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Thursday... I've heard you say this.


Thursday... I've heard you say this.

Look at what King David says in Psalm 27:7-8 (NLT), "Hear me as I pray, O Lord. Be merciful and answer me! My heart has heard you say, 'Come and talk with me.' And my heart responds. 'Lord, I am coming.'"


I don't know what you are going through, today. For some, this is a rough day. Now, maybe you have had a good friend say to us, "No matter what you are going through, give me a call." Maybe you are in this tough spot because of something you have done and you are ashamed. I've been through a time like that. I just wanted to run and hide. But God is different.

No matter what we have done we can ask him first of all to be merciful. Yes, there are some that all they want to do is tell us what we did wrong. They will tell us what we already know and feel. You blew it. You know you did. And you're also not sure that if the person you are calling and they see your name come up on their phone that they may not answer you.

But David knows where to go. He goes to God and says, "Hear me as I pray, O Lord. Be merciful and answer me!" Do you need to say that to God today. He will, you know. He will be merciful and he will answer you.

David goes on. He knows what he is doing, he knows who to turn to, "My heart has heard you say, 'Come and talk with me.' And my heart responds. 'Lord, I am coming.'"

Now too many times because when we have gone to a friend and we know that they haven't answered us when we called, we believe that everyone is like that, even God.

What if this friend you have has told you that if you need any money, just call me and I will give you what you need? But you are too ashamed, and you may not even believe them so you don't call. You need help but you don't call. 

Well, let me tell you, you can believe what God says, you can trust him. So just respond to him and say, "Lord, I am coming." Let's not blow this opportunity because others have failed us. We can trust God.

Later David writes in verses 13-14. Even though others have failed me, "Yet I am confident I will see the Lord's goodness while I am here in the land of the living. Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord."

The Amplified Bible says it this way, "I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait and confidently expect the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for and confidently expect the Lord." 

And here is something you need to do. I've heard you say this, God, because I have been in your Word. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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