Psalm 59:1-17
Key Verse: 59:4b
“Get up when
I cry out to you! Look at what’s happening!” CEB
Sometimes
our enemies which may not be living people who are lying in wait ready to ambush
or destroy. Yet, even so we can understand a cry to God to be rescued, to be
relieved from all that which assails, all that is seeking to move against us.
Unlike David, we may not face people who are out to destroy, but we often come
face to face with the voices of self-doubt and personal insecurities. We face
the real enemies within ourselves, which seek to take away our joy. We cry out
with the Psalmist, asking God to get up, to pay attention to look and see, and
respond; to speak to us in a way we can truly understand, to assure us, comfort
us, to come to us when we are most desperate and bring relief to the pain and
the hurt. When we are drowning in our own failure, in our own doubts and
confusion, it is easy to wonder where God is in the middle of it all.
Things to
Think on
What in your life is assailing you right now? Have you ever felt
ambushed?
Does it feel like God does not see? That God is not paying
attention?
What would it mean for you to be rescued from all that is coming
against you right now?
Call out to God. Ask God to save you, to give you shelter and
protection in the middle all that you face today.
A Prayer for
Today
Lord, God. I feel alone. I feel as if I am surrounded on all sides, as if
there is no direction I can go and be safe. I am bombarded by the voices inside
and the circumstances of life which surround. I need you today. I need your
love. I need your peace. I need your strength. I need you today. I need you
everyday. Help me to never feel as if you as “sitting this one out.” Help me to
see you at work in my life strengthening me, giving me your peace, your love
your security. I want to rely on you for these things each and every day, in
all things. You are the Lord, my God I know I can rely on you, to trust you in
all things at all times. Be God to me today. – Amen
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