What to do when life falls apart...Psalm 107

When life implodes...what can I do?
Psalm 107 answers that 4 times.
The writer sets up some real life situations, for example:

Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
These folks faced trouble. Unemployment. Homelessness. Hunger. Thirst. Desperation.
Their answer?? GOD!
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

This refrain is repeated four times, in circumstances of desperation, rebellion, sin, and near-death.  Each time, the answer is the same:

Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands asunder.

Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

The situations are all different--and as many situations as there are, there is still one main answer: GOD.

He is accessible through our prayers. He cares about us:

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

He is always there to listen, whether we are alone in the desert, homeless in the city, hungry, thirsty, filled with rebellion, in trouble because of our own sin or foolishness, in danger because of the troubles life brings--no matter what our circumstances, He is there for us.  He never stops listening, and He will always hear us, even when we have made such a mess of things we hardly know where to start.

Problems?? 

Cry out to the LORD in your trouble, and He will respond to you!