2021-03-19 07:33:39
Align Yourself with God
A Daily Devotional for March 19, 2021
Read Psalm 143
This Psalm like the many others in this part of the Bible, is a prayer of David, and full of complaints. He complains of his troubles, through the oppression of his enemies, and the weakness of his spirit under it. He prays for the mercy of the Lord, and a relief from his oppression.
As David goes on with his prayer and earnest call for the Lord, he recalls the days of long ago and remembers what the Lord has done for him in the past and mediates on it. This act of remembrance and mediation shifts the tone of his prayer, he begins to align himself with the ways of the Lord, and His unfailing Love. He begins to invite the Lord to the place he is in, in that moment and seeks to see His way and be led by His good Spirit.
When getting overwhelmed with the chaos of life, it is often easy to come to the Lord, dump all of our problems and ask of Him to make it all go away. When instead what God wants us to do is simply invite Him to where we are in that moment and align ourselves with His way and His voice.
Even though it sounds, and looks easy for God to come to our rescue every time we cry out in desperation to simply perform a heroic act of saving us from whatever it is we are calling our enemy at the time, (and it is), it’s much greater to be able to invite the Lord into that place of desperation and align ourselves with His way and voice whether or not He rescues us. For in that we will see and learn the will of the Lord over us and over the situation.
Life Application
Today I would like to encourage us all to take a moment to invite the Lord to where you are, and be intentional about aligning our hearts and minds to His way and allow the Holy Spirit to lead us through whatever situation we find ourselves in.
Prayer
Lord, I invite You to where I am in this moment and allow You to show me your way. Amen.
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