Good morning, everyone!
Today I read Psalms 58-65, but I'll be focusing on Psalm 61.
Hear my cry, O God; give heed to my prayer. From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For You have been a refuge for me, a tower of strength against the enemy. Let me dwell in Your tent forever; let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.
For You have heard my vows, O God; You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name. You will prolong the king's life; his years will be as many generations. He will abide before God forever; appoint lovingkindness and truth that they may preserve him. So I will sing praise to Your name forever, that I may pay my vows day by day.
I love David's Psalms. Have I mentioned that before? He was in such trouble, and he cried out to God so often and so loudly. Can you feel his heart in these?
And God answered him, as David knew He would. David's psalms are my favorites because, even when they begin in despair, they always end in praise.
David never forgot where his help came from, and he sought God and cried out to Him. Yet he always remembered to praise God too.
In this psalm I just shared, David mentioned that God heard his vows. God knew David's heart, and what he had promised. And at the end, David says that he will sing praises to God forever, so that he can fulfill his vows every day.
It sounds as though David made a vow (very serious stuff) to praise God every day.
That's amazing! With everything he was going through, it would have been easy to decide that he just didn't have time to praise God.
But David knew that was the most important thing he could do.
Such an important lesson.
I hope you'll join me tomorrow when I read Psalms 66-69.
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