What if?

Regret is something that plagues today's society.  We look at the things we've done and we say "If only I had been wiser.  Smarter.  More patient.  There's SOMETHING I clearly missed."  I can't honestly say that regret is something that's biblically healthy.  However, reminiscing, or even reflecting upon the glory of God is something that most certainly is healthy.  David himself realized this and wrote innumerable times about how God had delivered him from the hands of the enemy.

Psalm 124:1-5: What if the Lord had not been on our side?  Let all Israel repeat: What if the Lord had not been on our side when people attacked us?  They would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger.  The waters would have engulfed us; a torrent would have overwhelmed us.  Yes, the raging waters of their fury would have overwhelmed our very lives.

He knew it!  He not only knew his life wouldn't be the same without God, he knew exactly what would have happened.  He knew the tumult and the destruction of life would have completely overwhelmed his mortal soul.  But with God, and only from God, can we succeed from the dangers, destruction, death, and evils of this world.

Psalm 124:6-8: Praise the Lord, who did not let their teeth tear us apart!  We escaped like a bird from a hunter's trap.  The trap is broken, and we are free!  Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!