“I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.”
Psa 116:1
While the Psalmist is unknown here their soul is beyond
distressed and seeking deliverance from troubles that felt as death.
Yet, the Psalmist records lively expressions of devotion,
love and gratitude in his afflictions.
He speaks of his: love (vs 1), rest (vs 7), walk (vs 9), and
thanksgiving (vs 17) in the Lord.
For the Psalmist to have such an attitude amongst his
afflictions is secured in our verse (vs 1).
He obviously had experienced the Lord’s answered prayers and
deliverance before… (vs 2) ‘he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore
I will call upon him as long as I live.”
The writer was willing to stick with a good thing, and even
though the sorrows of death compassed him he acknowledges the Lords
graciousness, righteousness and mercy (vs 5).
The Lord is never blind to our tears, deaf to our prayers or
silent to our pain… He sees, He hears, and He delivers… the sovereignty of the
Lord is to be strength to our souls.
Paul and Silas didn’t wait until they were delivered from
prison before they began to praise Him.
Those who dive in a sea of affliction can bring up rare
pearls if they hold to an attitude of gratitude.
HSAY… Todd
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