What kind of “broad place” is the writer of today’s psalm talking about? An open field in the heart of “corn country”? A football field with 100 yards in clear view? No matter in what kind of broad place they were set, the psalmist apparently felt listened to in times of distress. Do you ever call out to God for help?

Everyone goes about things differently. Calling out in my distress looks a little different than it does for another. But recognizing “the answer” is the hard part. I would say we are too busy listening for what others are saying than what God says. The psalmist feared nothing with God alongside. Perhaps that is what “set me in a broad place” means - being with God, anywhere and every day.

By Rich Richards from D365