Wit's End

My husband and I took our girls to see Narnia's Prince Caspian today. Great movie with a great message! As I was reading in my devotional book tonight, I was struck by the similarities of my devotional for today and the moral of the movie. The scripture for my devotional was Psalm 107:27-28, "At their wit's end, then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out." (I will not discuss the similarities in detail as to not give away much of the movie; I will discuss this scripture passage and its meaning a bit more, though.) God allows us to get to our wit's end so many times. Why do you think that is? God amazingly chooses to reveal himself and his strength and will at just the right moment-- that moment after the will and strength of man runs out or proves insufficient and that moment before man becomes eternally despondent. It is at that exact moment (at our wit's end) that man can choose to rely fully on God and can be fully at peace and fully cared for by the Father, having heartfelt needs met and hearts mended. God knows that we are incapable of taking care of ourselves without him; he also knows that we need to know that. GOD is able and ONLY through him are we victorious in any and all situations!