A Prayer Of David
“Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you.
You are my God; 3 have mercy on me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.
Bring joy to your servant, Lord, for I put my trust in you.
You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.
Hear my prayer, Lord; listen to my cry for mercy.” – Psalm 86: 1-6
In the King James Version verse 7 says: “In the day of my trouble I will call upon you; for you will answer me.” -Psalm 86: 7
In one way or another, we are all “poor and needy”. Some of us are “poor and needy” in the obvious way, whether it be our home or our health… Some of us are “poor and needy” in our hearts-we do not love God or anyone else. Some of us are “poor and needy” in faith-we don’t have any. But Jesus came to help us all and He will if we ask Him ?
God is Good, even when we are not. Does anyone really doubt that? No matter what we did or failed to do, God’s Love has always remained steadfast. And God has always remained faithful to us, even when we failed to be faithful to Him! He sent His only Son to Save us ?
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”-John 3:16
Which one of us would have the love and strength to watch our Son suffer so for the sake of another? I know I couldn’t and I really don’t know anyone who could. If we ever needed proof of His Goodness and His love, this is it ?
“I put my trust in you”. We all put our Trust in something. Some of us put our trust in money and in hard work. Some of us put it in family. And still others put their trust in friends. All of them are good, but they can all let us down. God never let’s us down. No matter what, God is always here for us, because He loves us!
Mercy. God will always have Mercy on those who call upon Him in the name of His Son Jesus Christ. He loves us and His Mercy is without end ?
“In the day of my trouble I will call upon you; for you will answer me”. Notice it doesn’t say “the day of trouble”. It says “the day of MY trouble”. We all have troubles. Perhaps it’s a lost job, perhaps it’s a person we love who is sick, perhaps it’s our own poor health. But God will ALWAYS help us in the day of our trouble. He will either fix it or help us endure it. But either way, we need Him and He will be there.
God loves us more than we can understand. He is always with us, whether we can see Him or not. His love is not dependent on any action we take or fail to take. God’s love for us is endless. There will never be a time in our lives when we can not, in Jesus’ name, turn to Him. He’s got us, and we can rest in that knowledge because we can Trust that His love is True and it is for Always ?