DAILY DEVOTIONS
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"Honoring God in the Morning"
No matter what
In return for my love they are my accusers, but I give myself to prayer. Psalms 109:4 (NKJV)
When you pull back and look at Psalm 109 in its totality, it becomes painfully clear that it's one of David's most heart-breaking compositions. Obviously, he wrote it during a time of unparalleled difficulty and distress, when everything that could possibly go wrong did.
Maybe it was when the sting of Ahithophel's betrayal was still fresh, or on the heels of some unrecorded conflict.
Whatever the exact circumstances were, they took David to the brink of his breaking point.
And yet, there's a star that shines through all this darkness. Notice that in this state of extreme misery, David gave himself to prayer.
All around him there was nothing but heartache, and so he looked up. He looked in that one direction, the only direction in which he could trust there would be a loving heart to receive him.
Sometimes, our lives parallel David's. Our enemies are multiplied and threaten to utterly overwhelm us, and even those we trusted betray us. We're attacked from every angle, except one: from above. The avenue of prayer is still open to us and unlimited resources of God's love, joy, peace, wisdom, and faith are made available to us.
When our lives seem to be racing out of control at breakneck speed, prayer is the brake that saves us. We need to use it.
We need to do as David did and give ourselves to prayer when the battle appears hopeless and the floodwaters are at their highest. Don't surrender or roll over in defeat.
Don't succumb to the rising tide. Dig deep, call out to God, pray! Take advantage of the one avenue that is and always will be open to you no matter what.
Hearer of our hearts, may we always and ever pursue the pathway of prayer to You.
Think about it…
What does this passage reveal to me about God?
What does this passage reveal to me about myself?
Based on this, what changes do I need to make?
What is my prayer for today?
No matter what
In return for my love they are my accusers, but I give myself to prayer. Psalms 109:4 (NKJV)
When you pull back and look at Psalm 109 in its totality, it becomes painfully clear that it's one of David's most heart-breaking compositions. Obviously, he wrote it during a time of unparalleled difficulty and distress, when everything that could possibly go wrong did.
Maybe it was when the sting of Ahithophel's betrayal was still fresh, or on the heels of some unrecorded conflict.
Whatever the exact circumstances were, they took David to the brink of his breaking point.
And yet, there's a star that shines through all this darkness. Notice that in this state of extreme misery, David gave himself to prayer.
And yet, there's a star that shines through all this darkness. Notice that in this state of extreme misery, David gave himself to prayer.
All around him there was nothing but heartache, and so he looked up. He looked in that one direction, the only direction in which he could trust there would be a loving heart to receive him.
Sometimes, our lives parallel David's. Our enemies are multiplied and threaten to utterly overwhelm us, and even those we trusted betray us. We're attacked from every angle, except one: from above. The avenue of prayer is still open to us and unlimited resources of God's love, joy, peace, wisdom, and faith are made available to us.
When our lives seem to be racing out of control at breakneck speed, prayer is the brake that saves us. We need to use it.
Sometimes, our lives parallel David's. Our enemies are multiplied and threaten to utterly overwhelm us, and even those we trusted betray us. We're attacked from every angle, except one: from above. The avenue of prayer is still open to us and unlimited resources of God's love, joy, peace, wisdom, and faith are made available to us.
When our lives seem to be racing out of control at breakneck speed, prayer is the brake that saves us. We need to use it.
We need to do as David did and give ourselves to prayer when the battle appears hopeless and the floodwaters are at their highest. Don't surrender or roll over in defeat.
Don't succumb to the rising tide. Dig deep, call out to God, pray! Take advantage of the one avenue that is and always will be open to you no matter what.
Hearer of our hearts, may we always and ever pursue the pathway of prayer to You.
Think about it…
What does this passage reveal to me about God?
What does this passage reveal to me about myself?
Based on this, what changes do I need to make?
What is my prayer for today?
What does this passage reveal to me about myself?
Based on this, what changes do I need to make?
What is my prayer for today?
