The second section of Psalms, known as the Exodus Psalms, remind us that the God who redeemed us is still with us.

In fact, he is promised to never leave us or forsake us.

Today we join Scott Pauli in opening God's roadmap for life.

Find your place in the Word of God in the Psalms and let's discover what God has for us

along the way.

There are seasons in life when you do everything you know to do, everything you've been told to do, and still you're struggling.

Maybe you've been there, maybe you're there right now.

Let me encourage you.

There is no temptation taken you but such as is common to man, but God is faithful.

In Psalm 43, we find a psalmist who is still struggling.

And we remember in the previous Psalm, Psalm 42, he was having a hard time.

He was thirsty for God.

He was troubled by his own emotions.

And he gets some victory.

He talks to himself.

He talks to the Lord. He gets some victory. But when

you come to Psalm 43, the Psalmist is still struggling. Many people believe that Psalm 43 is really

a post-script to Psalm 42, almost like a footnote or the continuation of the story. It's only

five verses long, but it literally continues the same

theme, the same tone, and some of the same words. We don't know exactly again who wrote these

Psalms, but whoever it was was having a hard time. Listen to Psalm 43. Judge me, O God,

and plead my calls against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and

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