Genesis 11:1-13:4Matthew 5:1-26
Psalm 5:1-12
Proverbs 1:24-28
Today's reading of Psalm 5 caught my attention. I love the words of verses 1 through 3.
1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my sighing. 2 Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. 3 In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.
Maybe it's just me but that phrase "wait in expectation" really sticks out. I think a lot about what it is to have faith. Jesus tells his disciples to "believe and not doubt" and speaks of "moving mountains" with such faith. I have asked in my life, "How does one show this level of faith?" David has something here with this "eager expectation" that he speaks of. It seems that David's prayer life is the kind that causes him to constantly sit on the edge of his seat, waiting for the miracles to happen. It's as if David really believes that when he calls to God, the Lord will forcefully and clearly answer his prayers. Even more interesting to me is that David uses the phrase "in the morning" as if to indicate that God's answers can be seen within a time period following David's morning devotional. I don't know if this is the heart of what David is saying. I'm not sure if David's point is to say "I pray by faith to you when I get up, and then I sit and watch you do your work." One thing is for certain. David's faith is truly amazing because David knows that God will answer him. So, like David, we pray and wait in expectation.
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