The Lord must be approached with the confidence that He will hear you and act on your behalf Day 27

“I have called upon You, for You will hear me, O God; Incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech. Show Your marvelous lovingkindness by Your right hand, O You who save those who trust in You From those who rise up against them.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭17:6-7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Have you ever been in a relationship with someone where it seemed that they were always testing you out?Always trying to see if you were going to be loyal to them or not? These same people will often talk at length about those who have let them down. And, it may be the case that they have been repeatedly let down. But you somehow get the feeling that they’re using this is kind of an emotional blackmail, warning that you better not let them down! Additionally, every way in which they approach you says, “You’re going to let me down!” Needless to say, these people often make their fear of being let down a self-fulfilling prophecy. As I have said before, no relationship can last that is always on trial.

Sadly, some people approach the Lord in the same way. He is always on trial. They ask assuming He won’t answer. They take any delay as being a denial. The Lord gets added to their list of disappointing relationships.

The fact that the Creator of the universe is willing to listen to us, boggles my mind! How dare we deal with Him as though He is not to be trusted? And yet—even with those who do treat Him that way—the Lord is patient. But make no mistake, the Lord will not continue to reach out to the one who will not believe Him.

“But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11:6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

The enemy of your soul, working through your circumstances, through your experience, through your hurts, will try to make it appear that God doesn’t listen and will not act on your behalf. He wants you to be suspect of the Lord. Face it, he knows all too well how he has been defeated over and and over again by people who ask God, believing He will answer!

In our portion from Psalms today we see that David approached the Lord knowing that he would be heard and that the Lord would answer him. At the same time, we know that there were times (as we have discussed) when David felt that the Lord was somehow hiding His face from him. But, he did not allow this to become what defined their relationship. At the end of the day, David always remembered that God was a good Father Who had answered him before and Who would answer him again!

“Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; And attend to the voice of my supplications. In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, For You will answer me.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭86:6-7‬ ‭NKJV

You may have been through a lot of “let-downs;” you probably have. You may have—at some point—struggled to believe. But, as you better come to know the Lord as being a good Father Who is personally interested in your well-being, you will always conclude that God will hear and He will help!

For today let us know and understand what David knew:

The Lord must be approached with the confidence that He will hear you and act on your behalf.

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