A Prayer for Recognizing God’s Solutions to Our Prayers
By Meg Bucher
Bible Studying
“I raise my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven.” – Psalm 123:1
“Okay, God,” I’ll usually say, “You say if it issues to me, then You care about it …so, are you able to please assist me (insert ask.)”
- Discover my keys.
- Discover my telephone.
- Heal my sore knee.
- Give me persistence with my daughter.
- I would like a pal in the present day.
- Stretch my minutes.
- Can the solar simply come out …
On and on, not less than I can say I make a superb try and obey God’s command to ‘pray regularly’ (1 Thes 5:18). Psalm 123 is a brief psalm, simply 4 verses. However the best way it begins captivates me each time I learn it. “I raise my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven.” Such a reminder of who God is …and the way needy I actually am! I’m so depending on God for actually the entire issues that refill my day by day life. “The psalm author lifted his eyes to God, ready and awaiting God to ship his mercy,” the NLT Life Utility Bible explains, “The extra he waited, the extra he cried out to God as a result of the scoffing of the evil and proud was unrelenting and he couldn’t bear it any longer.”
Ah, there’s part of life that reminds us of the information, doesn’t it? The dangerous information is simple to search out. Actually, it surrounds us. One yr, I resolved to cater my social media feeds to excellent news and reality. I spent that yr unfollowing issues that made me anxious and following issues that jogged my memory of Jesus. I get my information in three separate information emails – 2 are nonbiased, and one is Christ-centered. I needed to take these ideas captive, milling round on social media. Praying this Psalm rights the countenance of our hearts so we are able to keep in mind that God actually is in management regardless of the chaos. Verse 2 says:
“We hold trying to the LORD our God for his mercy, simply as servants hold their eyes on their grasp, as a slave woman watches her mistress for the slightest sign.” Psalm 123:2 NLT
The Message paraphrase reads, “We’re watching and ready, holding our breath, awaiting your phrase of mercy.” After we pray to God, do we all know find out how to interpret His solutions? Do we all know what to look and pay attention for? What to anticipate? Scripture assures us God solutions our prayers, however will we search for His reply within the material of our on a regular basis lives? Will we hear Him in His Phrase, by way of a pal, out in nature, or by way of a seeming coincidence that echoes a solution to our request? Praying this Psalm reminds us to be open to obtain God’s response to our prayers. Verse 3 continues:
“Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy, for now we have had our fill of contempt.” Psalm 123:3 NLT
Contempt is the sensation of disdain or scorn for one thing thought of imply, vile, or nugatory, and may consult with willful disobedience or disrespect in the direction of court docket or legislative orders. (Dictionary.com) We’re surrounded with contempt. We don’t wish to begin mixing in with the chaos round us: imply, vile, nugatory, disrespectful … no, thanks. However everyone knows too nicely how surrounding influences bleed into our persona subtly. Lastly, verse 4:
“We’ve got had greater than our fill of the scoffing of the proud and the contempt of the boastful.” Psalm 123:4 NLT
The extra conscious we’re of who God is and who we’re to Him, the extra pronounced the chaos of the world feels some days. By praying the phrases of this Psalm, we select to embrace the privilege of peace that comes as we stroll with Christ as a substitute.
Let’s pray:
Father, I raise my eyes as much as you, O, God, enthroned in heaven. I hold trying to You for Your mercy, God, as a toddler who can’t comprise their pleasure to see somebody they dearly love and have missed. Or the ice cream truck. That’s how I really feel in the present day, God, anticipating Your reply to my prayers …remembering that You’re with me at all times and that You care concerning the smallest particulars in my life! Thanks a lot for that, God! You’re so form and compassionate to me. Assist me to see, hear, and know the way You’re answering my prayers. I wish to really feel Your presence in my life palpably! Have mercy on me, LORD! Carve any contempt out of my coronary heart and guard me from the load of the world and its surrounding affect. I’ve had my fill of it …and it so subtly bleeds the material of my life, God. Shield me from individuals who have in poor health intentions for me. Shield me from the corrupt edges of my day by day life, God, and issues I can’t even see that I’m not conscious of. Construct my religion up, God, daily. Change chaos with peace.
In Jesus’ Title, Amen.
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