1 Hear me, LORD, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.
2 Guard my life, for I am faithful to you;
save your servant who trusts in you.
You are my God; 3 have mercy on me, Lord,
for I call to you all day long.
4 Bring joy to your servant, Lord,
for I put my trust in you.
in this psalm, we see David bear his soul to God.. trusting that God knows his earnest heart. if God really knows us, then God would see our earnest desires and our faithfulness even though we might make weak attempts to be obedient, he sees our heart. even a mustard seed of faith is acknowledged by God. so David asks God to show him favor not because of all the good things he's done or all the ways he's been perfectly obedient or religious, but because God sees our heart of trust in Him. He can be simply pleased by our heart that trusts and depends on him, even if our life is in "shambles."
11 Teach me your way, LORD,
that I may rely on your faithfulness;
give me an undivided heart,
that I may fear your name.
12 I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart;
I will glorify your name forever.
13 For great is your love toward me;
you have delivered me from the depths,
from the realm of the dead.
as we were praying for Focus lifegroups, i was really convicted by this part of the passage. for myself and for the whole single-adult lifestage. mirae led us into prayer for everyone in this lifestage bc it's so easy for us to be selfish.. totally self-consumed, focused on our own dreams and goals and comforts, etc. do we really have an undivided heart for the Lord? do we really desire HIS glory above all our own goals and comforts? if we experienced His love to the full, like David says, would we not praise Him more? the way we can become less selfish is by experiencing the fullness of His love which compels us to worship. i notice that ive been becoming self-consumed very easily these days now that i have more "freedom" and time to myself.. everything is about me me me and what i wanna do. yikes! need God to give me a pure undivided heart.
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