Saturday... We wonder sometimes about this.

Now David knew exactly about this and he wrote in Psalm 66:18 (NLT), "If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened."

Have you ever wondered why it seems God is not answering our prayers? And David personally knew about this. He had sinned against God and because of that he had lost his connection with God and Nathan, a prophet came and let him know what had happened and David here in verses 16-20 says to us, "Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me. For I cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke. If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened, But God did listen! He paid attention to my prayer. Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer or withdraw his unfailing love from me."

We need to know that in the day in which we live.

Solomon, David's son reminds us of some things that God hates. In Proverbs 6:16-19 he writes, "There are six things that the Lord hates - no, seven things he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family." There is so much that the world we live in accepts as ok to do but God didn't back then and he still doesn't today and there will be consequences if we do them.

Back to Psalm 66. Verse 17 (AMP) says, "I cried aloud to Him; He was highly praised with my tongue." And we need to cry out to Him today. He goes on in verses 18-19, "If I regard sin and baseness in my heart [that is, if I know it is there and do nothing about it], the Lord will not hear [me]; But certainly God has heard [me]; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer." We think that the answer to the evil in our world is turning to and voting in people who will make a difference but the truth is that evil is taken care of by God when we confess our sins to Him and turn to Him.

David over in Psalm 139:23-24 prays what we need to pray, "Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart; Test me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way." We need to pray that prayer today, don't we?

And then back to Psalm 66:20 NLT), "Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!" If we confess He will forgive and not reject our prayer or withhold his love to us. So let's cry out to Him! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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