Sunday Psalm Ask And Keep On Asking
Sunday September 18, 2016
One of the lovely results of reading the Psalms over and over again is recognizing how freely the writer calls on God for all his needs. He asks for God’s help because God is good. He asks for God’s help because he knows he needs help. He asks for God’s help whenever he’s in trouble because he knows that God will hear and answer His prayer. He knows that God has unfailing love and help for all who will simply ask for it.
O Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive, so full of unfailing love for all who ask for your help. Listen closely to my prayer, O Lord; hear my urgent cry. I will call to you whenever I’m in trouble, and you will answer me. (Psalm 86:5-7 NLT)
Many of us have come to believe that God exists and that He wants to help us. Why then do we end up struggling? Too often the answer is more simple than we care to admit. We didn’t ask! God is ready to help us, but we have to humbly ask for that help. God is ready to forgive us, but we need to confess our sins and acknowledge our need for His forgiveness. God is paying attention to us every moment of every day but if we won’t ask for help, how can we expect to receive an answer?
Why don’t we ask? Sometimes it’s attributable to our old self-reliant ways. We think we can fix things better than anyone else, even God. Sometimes it’s the pride that doesn’t want to admit that we need help. Sometimes it’s rebellion that knows what God says works, but we prefer to stay with our own self-will in this particular circumstance.
God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. (1 Peter 5:5-7 NLT)
Let’s take a page out of the book of successful living of so many who’ve gone before us. Let’s call out to God many times throughout the day. Let’s ask and keep on asking for God’s help and begin to write a whole new personal chapter of God’s unfailing love and help in every situation.
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