“The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord
will receive my prayer”—Psalm 6:9
There are
times when we most need to pray that we feel the least capable of praying. It can be difficult to pray confidently when
our heart is heavy with grief. Answered
prayer is not based on how much, or how well, or how complete our prayer is,
but on the goodness of Him who hears. The
times that we feel that our prayers are based “in the valley of the shadow of
death” do not limit that the Good Shepherd is with us, and hears us when we
pray.
David wrote
in Psalm 6: 1 - 7 of the difficult period that he was going through. He spoke to God about the sickness in his
body, the trouble in his mind because of his sin consciousness, the insults of
his enemies, and because of all the crying he had done, he complained about his
eyes hurting. He begged God to save him.
The times in
our lives that we are sick in our bodies, confused in our minds, and our
enemies raise up against us, are the times that we are to be like David. David remembered that he was not related to
the wicked (he threw aside his sin consciousness) and that the enemy had to
leave (verse 8). We are promised that
when we submit to God and resist the devil he will flee from us (James 4:7). Like David with confidence and assurance, we declare
that the Lord will receive our prayer (verse 9). We remember that our prayers are not based on
what we have done or not done, but on what Christ has done. We ask according to His will and are assured
that He hears (receives) and answers our prayers.
Prayer—Lord help me to remember that when
I go through the difficulties of life, no matter how I feel, I am assured that
you hear and receive my prayers, in Jesus Name. Amen.
