Lord, hear my
prayer,
listen to my cry for mercy;
in your faithfulness and righteousness
come to my relief.
2 Do not bring your servant into judgment,
for no one living is righteous before you.
3 The enemy pursues me,
he crushes me to the ground;
he makes me dwell in the darkness
like those long dead.
4 So my spirit grows faint within me;
my heart within me is dismayed.
5 I remember the days of long ago;
I meditate on all your works
and consider what your hands have done.
6 I spread out my hands to you;
I thirst for you like a parched land.
listen to my cry for mercy;
in your faithfulness and righteousness
come to my relief.
2 Do not bring your servant into judgment,
for no one living is righteous before you.
3 The enemy pursues me,
he crushes me to the ground;
he makes me dwell in the darkness
like those long dead.
4 So my spirit grows faint within me;
my heart within me is dismayed.
5 I remember the days of long ago;
I meditate on all your works
and consider what your hands have done.
6 I spread out my hands to you;
I thirst for you like a parched land.
7 Answer me quickly, Lord;
my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me
or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you. Psalm 143:1-8
my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me
or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you. Psalm 143:1-8
David was
feeling the burdens of his life. He
sought relief from all his troubles. He
turned to God in prayer, beginning with a plea for God to hear him and listen
to his cry for mercy. We, too, in our
deepest hour of realizing we cannot go it alone, cry out to God.
Early in
David's prayer he is an example for us. Yes, he complained to God about his
problems, but before all that, he confessed God's faithfulness and
righteousness. He further stated that
none of us are righteous before God.
Recognizing
our dependence on God is the key here.
Not only in the times of distress, but even in the times of joy and
praise, we must learn of our nothingness without the Father. Look at all the problems of David and his plea
for God to intervene. Are any of his
problems your problems? Can you relate
by remembering the times in your life when there seemed to be no answers? Is all your life filled with negatives?
I have
pointed you to David's problems and perhaps to yours. But all this is to lead you to one verse,
where David actually prays specifically for God's remedy for David and for
us. That is verse 8. Read it again and put your trust in God. "Let the morning bring me word of your
unfailing love, for
I have put my trust in you."
<ronbwriting@gmail.com>
No comments:
Post a Comment