PSALM 129
Israel’s afflictions are compared to the plowing of a field. Think of what it would feel like to be face down in the dirt while a plow goes down your back! How do you handle a situation like that?
First, you accept it from the Lord. If the Lord is allowing people to plow your back, that is happening because He has planned a harvest. Just be sure you plant the right kind of seed. If you plant anger and malice, you will not reap the blessings of the Lord.
Second, you trust the Lord to help you. In His own time, He will stop the plows and cut the cords so they cannot plow anymore. All their efforts will be useless.
Third, you wait for the Lord to judge your enemies. He will put them to shame and make them wither like grass on a sod roof. On the other hand, God’s people will hear God’s blessing in their ears and have God’s blessing in their hands.
Plowing times can be productive times.