When God Seems Silent
Psalm 70 is a shortened version of Psalm 69. A quick and desperate prayer for the same thing... deliverance from one's enemies.
Psalm 70:1 (ESV) Make haste, O God, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me!
It would appear David had the same problem we sometimes have. Sometimes we have to wait and pray and wait and pray again. God sometimes hesitates to answer our prayers.
The Israelites kept this short cry of distress in their Psalter (Jewish Hymnbook) on purpose. Sometimes we need to cry out to God and don't know what to say. Here's our answer. When life brings you to the place where you know you need help from God quickly, but you aren't sure how to put it, go to Psalm 70.
This Psalm is also a repeat of Psalm 40:13-16. It's good to know that the people of Israel repeated their prayers for deliverance, almost word for word even corporately. There is a Biblical precedent to repeated prayers. To put things on a prayer list and keep going after them is entirely scriptural. We can and should be laying our requests before God over and over expecting Him to turn and answer.
Sometimes you need help praying. Sometimes we may feel like we are bothering God. Sometimes we may have to repeat ourselves as it will seem like God is not listening or acting. These are nothing strange for the believer. Israel, His chosen people encountered these same experiences. So will we, the new people of God.
Keep praying.
Keep crying out.
Keep asking.
You have a God who isn't bothered to hear, can answer, and will act.
Psalm 70:1 (ESV) Make haste, O God, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me!
The Israelites kept this short cry of distress in their Psalter (Jewish Hymnbook) on purpose. Sometimes we need to cry out to God and don't know what to say. Here's our answer. When life brings you to the place where you know you need help from God quickly, but you aren't sure how to put it, go to Psalm 70.
This Psalm is also a repeat of Psalm 40:13-16. It's good to know that the people of Israel repeated their prayers for deliverance, almost word for word even corporately. There is a Biblical precedent to repeated prayers. To put things on a prayer list and keep going after them is entirely scriptural. We can and should be laying our requests before God over and over expecting Him to turn and answer.
Sometimes you need help praying. Sometimes we may feel like we are bothering God. Sometimes we may have to repeat ourselves as it will seem like God is not listening or acting. These are nothing strange for the believer. Israel, His chosen people encountered these same experiences. So will we, the new people of God.
Keep praying.
Keep crying out.
Keep asking.
You have a God who isn't bothered to hear, can answer, and will act.
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