago I'm going to need to get used to the fact that I probably need to start over with steps.

So, expect to see more in these pages, in the coming days, as I step up my step-work.

Thanks for letting me share.