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Psalm 66:17

New International Version (NIV)

 Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!

For Meditation

What is on your mind today? What is your worry this morning? Consider David’s victory song this morning (Ps. 66:1-20).

Are your financial walls collapsing? Does your future look bleak? Is it about your job or business? Is it your marriage, children, or your obsessively intrusive in-law? Has another person breached the sanctity of your matrimonial wall, or is it just a misunderstanding lingering with its coldness?

Do you want to talk about it? Why not call heaven on the emergency line as David did (Ps. 66:17)? Have you forgotten your merciful and compassionate Father who will never reject your prayer or withhold His love from you (20)? Isn’t He gracious and kind enough to address your concerns with all the seriousness and fairness they deserve (Ps. 34:4, 6)? 

Have you forgotten the power in the name of Jesus (Jn. 14:14), your merciful and faithful High Priest (Heb. 2:17), who feels your pain and sorrow and can empathize with your weaknesses (4:15)? Is He not patiently waiting for you to approach the throne of grace with confidence, to claim His promise of answered prayer (v.16)?

Are you so weak that you cannot pray? Why not lean on the Holy Spirit to intercede for you “in accordance with God’s will” (Rom. 8:26-27)? And when the tripartite ministries of the Godhead move on your case, what issue can resist His peaceful resolution?

I pray you take the David challenge with all seriousness and passion and see if the Lord would not surely listen to your plea and bring you victory (Ps. 66:16-19; Heb. 4:16).

So, may you stop worrying and call on your Father in heaven with your request and a thankful heart. May He respond with His peace, “which transcends all understanding,” to guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus (Phil. 4:7).

Shalom

Pray with Me

Father, thank you that you hear me when I call. I need a special favor today to see me through all that is ahead of me, and I will give you the praise you deserve. In Christ Jesus’s name, I pray with thanksgiving. Amen.