Psalm 61:1-8
Key Verse: 61:1-4
“God, listen
to my cry; pay attention to my prayer! When my heart is weak, I cry out to you
from the very ends of the earth. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I am because
you have been my refuge, a tower of strength in the face of the enemy. Please
let me live in your tent forever! Please let me take refuge in the shelter of
your wings! Selah” CEB
Pay attention! Listen to me! See me! These are words we should dare say
to God. Come to God with boldness, asking to be seen, asking to be heard. In this
world which is blind to each individual. Where all too often we go unseen and
our voices are not truly heard. We can dare to scream out to God, demanding to
be seen, demanding to be heard; knowing that within God a place of refuge, safety
and strength can be found. We do not want to living in shelters we have made with
our own hands. The places we make for ourselves are not strong, they are not
safe. But instead of dwelling in any place we might find for ourselves or make
for ourselves, we find rest in God, we want to live, to dwell to reside in the
place God makes for us. We call to God in boldness, in desperation, in our
hurt, in our fear, with all the depth our emotion. God sees us, God hears us
and the wing of God stretches out over us, and covers us, draws us in and God
is our dwelling place and our protection.
Things to
Think on
What do you dare to say to God today?
In what ways to you feel unseen and unheard in your life, by the
world, by those around you?
What would it mean for you to find shelter with God today?
What would it mean for you to dwell in God’s tent not just in this
moment, or for a day, but forever?
A Prayer for
Today
Oh Lord, my God. I know you see me. I know you hear me. I may walk
through this day and not really be seen by those who pass me by. As I speak,
what I say might fall on deaf ears. I many to be truly heard by anyone with
whom I interact. My voice is lost in the crowd, my cries are a part of the din
of the streets, my tears are a part of the continually moving backdrop of pain
and sorrow in this world. But you see me, you hear me. No place I might turn
for shelter an protection can hold me, or give me what I need. Let me find that
in you, not just right now when I am raw, not just for today when I need your strength
so desperately, but each and every day. Let me rest beneath your wing, knowing
your care and comfort in all things at all times. Be my God, be my peace, be my
strength. Shelter me. – Amen
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