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Tuesday... It really did, yes it did.


Tuesday... It really did, yes it did.

David was going through some really rouge times, some distress in his life. In Psalm 18:6 (NLT) he says, "But in my distress I cried to the Lord; yes, I prayed to my God for help." Now that is the right thing to do but we may wonder, did he hear me? Well, David continued, "He heard me from his sanctuary, my cry to him reached his ears." It really did, yes it did.

And that is the phrase that caught my attention in my reading today. "my cry to him reached his ears." And that is so important for us to realize and believe especially when we are in distress, isn't it? "But in my distress I cried to the Lord; yes, I prayed to my God for help. He heard me from his sanctuary, my cry to him reached his ears."

We talk a lot about praying and it does make an emotional difference in our distress. It really does but there is more to it than just an emotional release.

In verse 18 David says, "They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress." That is when we are weak. Distress does that and the devil knows that it is a great time to really attack. Yes he knows what he is doing. But David goes on. He says, "but the Lord supported me." Remember he heard you, your cry reached his ears and also see that he not only hears us but he does something about it.

Verse 19 says, "He led me to a place of safety; he rescued me because he delights in me." He hears me and I delight him.

The Message says, "They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me. He stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved - surprised to be loved." We need to know that we are loved and that he will stick by us."

Verses 35b-36 (AMP) says, "Your gentleness [Your gracious response when I pray] makes me great. You enlarge the path beneath me and make my steps secure, so that my feet will not slip."

Yes, he hears us, he will stand by us, he delights in us, he will stick by us and he will enlarge the path beneath us so that our feet will not slip. Remember in your distress when you pray to him, you cry out to him, it reached his ears. It really did. And it really does make a difference. Believe it, know it! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

  

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