Psalm 27:1.“The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”
There is an event in the life of Jesus in Mark 5 involving a man named Jairus. He was a synagogue leader, respected, important, probably the kind of man people expected to always have answers. But when we meet him, all of that is stripped away because his little girl is dying. Jairus falls at the feet of Jesus and begs Him to come heal her. Jesus agrees and starts walking with him, but then something painful happens, Jesus stops. A woman in the crowd needed healing too, and while Jesus was helping her, Jairus was forced to wait. Can you imagine that walk? Every second probably felt crushing. Every delay probably felt unbearable. Then the news finally came:
“Your daughter is dead.”
That is the hard place. Not the battle after the answer, but the silence before it. The unknown. The walk between prayer and outcome.
But before fear could fully take hold, Jesus turns to Jairus and says:
“Do not fear, only believe.” (Mark 5:36)
That is what makes Psalm 27 so powerful. David does not say, “I have no problems.” He says the Lord is his stronghold in the middle of them. Some of you are waiting right now too, waiting on answers, healing, direction, or peace. Fear gets loud in those moments. But this week, remember that God is still walking beside you even in the delay. The waiting room is not abandonment. The silence is not absence. The same Jesus who walked Jairus through his worst moment is still strong enough to walk with you through yours.