Prayer for Relief from Adversaries
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.
“Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O Lord! Let them be ashamed and confounded who seek my life; let them be turned back and confused who desire my hurt.
Let them be turned back because of their shame, who say, “Aha, aha!” Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; and let those who love Your salvation say continually, “Let God be magnified!”
But I am poor and needy; make haste to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay.”
Once more, David is in trouble and feels there’s no way out; only God can save and help him. And David needs help NOW! All of us have days like this, times when you feel completely helpless.
One of the reasons the Psalms remain so popular is that they describe real situations. And because these are real situations, we can use these prayers as our own.
“Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; and let those who love Your salvation say continually, “Let God be magnified!” Notice this does NOT say, “Let all those who are having a good day rejoice and be glad.” All that needs to happen is that we are seeking God; once we are seeking God’s help, we qualify for it.
APPLICATION: There are times when things are so difficult that you want to pray, you need to pray, but you simply can’t! You feel as if the words are sticking in your throat. That’s when psalms like this one can become your prayer lifeline.
When we first came to our current assignment thirty years ago, I had lots of people eager to tell lies about me to anyone who would listen. It took the advent of a tribal war and the expansion of our services to include operations and transfusions before the critics backed off. Many times, these psalms helped save my sanity, reminding me that thousands of years ago, David was enduring similar problems.
Are you struggling right now, even though you know God has called you to do what you are doing? Hang on! Stay the course! Trust God. If God has brought you to this situation, He will bring you through it.
PRAYER: Father God, thank You for loving us and for caring for us. Lord, help all who read these words to take courage from You and to trust for You to save them. In the mighty and precious Name of King Jesus. Amen.
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